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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPoll: 73% of Republicans blame 'left-wing protesters' for Jan. 6 attack. Just 23% blame Trump.
As a Senate showdown looms over the creation of an independent, 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol siege, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll reveals just how partisan and polarized public perceptions of the attack have become and how those perceptions are shaping the clash in Congress.
The survey of 1,588 U.S. adults, which was conducted from May 24 to May 26, found that less than half of Republicans (41 percent) say supporters of then-President Donald Trump who gathered on Jan. 6 at the Capitol to rally against the certification of Joe Bidens Electoral College victory bear some or a great deal of the blame for the subsequent riot, which left several people dead and more than 140 injured. Less than a quarter (23 percent) blame Trump himself, and most (52 percent) say he is not at all to blame.
Yet a full 73 percent of Republicans pin some or a great deal of responsibility on left-wing protesters trying to make Trump look bad, even though both the FBI and Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy have rejected the falsehood that leftist protesters were involved.
The vast majority of Democrats, meanwhile, say blame for the deadliest attack on the Capitol in two centuries falls on the Trump supporters who assembled in Washington (84 percent), Trump himself (83 percent) and Republicans who claimed the election was stolen (79 percent). Most Americans (63 percent, 55 percent and 56 percent, respectively) agree.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-73-percent-of-republicans-blame-left-wing-protesters-for-jan-6-attack-just-23-percent-blame-trump-191520343.html
The GOP truly is the stupid party
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)FoxNewsSucks
(10,433 posts)OAN, NewsMax, and the Fox "news" Sewer hammer into their heads 24/7.
Takket
(21,572 posts)Bristlecone
(10,127 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,481 posts)That should be the headline.
Bev54
(10,052 posts)All very lovely they don't get primaried by a Trump backed replacement but independents and many republicans as well do understand what went on and who is responsible. They are not going to buy the BS being peddled by the republicans.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)Though I think many of them are just lying-- they know Trump's to blame, but they like that his thugs attacked Congress.
lame54
(35,290 posts)NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)spooky3
(34,456 posts)That Biden supporters would have no reason to protest an election that Biden won?
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)Logic is not their strong suit.
Pinback
(12,155 posts)bdamomma
(63,849 posts)what we saw that day, and they were tRump supporters and others who were called to arms. Trial by combat????? Loud and clear.
spooky3
(34,456 posts)truth and the other believes lies that would benefit themselves if true, that is NOT PARTISAN. It is not perceptions. One side is right and the other is wrong.
Cosmocat
(14,564 posts)This is why we are here.
spooky3
(34,456 posts)or are so easily bullied by RWers.
Mz Pip
(27,445 posts)an investigation if they really believed it was leftist in origin.
How stupid can they be to believe the GQP would let this go if they thought they could blame the left for it?
LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)if they thought they could blame the left?"
prodigitalson
(2,422 posts)interesting
Thrill
(19,178 posts)Unreal
JHB
(37,160 posts)Guys:
1) Less often than you guys think we do. If you actually talked to us, you might know that. And
2) To the extent that it's true, stop proving us right.
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)spanone
(135,838 posts)SET UP THE DEMOCRAT'S INVESTIGATION NOW
MissMillie
(38,559 posts)He is bad, and he reminds us with everything he says and does.
gulliver
(13,181 posts)"Where did you get it?"
They don't think your laptop looks like theirs really. They're just getting ready to mug you.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)They are so gullible that they can't understand what is right before their eyes, even when the perps are confessing.
toughtony
(88 posts)Trump supporters will never tell a pollster or media the truth. Decisions or opinions should not be made based on these types of polls. If they saw trump beating an 8 yo child and a pollster asked them about it, 73% would say it didn't happen. In their little minds this is about war with democrats. Everything boils down to that.. We all saw what happened. We all know they are lying to the pollsters. We have the power we should just do what needs to be done with or without their support. This has become too tribal to rely bipartisanship. Any attempt at bipartisanship by Republicans will be viewed by trump as treason to trump.
Mad_Machine76
(24,412 posts)for an investigation?!
Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)Crowman2009
(2,497 posts)Oh wait, more doubletalk BS from these assholes.
andym
(5,443 posts)Botany
(70,508 posts)... just like they keep saying that Trump really one the election. This is pure gas lighting with help
from Fox, News Max, OAN, and other radio/tv/internet "hate talk" propaganda platforms.
Nice sample size too. "The survey of 1,588 ..... "
spanone
(135,838 posts)I could forgive stupid, the GQP is fucking evil.
Bettie
(16,109 posts)identifies as "Republican".
It is a large portion of a small group of people.
So, while disturbing, it is in no way a majority or even a plurality of people who believe this.
Paladin
(28,262 posts)Stupid bastards.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)But they don't.
They know it was Trump, and lie to the pollsters.
Prevarication has become the GOP modus operandi.
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)... because hey ... bipartisanship, am I right?
BlueWavePsych
(2,635 posts)Nululu
(841 posts)These aren't even believable lies. When Republicans refuse to believe their own eyes and embrace RW propaganda things are breaking down
Republicans are losing members daily but still hold too much power.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)The least disciplined of them are acting out in public places, while the rest simmer and spit more privately at former friends, acquaintances, customers. Extremist attitudes have created rifts in their churches as well.
Dan
(3,562 posts)The Unmitigated Gall
(3,817 posts)Need to move the fuck to Siberia.
Dorn
(523 posts)Let's call a coup attempt, a coup attempt!
MustLoveBeagles
(11,611 posts)If they really believed that they'd support an investigation.
The Wizard
(12,545 posts)Goebbels green with envy, and Pravda, TASS, and Izvestia look like rank amateurs. A mix of QAnon, hatred, fear and loathing appealing to the worst fears and lowest instincts. It will turn out bad.