Americans See Trump's Retribution for What It Is

[applegrove]

Americans See Trump’s Retribution for What It Is

October 24, 2025 at 8:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 33 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/10/24/americans-see-trumps-retribution-for-what-it-is/

A new Quinnipiac University poll finds voters believe by a 52% to 38% margin that President Trump was “using the U.S. Justice Department to file unjustified criminal charges against his political opponents.”

A new Reuters-Ipsos poll found Americans said 55% to 26% that Trump was using federal law enforcement to go after his enemies. Even 29% of Republicans agreed with this.

Applegrove:

looks like some factual news is actually getting through to Republicans

[leftstreet]

1. But do they approve?

Poll doesn't really say

He promised his minions he'd go after his enemies...

[PatSeg]

2. Oh, that's a good question

[drmeow]

5. Very similar to my thought

Do they care?

"55% to 26% that Trump was using federal law enforcement to go after his enemies. Even 29% of Republicans agreed with this."

They may agree and like it.

[markodochartaigh]

6. Well, it's a

Quinnipiac poll and they are right leaning.
But now that the reich-wing is "saying the quiet part out loud" pollsters in general need to learn to ask the hard questions out loud.

[Midnight Writer]

3. It's not like he is keeping it secret. His public statements alone should cause these cases to be thrown out of court.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. People are beginning to sense a pattern

DHS, ICE, Noem, Bondi, Patel, FBI ..... and then they indict Comey. Maybe they don't sense who Brennan and Bolton are, but the former head of the FBI? And all the Attorney Juggling after existing personnel won't play ball. Something's rotten in Denmark. And the $200, no $220, no $250, no $300 million play pen, and the $230 million payout ... meanwhile no budget, health care, inflation, no SNAP ... GOP Congress on semi-retirement paid vacation .... details are fuzzy to the public, but patterns, emotions, the broad scope of events, that's something else.

[ffr]

7. A full 38% are still not convinced?