Fox Poll: 30% Of Trumpers Want Him To “Break Laws”

The Washington Post reports:

It’s been evident for a long time that Republicans — and supporters of Donald Trump, especially — take a more no-holds-barred approach to politics than Democrats do. They’re much more likely to say political violence can be justified, for instance.

It’s also become clear that Trump being convicted of a felony isn’t a red line for the vast majority of them. But for apparently the first time, we can affix a number to how many of them think that Trump breaking the law for political ends is okay. About 3 in 10.

That’s the finding of a new Fox News poll this weekend. While 65 percent of Trump backers said a president should always follow the rules and the law, 30 percent said breaking rules and laws could be justified.

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Analysis by Aaron Blake: 3 in 10 Trump voters want a president willing to break “rules and laws”

A new poll adds to the growing picture of a GOP base entertaining extreme measures and authoritarianism. https://t.co/WyAEZleGEG

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