New evidence shows that a majority of Americans disapprove of President-elect Trump's plan to deploy the military in mass deportations and his efforts to grant amnesty to participants in the January 6 riot. This was revealed in the investigation.
According to investigationA poll conducted by the Washington Post and the University of Maryland found that more than half of Americans disapprove of some of President Trump's recent statements.
The survey found that 54% of respondents oppose President Trump's use of the U.S. military to carry out his plan to deport illegal immigrants. After the election, the president-elect appeared to confirm reports that he was prepared to declare a national emergency and use military assets to carry out his plans.
60% of Americans oppose President Trump having the Justice Department investigate the president-elect's political opponents. The threat of prosecution looms over Trump's rivals, particularly those who appeared before a House committee on January 6th. A Republican-led report released earlier this week calls for charges against former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who served on the committee.
Two-thirds of respondents, 66%, oppose President Trump pardoning those convicted of the January 6th attack on the Capitol. The president-elect said he intended to pardon “most” rioters within hours of re-entering the White House.
The survey also found that Trump's threat to jail reporters who wrote stories he didn't like was widely unpopular. 88% of respondents oppose this idea, as relations between Trump and the media will become even more strained before he takes office.
The president-elect has settled a $15 million defamation lawsuit with ABC News and the Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer over a poll that showed him losing the race in Iowa. Another lawsuit was filed against the other party.
Nearly all of Trump's ideas included in the survey received little support from Democrats. Independents were more likely to support the idea, but support remained below 50%. Republicans are most likely to support Trump's plan, but support among Republicans for jailing reporters remained low.
The survey was conducted between Dec. 5 and 9 with 1,251 respondents and had a margin of error of 3.7 percentage points.
