A former aide to President Donald Trump flagged new data that suggests Republicans are falling out of "lockstep" with his policy priorities.
The ongoing immigration crackdown in Minneapolis has led to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by a federal agent and violent scenes captured on video as government forces clash with protesters and passersby alike, and former White House communications director Mike Dubke told "CNN This Morning" that voters were appalled by the chaos.
"I look at this polling and I look at some of the other polling that has come out recently on other issues, and I think the real telling thing and maybe we'll get to these numbers is when you break down the polls," Dubke said.
A new CNN poll found 56 percent of respondents believe Good's killing was an inappropriate use of force by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, while more than half believe ICE tactics were making cities less safe.
"I'm bringing this up because there's often a conversation to me that goes, this is bad," said host Audie Cornish, "and someone goes, but you voted for it, and then everyone's supposed to be like, well, they voted for it. So do you see a tide shift or do you think this is heat of the moment?"
Dubke said he believes Trump voters are turning against his mass deportation campaign as a result of the ICE raids and ensuing mayhem in cities across the country.
"I lookat it through three lenses, where Democrats are, whereindependents are, and where Republicans are, because I thinkwe've seen in other polling Democrats and independents havebeen moving away from some ofthe policies of the Trumpadministration," Dubke said."But Republicans havebeen kind of almost lockstepwith the president. Some of thenumbers are indicating,especially on the incident in Minnesota and Minneapolis, thatsome Republicans are having somequestions about whether or notthis ICE presence and the waythat it is being affected in Minnesota is the proper way togo there. So I understand thenumbers, looking at the numbers,they're important. But I thinkfrom the perspective of theadministration, you also have tobreak that down and look to seewhere their supporters are."
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