Submitted to VT by the Washington Post…
- 72 percent of Republicans and 83 percent of Trump voters say the former president bears “just some” responsibility or “none at all” for the insurrection
- Overall, 60 percent of Americans say Trump bears either a “great deal” or a “good amount” of responsibility
- 54 percent of Americans characterize the protesters who entered the Capitol as “mostly violent,” while 19 percent call them “mostly peaceful” and another 27 percent say they were equally peaceful and violent
- 1 in 3 Americans say violence against government can be justified, citing fears of political schism, pandemic
NEW WASHINGTON POST/UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND POLL: One year after the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, Republicans and Democrats are deeply divided over what happened that day and the degree to which former president Donald Trump bears responsibility for the assault, amid more universal signs of flagging pride in the workings of democracy at home, according to a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll.
Partisan divisions related both to the Jan. 6 assault and the 2020 presidential election color nearly every issue raised in the survey, from how much violence occurred at the Capitol that day to the severity of the sentences handed down to convicted protesters to whether President Biden was legitimately elected. Only on a question about injured law enforcement officers is there broad bipartisan agreement.
The percentage of Americans who say violent action against the government is justified at times stands at 34 percent, which is considerably higher than in past polls by The Post or other major news organizations dating back more than two decades. Again, the view is partisan: The new survey finds 40 percent of Republicans, 41 percent of independents and 23 percent of Democrats saying violence is sometimes justified.
On Jan. 6, the day Congress was to ratify the 2020 electoral college vote, Trump claimed at a rally near the White House that the election had been rigged and urged his followers to “fight like hell” to stop what he said was a stolen outcome. Many of his supporters walked to the Capitol from the rally and took part in the violence.
Overall, 60 percent of Americans say Trump bears either a “great deal” or a “good amount” of responsibility for the insurrection, but 72 percent of Republicans and 83 percent of Trump voters say he bears “just some” responsibility or “none at all.”
Trump’s attacks on the legitimacy of the election have spawned ongoing efforts in some states to revisit the results. No such inquiry has turned up anything to suggest that the certified results were inaccurate. That has not blunted a persistent belief by most of his supporters that the election was somehow rigged.
Overall, the Post-UMD survey finds that 68 percent of Americans say there is no solid evidence of widespread fraud but 30 percent say there is.
Big majorities of Democrats (88 percent) and independents (74 percent) say there is no evidence of such irregularities, but 62 percent of Republicans say there is such evidence….
Today, 54 percent of Americans characterize the protesters who entered the Capitol as “mostly violent,” while 19 percent call them “mostly peaceful” and another 27 percent say they were equally peaceful and violent. Broken down by party, 78 percent of Democrats describe the protesters as mostly violent compared with 26 percent of Republicans.
Thirty-six percent of Republicans say the protesters were mostly peaceful, compared to 5 percent of Democrats.
READ MORE: Republicans and Democrats divided over Jan. 6 insurrection and Trump’s culpability https://wapo.st/3ESy2gV
READ MORE: 1 in 3 Americans say violence against government can be justified: https://wapo.st/3pMsHDP
POLL/CROSSTABS: https://wapo.st/3ELyWfh
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How long will it be until our Children are pledging allegiance to the
Star of David every morning?
George Washington fought the English for eight terrible years.
What would he think of us now?
What would our Courageous Founding Fathers think of the way we have surrendered to Israel, our new Colonial Masters?
What would George Washington think of the Trillions of Dollars
in colonial TRIBUTE that we are forced to pay Israel?
What would General Washington think of Americans being forced to Sign Loyalty Oaths to Israel?
What would Thomas Jefferson say about Draconian anti-BDS Laws,
which make it a crime to exercise our First Amendment Rights to protest against Israel, our Colonial Masters?
What would George Washington think of the ADL acting like Secret Police and enforcing those “No Criticism of Israel Allowed” Laws?
What would Our Beloved First President think of Israel spying on American Citizens using NSO and Pegasus Israeli Spyware?
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Don’t expect the Washington Post to address the elephant in the room for the January 6th event.
Cui bono? It certainly wasn’t Trump.
The Person Responsible for this Assault on Democracy, Should Pay the Price for Treason, Not given another term in any Federal Lavatory Office .
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