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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on October 07, 2019, 11:18:49 pm
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House GOP touts poll showing impeachment advantage for Republicans
By Juliegrace Brufke - 10/07/19 05:58 PM EDT
House GOP leaders are telling their rank-and-file members that impeachment will backfire on Democrats and give the GOP a chance to flip dozens of Democratic-held seats next year.
Members were briefed Monday during a call led by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on a new poll taken by the House GOP’s campaign arm that showed 68 percent of voters see impeachment as being politically motivated.
“The numbers look good for us,†one source on the call said. “[They] show independents and voters in districts Trump won with a Dem rep are against impeachment.â€
According to the poll taken by Public Opinion Strategies for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), 67 percent of independents see impeachment as politically motivated.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/464751-house-gop-touts-poll-showing-impeachment-advantage-for-republicans