More Than 6 in 10 Americans Back New Law to Protect Mueller

[louis c]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) — More than six in 10 Americans, 62%, support legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller by requiring a panel of federal judges to sign off before any special counsel could be fired.

The new Monmouth University survey comes amid reports that President Donald Trump attempted to fire the chief investigator into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia — and is still mulling potentially firing the special counsel.

Three in 10 Americans, 29%, Americans say they oppose that legislation.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/politics/poll-mueller-trump-legislation/index.html

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. 30% support the Russian leader and his mobsters over our country, good to know.

[Dawson Leery]

2. Like it or not 33% of the country are traitorous Nazi sympathizers.

Democrats, most Independents, and the few anti-Trump Repubs comprise the 62% that say Mueller should be protected.

[byronius]

4. That is not hyperbole. That is fact.

Godwin's Law is dead.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. the deplorables

Hillary should have been given a bigger basket instead of being pilloried by the network megaphones.

[Ligyron]

3. More people than that opposed the Billionaire Tax Cut

But Congress just passed it anyway.

They're not paying attention to what the public wants now. They don't have to.

They've tricked the rubes into voting them all the reins of power and they're going to ride that horse til it drops.

Andrea is on, I have to go change the channel to CNN.

[Dawson Leery]

5. kick

[lagomorph777]

6. That also indicates likely support for consequences if Turd fires Mueller.

Which will be good to know after the election.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Well, 86% support allowing Dreamers to stay.