Trump's just fine
by digby
New PPP Poll:
Trump's recent comments about President Obama waging a war on Christianity don't hurt him much with the GOP base. 69% agree with the sentiment that the President has waged a war on Christianity, with only 17% disagreeing.
Trump's probably not hurting himself too much with his negativity toward Muslims either- only 49% of Republicans think the religion of Islam should even be legal in the United States with 30% saying it shouldn't be and 21% not sure. Among Trump voters there is almost even division with 38% thinking Islam should be allowed and 36% that it should not.
In fact they pretty much like everything about him except his rudeness about Fiorina's looks and insults toward Columba Bush. Other than that, though it's all good. This is not surprising to anyone who has been watching the right wing for more than five minutes. They are not what one would call proponents of pluralism.
But here's something I don't understand. The beltway has suddenly remembered that Donald Trump is a birther and is all upset that he failed to correct that throwback questioner about the President's faith. I've seen pundit after pundit declare that such sentiments are out of bounds. And others seem to have just awakened to the fact that right wingers don't care for Muslims, which means they have been deeper in the bubble than even I realized. And they are shocked, I tell you, shocked that Donald Trump would be seen as someone who would endorse such ugly sentiments.
That's right, the man who announced his presidential campaign by declaring that most undocumented immigrants are rapists is supposed to be someone who repudiates xenophobic language and they are surprised that the man who ridiculously insisted the president was not born in the US and succeeded in getting him to release his long form birth certificate to prove him wrong is supported by a bunch of Muslim-hating bigots.
WTH.
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