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Poll: Most Republicans believe Trump bears no responsibility for Capitol attacks

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A new poll finds a nation united on opposing the Capitol attacks but divided on who is to blame.
An overwhelming majority of Americans disapprove of the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, but most Republicans say President Donald Trump bears no responsibility for the assault — and nearly half say Republican lawmakers didn’t go far enough in supporting the president’s efforts to overturn the election’s results, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The poll — which surveys 1,002 US adults, and was taken from January 10 to 13 — paints a striking picture, and finds a national consensus on the impropriety of what transpired at the Capitol, while revealing familiar divisions on who is to blame for the episode. The poll found that almost 9 in 10 Americans oppose the storming of the Capitol, and that 80 percent strongly oppose the attack. But when asked about who is to blame — and what, if any, repercussions Trump should face for promoting a “wild” rally that eventually overran the country’s legislature and resulted in the deaths of five people — there is nothing approaching consensus. While majorities of the public disapprove of the president’s behavior, Trump still retains a large degree of support from Republicans, as does his disinformation campaign to discredit the 2020 election results. The poll found 56 percent of Americans believe that Congress should remove Trump from office and prevent him from holding elected office in the future. But among Republicans,89 percent oppose such a course of action. The reason for that appears to be straightforward: The pollsters found most Republicans don’t think he did anything wrong. While 66 percent of Americans believe Trump has acted irresponsibly in his statements and actions since the election,66 percent of Republicans think he acted responsibly, according to the poll.

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