Even tea party supporters are starting to think Trump should be impeached – Shareblue Media

The newest POLITICO/Morning Consult pollis filled with terrible news for Donald Trump.

Every single demographic except evangelical Christians believes the country is on the wrong track. Meanwhile, support for impeachment has jumped from 38 percent to 43 percent, and among Democratic women, the figure is a whopping 75 percent.

One number in particular, however, is absolutely stunning: According to the poll, 36 percent of tea party supporters believe Trump should be impeached.

The tea party movement rose to prominencewith a series of protests against President Barack Obama in 2009 and 2010 that swept a far-right Republican House majority into power. Representatives elected by members of this movement went on to found the Tea Party Caucus and, later, the Freedom Caucus.

This is significant because, despite a few minor scuffles, the Freedom Caucus is largely working with Trump to pass his agenda, most notably his push to strip millions of low-income and sick people of health care. Yet more than 1in 3of the right-wing activists whose movement swept these congressmen into power now want Trump impeached.

Even while the tea party fractures over the issue of impeachment, House Republicans maintain a unified front in defense of Trump, and have evencolluded with the White Houseto underminethe Russia investigation. This reveals a basic failing of Republicans to listen to their own voters further evidenced by the refusal of the vast majority ofGOP representativestohold town halls.

If Republicans continue to ignore the warning signs from within their own coalition, they will be massively vulnerable in 2018 and beyond.

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