Column: GOP, corporations find themselves in a bind
Contributor Wayne Gersen in West Lebanon, N.H., on April 12, 2019. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
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Two seemingly unrelated topics dominated the news cycle recently new voting laws in Georgia and President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan. A closer look reveals that these topics share some commonalities: They place the Republican Party on the wrong side of issues that have wide public support, and they also create significant public relations challenges for corporate America.
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Most Americans want Donald Trump out of sight and out of mind after he leaves office Wednesday. Most Americans except Republicans, that is.
In every recent poll on Trump, Republicans stand apart. Ask whether Trump should remain a “major national figure for years to come,” as the Pew Research Center did in a survey taken just after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and 68% of Americans say no, whereas 57% of Republicans say yes.
Or ask whether Trump should be disqualified from future office. A majority of adults 56%, according to a recent poll conducted for ABC News and The Washington Post also say yes, whereas 85% of Republicans say no.