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| Trump and Ronna McDaniel don't care about Americans dying from the coronavirus. |
According to the data collected by CBS, most Republican voters think the country is dealing with the pandemic pretty well, though 62 percent of voters overall think the pandemic response has gone badly. As for the number of Americans who’ve died from Covid-19 so far, 57% of Republicans called it "acceptable," but 90% of Democrats called it "unacceptable," as did 67% of independents.
Republicans see an America — to borrow Ronald Reagan's famous test — better off today than it was four years ago, mainly, they say, because of their confidence in Trump.
For most Republicans, America is a nation where the economy is still fairly good, where the effort to handle the coronavirus is going at least somewhat well and Trump is doing a very good job on it. For them, the virus elicits less concern in the first place. They believe over 200,000 fatalities is an overstated count and one which, for many, can so far be considered acceptable. And it is a nation where, for an overwhelming number of Republicans, there has been too much focus on racial discrimination of late.
They don't believe the coronavirus is killing Americans. They believe it's a hoax to undermine Trump and it's government conspiracy to control freedoms. They see wearing facial masks as a health risk instead of virus. They believe that opening up schools, public parks and businesses are more important than the workers and first responders who could be exposed to the coronavirus.
They believe that global elites are secretly running a child pedophile ring and Democrats are embracing it. They believe a "insider" by the name of Q is working hard to expose those who a sabotaging Trump's presidency.
This is the Q'Anon.
The Russian government is actively involved in trying to sow discourse in the 2020 election. They don't care about that. They already conclude that Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden got a shady business deal from the Ukrainian government and the former vice president got a prosecutor fired. This is the works of Rudy Giuliani and his business partners John "Deep State" Solomon. Lev Parnas and Igor Furman. They have concluded that Hunter Biden's role on a gas and oil company is the scandal.
Republicans have concluded that Obama spied on Trump's presidential campaign. The Republicans have been encouraging for prosecution of Sally Yates, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Andrew Weisman, John Brennan and James Comey. They think they've conspired with federal agents to get a FISA authorization on former Trump campaign advisor Carter Page.
They believe Roger Stone and Michael Flynn were treated unfairly by the courts. Despite Flynn pleading guilty and Stone being found guilty of lying to investigators, Trump and Republicans believe that they were unjustly prosecuted by rogue agents.
Republicans believe that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are dangerous for America.
They have called Joe Biden senile. They believe he has cognitive disorder and dementia.
They believe that he sexually assaulted Tara Reade in the U.S. Capitol.
They believe that he is a racist despite him picking Harris, a woman of color. His old boss is Obama, the first African American president. He lives in the majority Black city of Wilmington, Delaware.
Republican don't believe in climate change. They believe that coronavirus, wildfires and hurricanes are natural events. They blame China for the coronavirus and believe that immigrants are the vast spreaders of the coronavirus.
Republicans also hate Black Lives Matter. The Republicans believe that Black Lives Matter and antifa hate the cops. They support Blue Lives Matter and believe that protesters are criminals.
Another area where Republicans differ with voters overall is on views of the Black Lives Matter movement. Most voters agree with the ideas of the movement, while most Republicans do not. In fact, two-thirds strongly disagree. Eight in 10 Republicans think there has been too much attention recently on the issue of discrimination, compared to 44% of voters overall, and just 12% of Democrats.
There is plenty of what's called negative partisanship at work here, as well. For four in 10 Republicans, their allegiance to the GOP is based not so much on liking all that it stands for, but mainly on disliking what Democrats stand for. And so that calculus, too, might well be something the GOP convention aims to make more widespread.
Margret Brenham interviews Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel and asked her about the polls stating that Republicans voters do not care about the death count.
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