Republicans would rather hide from their voters than face them and defend Trump | Opinion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Trump signed more executive orders during his first month than any president in over 40 years.
56% : First: Trump didn't win in a landslide.
50% : Clearly, Trump has overpromised economic prosperity for his voters and is underdelivering.
39% : What are voters telling Republican officials? A lot of the complaints focus on the Department of Government Efficiency, Musk's project to cull the federal government of what he deems wasteful spending.
38% : This comes one day after Trump posted about the uproar on Truth Social.
37% : "Paid 'troublemakers' are attending Republican Town Hall Meetings," Trump wrote.
31% : As a reminder, the economy is not doing too great under Trump, thanks to his tariffs on neighboring countries and the mass layoffs in the federal government.
31% : None of that is proof of a mandate Trump insists he has.
28% : McCormick of Georgia told NBC News that he would be meeting with Musk and Trump in the coming days to address DOGE's layoffs, stressing the need for compassion.
16% : People are rightfully angry about how Trump and Musk are enforcing the layoffs and the shuttering of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

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