Opoponax
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According to the results, 19 percent of Republicans indicated they had a favorable view of Kim with 68 percent saying they had an unfavorable view (12 percent of voters overall had a favorable view of Kim, compared to 75 percent who viewed him unfavorably). That compared slightly better than the perception of Pelosi, who had a 17 percent favorable, 72 percent unfavorable rating among self-identified Republicans.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kim-j...g-republicans-exclusive-poll-results?ref=wrap
The U.S. can't come back from this. One in five people in one of the two major political parties have a favorable view of a person who is rightly almost universally reviled around the globe for his shocking inhumanity.
Twenty percent of one party may not sound like much, because it really only amounts to about 10% of voters (very roughly). But it's like having cancer in 10% of your body. It doesn't mean you're 90% cancer-free, it means you're fucking terminal.
Consider too that 83% of Republicans strongly support Trump, and 63% have a favorable view of Dubbya. For the latter son of a bitch, you would've have a hard time finding anyone who'd admit to ever voting for him ten years ago. By the time he left office his approval rating was below 25%.
I think this can be traced back to a few things, but primarily Rush Limbaugh and the subsequent rise of shameless conservative media. History is going to show that the appeal to a segment of the population who were inclined to authoritarianism is what destroyed the United States. The hatred directed towards women, minorities, the poor, immigrants, higher education, and concepts of common good has been churned out every hour of every day for 30 years. There are no shades of grey, just a thick line of black where everything within that line is good; on the other side is a thick line of white, where everything is bad.
This isn't going to go away. Trump, along with Fox/etc. have already set up not just the base, but nearly everyone who votes Republican, to utterly disregard the results of Mueller's investigation. It won't matter what the conclusions are. On the contrary, GOP politicians will be able to side with Trump and bring out voters because of it.
And here's how it's going to end:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-if-trump-proposed-it/?utm_term=.30e9793f12a6
Trump has primed his supporters for it, and the Democrats, who can't seem to muster up a defense to anything, are too weak to stop it.