Public sides with Trump on removing Confederate statues: Poll

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A new poll shows that most people in the United States oppose removing statues of Confederate generals, siding with President Trump on an issue over which he has been repeatedly slapped down.

In a survey of 1,006 adults by the Washington Post and ABC News, conducted July 12-15, 52% of respondents said statues that honor Confederate generals should not be removed from public spaces. More than two-thirds, 68%, said the same of statues of slave-owning U.S. presidents.

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