Americans largely reject Trump's military invasion of California [View all]
President Donald Trump’s latest authoritarian act of deploying the military to police protesters in Los Angeles is deeply unpopular, according to new polling, and this gives Democrats a new and potent line of attack against the dictator-wannabe-in-chief.
New data from YouGov finds that pluralities of Americans disapprove of Trump's decision to both call in the National Guard (45% disapprove) and the Marines (47% disapprove) to quell what had been otherwise peaceful demonstrations in Los Angeles.
Trump first called in the National Guard over the weekend and the Marines on Monday night to police and arrest protesters demonstrating against the immigration raids Trump has ordered. In the raids, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have stormed workplaces, schools, and courthouses to try to meet Trump's extreme deportation goals.
YouGov not only finds that Trump’s handling of deportations is largely unpopular—50% disapprove and only 39% approve—but the polling firm also finds that Americans aren’t buying his justification for military intervention. While he has tried to paint the protests against his immigration agenda as violent, a plurality of Americans (38%) think the protests are mostly peaceful.
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