Where was this poll eight months ago?
According to the latest Bloomberg National Poll, President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential rival Hillary Clinton is viewed favorably by just 39% of the electorate, a reading that’s two percentage points lower than the president’s. It’s the second-lowest score for Clinton since the poll started tracking her in September 2009.
The outgoing director of the federal government's ethics office has decided to seize his 15 minutes of fame on his way out the door by sitting down for an interview with the New York Times to warn Americans that President Trump has turned the country into a "laughingstock."
Shaub is apparently most concerned about Trump's visits to his family-owned resorts which he says creates "the appearance of profiting from the presidency."
Following the news that 'repeal' would not garner the votes required to pass, President Trump said he was disappointed in the Senate's failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and argued that Republicans should now let the law fail on its own.
Trump on the health care vote: In 2018, "we have to get more Republicans elected because we have to get it done" https://t.co/KRJZifYsXU
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 18, 2017
Maxine Waters, the Democratic Representative from the progressive paradise of California, has been an active participant in the "Resist 45" movement. She has frequently appeared on political talk shows to call for President Trump's impeachment for, among other things, his clearly 'bigoted' travel ban (which has since been upheld by the Supreme Court) and his support of Russian President Vladimir Putin...even as Putin continued his invasion of 'Korea' (no, that's not a typo...it's an actual quote).
Back in April when Senate Republicans implemented the "nuclear option" to confirm Neil Gorsuch with just 51 votes, instead of the typical 60, moderate Republicans like John McCain only reluctantly agreed to using the legislative gimmick saying it was a "slippery slope" on the path to nuking the entire legislative filibuster. We wrote about the issue in a post entitled "Gorsuch "Nuclear Option" Could "Fundamentally Transform" The Senate Forever."