… According to the 2017 American Values Survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), 55 percent of Republicans agree that “we need a leader who is willing to break some rules if that is what is needed to set things right.” That total rises to 66 percent among Republicans who have always backed Trump.
The trouble is that group is nowhere near large enough to deliver the 2020 election to Trump. Republicans who don’t like the president tend to disagree with him — particularly on immigration and the wall — and it was these people whose defection gave Democrats control of the House. Doubling down on the wall is not the way to get these people to give you another chance. CONT.
Henry Olsen, Washington Post