Trump supporters are lost to Democrats right now, and Democrats should stop trying to win them over.
Nearly all Americans say Russian meddling in the 2018 midterm elections would be unacceptable, even if their party was the beneficiary of any interference. But the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign remains a divisive political issue, with Republicans more likely to doubt the FBI and U.S. intelligence agencies and more likely to back the president, a new CBS News poll found.
Half of Republicans say that hearing criticisms of President Trump on the Russia issue makes them want to defend him more. Another 42 percent say they want to wait to see what the facts show.
Seventy percent of Republicans call the Russia investigation a "witch hunt," while Democrats call it a "critical" matter of national security (77 percent). Democrats, however, say they believe the issue speaks to the president's character (79 percent) as well as national security, but Republicans disagree, seeing it as a deliberate attempt to slow the president's agenda (81 percent) and feeling he is facing more resistance from the political establishment than other presidents have (86 percent).
So there's some hope for the people who want to see what the facts show, right? As in "If the media was able to report on conclusive evidence against Trump" they'd change their minds, right?
Oh, never mind then. They're lost.
The larger problem is the vast majority of Americans believe media is inaccurate.
So no, even if the media does report on such conclusive evidence, the majority of Americans probably won't believe it anyway.
This is why I keep saying that a political, not a legal solution to Trump, is the only way out.
With 100 days to go until the election, that's worth keeping in mind.
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