Republican support for President Trump has increased slightly since Sunday when he tweeted that a group of liberal representatives should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”
Democrats and some Republicans have slammed the president’s tweets as racist and xenophobic. The Democrat-controlled House passed a resolution on Tuesday condemning Trump for his attack on Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts.
The controversy seems not to have dented the president’s support among his own party and may even have bolstered it, according to a Reuters/Ipsos public opinion poll released Tuesday. A national survey conducted Monday and Tuesday found that 72% of Republicans approve of Trump, a 5% increase over a similar poll last week.
Trump slipped in support among independents from about 40% to 30%. Democratic support for the president also fell slightly. Trump’s overall approval rating held steady at 41%.
