An essential piece to the White House’s Russia cover-up plan appears to have been relying on allies in Congress to stonewall or sidetrack investigation, but a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll has found that only 16% of Americans want Congress to handle the investigation.
NBC News reported, “Seventy-three percent of respondents prefer the independent investigation, versus 16 percent who pick Congress. Still, a majority of Americans — 54 percent — believe that Congress should investigate whether there was contact between the Russian government and the Trump campaign, which is essentially unchanged from February’s NBC/WSJ poll….A combined 61 percent of Americans say they have little to no confidence in Congress conducting a fair and impartial investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election. Only a combined 39 percent say they have “some” or a “great deal” of confidence in Congress conducting a fair and impartial investigation.”
Republicans in Congress are being dragged into Trump’s Russia scandal, and the polling indicates that they are about to pay a big price with voters if they are viewed as covering for Trump. The NBC/WSJ poll also suggests that Democrats could have a powerful point to make with voters in 2018. If Democrats want to take back Congress, they should run on a platform of authorizing an independent investigation into the Trump/Russia scandal.
After the way that the White House tried to use Rep. Devin Nunez (R-CA) to assist in the spreading of false information and cover-up, using the Republican majority in Congress to make Trump’s scandal go away looks like it was always part of the plan.
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The American people have seen through the con, and they are going to vote for candidates who promise an independent investigation. The Russia scandal isn’t going away, and a key part of the cover-up has been discredited in the eyes of a majority of Americans.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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