President Donald Trump expressed his displeasure Thursday with a Fox News poll that found a majority of registered voters believe Trump should be impeached — a record high in the survey.
The poll came after House Democrats opened an impeachment inquiry into the president over his call to have his Ukrainian counterpart investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a top political rival.
“From the day I announced I was running for President, I have NEVER had a good @FoxNews Poll,” Trump tweeted. “Whoever their Pollster is, they suck. But @FoxNews is also much different than it used to be in the good old days. With people like Andrew Napolitano, who wanted to be a Supreme Court Justice & I turned him down (he’s been terrible ever since), Shep Smith, @donnabrazile (who gave Crooked Hillary the debate questions & got fired from @CNN), & others, @FoxNews doesn’t deliver for US anymore. It is so different than it used to be.”
“Oh well, I’m President!” he added.
Of those surveyed, 51 percent said they want Trump impeached and removed from office, while another 4 percent say they would like Trump impeached but not removed. On the flip side, 40 percent of voters said they oppose impeachment. Support for Trump’s impeachment and removal jumped nine points from July, increasing 11 points among Democrats, five points among Republicans and three points among independents. Fox News found increased support for Trump’s impeachment among white evangelicals, white men without a college degree and rural white voters.
Fox News also found that 66 percent of registered voters said it was “generally inappropriate” for Trump to ask a foreign leader to probe a political opponent. Just 25 percent said this was generally OK.
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