GOP frets about Trump's poll numbers

[DonViejo]

BY REID WILSON - 06/19/19 06:04 AM EDT

As Trump kicks off reelection, his party worries he’s an anchor.

President Trump formally kicked off his re-election campaign Tuesday in front of thousands of fans at a boisterous rally in the heart of battleground Florida, even as top strategists in his own party worry that his weak political standing threatens the rest of the Republican ticket.

Trump reacted angrily last week to leaked internal surveys conducted by his own campaign that showed him trailing in virtually every swing state on the map. He fired several pollsters, and his campaign manager insisted that Trump’s numbers had improved.

But public polls conducted more recently mirror some of the troubling indicators that Trump’s own polling found. What’s more, in interviews, half a dozen prominent Republican pollsters working on campaigns around the country said their own results showed a president who starts his reelection bid from behind.

“His numbers are problematic,” said one top Republican pollster, who asked for anonymity to describe private survey data. “Folks are nervous, but no one is surprised.”

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/449220-gop-frets-about-trumps-poll-numbers

[tanyev]

1. But that albatross necklace looked so good when they tried it on in the store.

[BeyondGeography]

2. It's like, wow

People really do hate this asshole, don’t they?

[TreasonousBastard]

3. "...worry that his weak political standing threatens the rest of the Republican ticket"

We can only hope.

[TruckFump]

6. +1 EOM

[Wounded Bear]

8. ...and work to make it happen...

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. GOOD! GOPers are nervous....

Which means Democrats can pounce, go after Trumps fragile ego. Stress what he has NOT done.

[Submariner]

5. Good...maybe Mitch and Gym Jordan can have a heart attacks and fucking die

[FakeNoose]

7. Primary him!

The GOP will lose big and they deserve to be wiped off the map. The Repukes will never survive Chump, this will all be over soon.

[hedda_foil]

9. Everyone said that Nixon was the end of the Republican Party too. They never die.

[NewJeffCT]

11. Nixon resigned in shame in 1974

Only 2 years later, in 1976, Republicans lost a very close election for president.

And, in 1980, Republicans won the presidency going away. That was only 6 years later.

[hedda_foil]

15. Exactly!

[Turin_C3PO]

17. The good thing is that

the demographics of the future spell terrible news for Republicans. More minorities, an increasingly liberal population make for tough times ahead for conservatives.

They have almost no path to a popular vote win in the Presidential election, which is why they love the electoral college.

Republicans know this and that’s why they gerrymander, suppress votes, and engage in other forms of cheating.

[NewJeffCT]

16. Sadly, the RNC is now run by Team Trump and they're in the process of rigging it

in the early primary states so the state level RNCs can skip the primary and just endorse Deranged Donald

[Johonny]

10. But they just announced the GOP raised record amounts of money since his speech!

LOL, here comes the Russian money already.

[NewJeffCT]

12. I wonder how they're laundering it this time

in 2016, it was through the NRA

i still think at least some if it is similar to the fake fundraiser that Walter White's son had in Breaking Bad. His son put a plea on (I think) youtube asking for money for his father's cancer treatment, and Saul Goodman, the shady lawyer, used a computer program to "donate" the illicit drug money through a slew of money donors across the country. $5 here, $10 there, $1 another time and $25 another... all attributed to random names across the internet (don't remember the exact details - maybe dead people or people that had moved?)

[uponit7771]

14. ..👍🏼, they already converted the Rubles into dollars

[Kid Berwyn]

13. They all are getting fired.

Which is better than what they deserve.