By Michael Woyton
What are the odds there’s a ketchup-free wall in the White House today with two major polls that showing there is not a whole lot of support for the policies of President TACO?
A Quinnipiac University National Poll released Wednesday found that a majority of registered voters oppose the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which threatens to make the national debt skyrocket while giving the uber-wealthy huge tax cuts.
Fifty-three percent of those surveyed are against the legislation, while 27 percent are fine with it. The remaining 20 percent had no opinion, Quinnipiac said.
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Two-thirds of Republicans support the spending package, with 89 percent of Democrats and 57 percent of independents against it.
The Quinnipiac poll said almost half — 47 percent — of voters want Medicaid funding to increase and 40 percent think it should stay about where it is now. Only 10 percent think there’s too much funding for Medicaid.
Interestingly, a majority of Republicans — 57 percent — believe Medicaid funding should not be cut. A majority of Democrats and a plurality of independents believe funding for Medicaid should increase.
Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy said, with Medicaid’s future as a healthcare safety net suddenly uncertain, “voters make it clear they want the 60-year-old program for those in need to be handled with care.”
So what do the registered voters surveyed by Quinnipiac think of the man in charge? No, not Stephen Miller. The mayor of MaraTaco.
Only 38 percent of voters approve of how the president is handling his job, with 54 percent disapproving.
The approval is down from Quinnipiac’s April 9 poll, which was 41 percent.
Disapproval now is 54 percent, which is up from 53 percent in April.
The poll asked about the felon’s handling of seven issues: immigration, deportations, the economy, trade, universities, Israel and Russia.
The grifter-in-chief’s approval ratings on all of them range from 34 percent for Ukraine to 43 percent on immigration. Disapprovals range from 52 percent on Israel to 57 percent on Ukraine and trade.
Both Robert Kennedy Jr. and Pete Hegseth, secretaries of Health and Human Services and Defense, respectively, both hold underwater approval ratings, Quinnipiac said.
Only 38 percent of voters approve of RFK Jr.’s job performance, with 53 percent disapproving. In a March 13 poll, it was 38 percent to 49 percent.
For Hegseth, 37 percent are fine with the way he’s doing his job, while 46 percent disapprove.
You can dig into all the Quinnipiac polling data through this link.
Released Thursday, the AP-NORC poll surveyed American adults and found that 60 percent of them feel that having a military parade on the president’s birthday is not a good use of government funds.
Democrats and independents overwhelmingly disapproved — 80 percent and 72 percent, respectively — with a hair less than two-thirds of Republicans approving — 65 percent.
When asked by AP-NORC if they approved or disapproved of the president’s decision to hold a military parade, only 40 percent approved, while 29 percent disapproved. Thirty-one percent neither approved nor disapproved.
Only 39 percent of Americans, according to the poll, approve of the president’s job performance. Sixty percent disapproved.
The golfer-in-chief did not receive a majority of Americans’ approval for his handling of immigration, the economy, trade negotiations or climate change, according to AP-NORC.
More information on the AP-NORC poll can be found through this link.
Both polls were conducted between June 5-9.
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Wow. Kristi Noem had a United States senator from the state of California forcibly removed from a public press conference — in California. Sen. Alex Padilla was thrown to the floor and handcuffed.
The ICE thugs roaming the streets take their cues from the thugs at the top.
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