If Trump did suspend some laws and constitutional provisions, 52% of the public would be bothered a lot by this. This number is down from 65% who felt this way in June. Those who say they would be bothered a lot by this ranges from 77% of Democrats (down from 86% in June) to 55% of independents (down from 68%) and just 23% of Republicans (down from 41%).

“As recently as this week, Trump said those who investigated the Jan. 6 riot should go to jail. Still many Americans see this more as bombast than intent. If he is serious, however, he can probably bank on his fellow Republicans to stand behind him, or at least turn a blind eye,” said Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute.

– Monmouth University Poll, December 12, 2024

When asked, “If Donald Trump did suspend some laws and constitutional provisions, would that bother you a lot, bother you a little, or not bother you at all?” Republican respondents were largely untroubled at the prospect of President Trump suspending provisions of the Constitution.

The chart below reveals Republican responses to the question:

23% – Bother a lot

34% – Bother a little

36% – Not bother at all

Remember when (before Newt Gingrich, Fox News Channel, the 2008 presidential election results, and before Donald Trump rode down the golden escalator) Republicans were the law and order party?

Caitlin Clark bends the knee to an invisible mob

NO!!!! Caitlin, what HAPPENED here?? My God. What a fumble. Just so, soooooooooo, dumb. Unreal. God, kids are so insufferable in 2024. I mean, I just couldn’t imagine being in college/right out of college right now. 

It must be the worst. Gen-Zers are just the worst. 

Anyway, it’s all just completely unnecessary by Caitlin Clark. She’s bending the knee to a mob that nobody cares about anymore. 

Caitlin – we won! The sane people won. The good guys won. We don’t need to cater to the lunatics anymore. The left is DOA. It’s over. Sanity is back. 

Now, why did the best player in the WNBA – by a laughably wide margin – crumble like a cheap tent? I’m sure she was pressured by wackos behind the scenes to do so. 

— so says Tomi Lahren

Kevin Drum, who clicked on a Fox News report on the commentary excerpted above, links to the Time cover story with the complete Caitlin Clark quote and offers his take:

Wow. I mean, sure, Clark mentioned white privilege in passing, and no self-respecting conservative can pass that up. But even for a MAGA die-hard doesn’t this seem a little overwrought? Is it that infuriating just to briefly acknowledge that Black people are pretty good basketball players? The MAGA mind virus is a powerful thing.

“The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death.”