43% of Republicans want a president free of checks and balances

[Gothmog]

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[TwilightZone]

1. Cult-like behavior detected.

I'm a little surprised that it's only 43%. I guess some Republicans still have at least some passing knowledge of the Constitution.

[Cattledog]

2. BS. Only Republican Presidents.

They would never favor this for a Democratic President.

[0rganism]

17. in their worldview, from here on out, it's only Republican presidents anyway

they're ready to throw away democracy permanently since it gets them closer to their beloved Republic of Gilead.

[malaise]

40. THIS n/t

[bluestarone]

3. Their TRUE FUCKING COLORS

Are SHINING bright!! We knew BUT now Everyone KNOWS!! Can't stand them anymore!

[Newest Reality]

4. Welcome to Burger King Land!

Why not just go back to the monarchy then? King me? How backwards can you get?

So then, 43% of Republicans either don't understand our form of government and how it benefits them directly and/or they don't respect it and are, essentially, not patriotic about it at all. They seem willing to hand our democracy over to a tin pot dictator under a delusional umbrella where they imagine that something beneficial will "get done" despite the obvious lack of that under the current, wannabe autocrat.

We need more civics education where it is made clear just how this thing works and why the USA was founded and crafted the way it was, which includes their right to be ignorant assholes about it, but not necessarily to change the country into one big dunce bag of fools out of spite or for ulterior motives.

[onecaliberal]

5. Then they should ALL move to Russia.

This is a constitutional republic. We fled the fucking crown in England to get away from that. I guess when you’re too stupid to learn history, or even to know how our country began that’s what you would think.

[Maxheader]

6. When Hillary wins in 20...

We'll remind the wingers about having checks and balances...

[Gothmog]

7. trump wants to be president for life and he has the backing of a significant percentage of the GOP

I will admit that this is a scary. Ben Franklin told us that we have a republic if we can keep it. I am worry about keeping it. trump really wants to be president for fife

[Lock him up.]

15. And give his ''hard-earned'' crown to his corrupt Jr., then Eric, then vanka...

It's all clear on his twitler feed.

[TheBlackAdder]

8. Unless they're Democrats.

[spanone]

9. they need to find a non-democratic country where they can try that out...ain't gonna happen here

[Doodley]

10. Unless the president is black.

[tblue37]

14. Or a Democrat. nt

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Loathsome, But, Sanity Check In Order

This is 43% of 30%. It's declared Republicans being polled.
So it's still only around 1 in 8.
Too, too high, but it's not 43% of people! It's less than 1/3rd of that.

[DeminPennswoods]

32. Yes

Self-identified Rs are becoming smaller as a polling group. Non-crazy Rs are now self-identifying as Is and maybe some even as Ds.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

12. "What is 'The Road to Fascism'?"

I'll take Orange Dictators for 500, Alex.

[tblue37]

13. But not a Democratic president, of course. They should be careful what they wish for. nt

[BootinUp]

16. Of course, screw the Constitution!!!

Traitors.

[dchill]

26. Everyone knows "It's just a goddamn piece of paper."

[NewJeffCT]

18. Amazing how effective a year of propaganda on Fox and Limbaugh

and other RW media sources can "move the needle" on these issues.

No wonder Shep Smith is gone

[Firestorm49]

19. Unbelievable

[PSPS]

20. Pretty click-baity without context

27% in March
43% in July

The size of the swing is so large that it's questionable UNLESS the size of the "Rep/Lean Rep" group is lower. I think that's a major factor here. The size of the republican "base" has been shrinking for a long time and its decline has accelerated during trump.

[moondust]

22. Expectant kleptocrats.

Awaiting further instructions from the King.

[BuffaloJackalope]

23. IOW - fascists

[Hermit-The-Prog]

24. the GOPer war on education is succeeding

[roamer65]

25. ...and I want them ALL deported to Russia.

[Ilsa]

28. That would solve most of the US' problems right there. nt

[Iliyah]

27. Does not also pertain a Democrat President as well?

[Kurt V.]

29. Isn't this going to be the prevailing view in the future? Among both parties

[Flaleftist]

30. History has shown us what support like that can do.

We have a wannabe dictator sitting in the White House who wants to be BFFs with Putin, MBS, and Kim Jong Un and the vast majority of Republicans are cool with it.

[JHB]

31. No, HE hasn't reshaped the party. His enablers have.

The people who push absolutist agendas within the Republican Party have. The party's real leadership has, simply by going along with their useful tool.

[beachbumbob]

33. Great, they won't have a problem with next democratic prez then

[TexasBushwhacker]

34. 43% of Republicans are UN-AMERICAN!!! N/T

[keithbvadu2]

35. Another 43%

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142128590

“Freedom of the press may be guaranteed in the Constitution. But a plurality of Republicans want to give President Trump the authority to close down certain news outlets, according to a new public opinion survey conducted by Ipsos and provided exclusively to The Daily Beast.”

So that 43% of republicans would approve a democrat shutting down Fox news?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-poll-43-of-republicans-want-to-give-trump-the-power-to-shut-down-media?via=twitter_page

[Celerity]

36. Also disturbing is an almost 50% increase in Dems/lean Dems who believe this

from 2017 to 2019. WTF

[Garrett78]

37. The Attorney General of the United States agrees with the 43%.

As long as the president is a Republican, of course.

[Gothmog]

38. "We've seen people elected who become authoritarians who hold on to power.

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[Gothmog]

39. trump supporters want a dictator

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