Donald Trump Has a Lower Approval Rating Than All Four Congresswomen of Color He Told to “Go Back” to Homelands
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President Trump’s approval rating is lower than those of all four women known as “The Squad” in Congress, according to a new poll from The Economist/YouGov.
Comprised of New York’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar, Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib and Massachusetts’ Ayanna Pressley, The Squad are notorious for being told to “go back” to “the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came” by Trump. Though neither The Squad nor Trump received positive ratings, the women fared significantly better than the man in the Oval Office.
Ocasio-Cortez received a -3 rating, Omar a -6, Pressley a -3 and Tlaib a -3, as well. Trumping (yes, that pun is 100% intended) all of them, the president received a whopping -11 rating.
The poll of 1,500 Americans was conducted between July 21-23, which is right around the time Trump spewed racist attacks against the women via his coveted Twitter.
….it is done. These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough. I’m sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2019
I don’t believe the four Congresswomen are capable of loving our Country. They should apologize to America (and Israel) for the horrible (hateful) things they have said. They are destroying the Democrat Party, but are weak & insecure people who can never destroy our great Nation!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 21, 2019
The tweets have been deemed racist by The Squad and many others, but Trump has defended (poorly, we might add) his tweets, and, in fact, continued to tweet about the Congresswomen. A “send her back” chant even erupted at a recent Trump rally in reference to Omar.
I don’t believe the four Congresswomen are capable of loving our Country. They should apologize to America (and Israel) for the horrible (hateful) things they have said. They are destroying the Democrat Party, but are weak & insecure people who can never destroy our great Nation!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 21, 2019
It is amazing how the Fake News Media became “crazed” over the chant “send her back” by a packed Arena (a record) crowd in the Great State of North Carolina, but is totally calm & accepting of the most vile and disgusting statements made by the three Radical Left Congresswomen…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 19, 2019
Nonetheless, the new poll also shows Trump is trailing in ratings among independents, despite a closer gap. Trump is sitting at a -12, with Ocasio-Cortez at -7, Omar at -11, Tlaib at -6 and Pressley at -6.