For the past week, the media frenzy over President Trump’s Twitter attacks on four Democratic congresswomen of color has centered on the question of whether GOP leaders will rebuke the president’s divisiveness and open hostility to minorities and immigrants. Sticking with Trump, the theory goes, will further cleave the GOP from the suburban voters they need to win in 2020.
There’s also been speculation that Trump’s attacks on ‘the Squad’ will help to unite Democrats. While the president’s actions may unify Democrats in opposition to the president personally, it doesn’t mean that Democrats are united on policy. And, while the focus thus far in the campaign has been on differences in addressing things like health care coverage, new polling by Marist/NPR/NewsHour finds that Democratic voters are more united on economic/healthcare policy than they are on issues dealing with illegal immigration and reparations for slavery. CONT.
Amy Walter, Cook Political Report