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45% to 20%
A new Economist/YouGov poll finds that Republicans favor having courts “shut down media outlets” for “biased or inaccurate” stories by a 45% to 20% margin, with 35% unsure.
47%
A new Morning Consult/Politico poll finds that 47% of Republican voters believe Donald Trump received more popular votes in the presidential election than Hillary Clinton. Just 42% think Clinton won by 2.9 million votes, which was the official tally after all the states certified their election results.
“With the exception of the late, great Abraham Lincoln, I can be more presidential than any president that’s ever held this office.”
— President Trump, quoted by Fox News.
“I was left for dead on the street, and now I’m headed for Air Force One.”
— White House communications directory Anthony Scaramucci, quoted by the New York Times.
“Are you gonna get the votes? He better get them. He better get them. Oh, he better, otherwise I’ll say, ‘Tom, you’re fired.’ I’ll get somebody.”
— President Trump, at an event for Boy Scouts, threatening to fire Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price if Congress does not repeal the Affordable Care Act, the Daily Beast reports.
42% to 42%
A new USA Today/iMediaEthics Poll finds Americans already are split down the middle, 42% to 42%, over whether President Trump should be removed from office.