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'Jaw-dropping' new numbers expose Trump's 'critical vulnerability': GOP pollster

www.rawstory.com 'Jaw-dropping' new numbers expose Trump's 'critical vulnerability': GOP pollster

Donald Trump is paying a "very steep price" after "completely misreading" voters on a key issue, according to a GOP strategist.Mike Madrid, who served as the Golden State's GOP political director before co-founding the group of current and former anti-Trump Republicans known as the Lincoln Project, ...

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According to Madrid, "The polling data confirms what should have been obvious to any seasoned political observer: Americans reached a nuanced position on immigration that the Trump administration completely misread."
- He didn't misread anything. We can see now. It was never just about immigration. Trump, but more likely one/some of his sycophants, explained how hard-line immigration enforcement could help in removing political opposition with the help of a corrupt and stacked Supreme Court. The ability to revoke birthright citizenship so he can ship you off to whatever hellhole country he wants or you die in a concentration camp waiting to be deported, either is acceptable.
  
  Trump, but more likely one/some of his sycophants, explained how hard-line immigration enforcement could help in removing political opposition with the help of a corrupt and stacked Supreme Court
  It's definitely Stephen Miller. Zero doubt. He is the true believer in racist/white supremacy and the New York Times' recent story had multiple anecdotes about the DOJ and DHS/ICE being directly controlled by him, while Bondi and Noem are only interested in making TV appearances.
- I think the only position on immigration Trump cares about is Stephen Miller's. Also, someone who's supposed to be term limited, and will definitely rig the election if he somehow runs again anyway, doesn't really need to care about public opinion too much. It's not like there seems to be much risk of anybody overthrowing the government.
- I wouldn't call it nuanced. Many Americans just didn't really think about how immigrants impact their lives or what the words Trump said would mean in practice. They didn't have deep thoughts about how things should work and militarized raids are not it, they just kind of didn't think about it but now they have to and they don't like it.

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