Impeachment Support News Today

I think we miss this a lot of times. jim is exactly right that impeachment support has dropped a little bit. down from 50 to 45. but 45% support impeachment and removal of donald trump. i asked the producers to get this with obama, bush and clinton. we all talked about impeachment. clinton was impeached. in september 1998, 29% of people thought he should be impeached and removed from office. reminder, 45% of people think that way about donald trump. so, yes, it is down, but it is down from half ...

Million thousand packs to help house democrats being attacked by republicans over their support for impeachment. rivals see this and are not expressing concern as long as he is stuck at 5% in national polls. >> they both have us the clear front runner and michael bloomberg despite the ads and millions of dollars, 5%. what does that tell you about what democrats are looking for. >> keep spending. >> in las vegas, peter doocy, fox news. >> top democrats long said they needed impeachment hearings t...

He has parted ways on immigration on so many different issues. and for him to actually sit through all of these hearings and say, the phone call was inappropriate. he found some issues with it. he believes that the president was way out of bounds. he said, in order for him to be able to support impeachment, the evidence has to be overwhelming. and i think that thats where it is right now. when you look at whats happening in the polls, 538 actually had a poll that said, impeachment support has ac...

These hearings and to say the phone call was inappropriate, he found some issues with it, he believes that the president was way out of bounds, he said in order for him to be able to support impeachment, the evidence has to be overwhelming. i think thats where it is right now. when you look at whats happening in the polls, 538 had a poll that said impeachment support has gone down from 50.3% down to 46 .3%. and among independents where we can see really how much the democrats have made the case ...

I hear from people who are solid democrats us, out there volunteering for campaigns, doesnt want him in office one day longer, maybe the smart move is to let 2020 speak for itself, im going to volunteer for the campaign for whoever it is is the nominee. and another poll today said impeachment support is down 4 points. should we take anything away from that survey? >> after spiking one the impeachment inquiry was announced, its been pretty flat. a lot of americans are sort of throwing up their ha...

The polling issue, he claims that hes got his own polls and he disputes the public polling that suggest that impeachment support in the country is actually on the rise. and so the president knocked that back in his own way saying that he believes that especially in battleground states he retains a lot of support and especially among republicans. but on other issues, the president was very forceful today and he seems to be shifting his strategy a bit to something we havent heard him talking about...

>> joining us again from washington, national political reporter for "politico," elena schneider. welcome back. how could we see a potential impeachment vote against the president impact the senate republican caucus? >> well, as mitch mcconnell has indicated, he would be in a position where we be forced to take this up. and that would then put all of this senate republicans in the position of having to take a politically dangerous vote. and in particular, im thinking people like susan collins of...

News poll showed 55% of americans approve of congress opening impeachment inquiry. talk to me about whether this apparent change, shift in public support let alone congressional support for impeachment inquiry is causing worry at the white house. >> reporter: for the white house, the figure they look at support for impeachment, not impeachment inquiry. thats according to a storied report by geoff bennett, kristin welker. they say he will be concerned for impeachment support, if it gets above 50%...

Could be swayed on the whole issue of impeachment following muellers testimony on wednesday? >> i think the problem democrats have is that the resistance to impeachment is as much practical as ideological. barrs letter shaped the initial reaction. half of americans roughly in the cnn polling said the president obstructed justice. impeachment support has always been below the share who said he did something wrong. i think thats understanding the senate is unlikely to convict. now we are 15 1/2 mo...

Going to screw up budget negotiations. >> yes, i know from speaking with republicans, and we all know, mcconnell is serious about getting the budget deal done with president trump when he knows its pretty unpredictable. >> my favorite line of the day of mitch mcconnell, he goes i hope the secretary of treasury was representing the white house. because hell take that deal if he was actually speaking for the president. which of course, nobody knows if he is. >> i think from talks i had, nancy pelo...