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In a brand new ABC News/Washington Post poll out Sunday, the news organizations found a sizable five-point “uptick” in President Trump’s approval rating over a poll published in August. The increase to 41 percent came after the contentious battle for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh that left the Republicans unified and energized like they hadn’t been since the Obama years. Despite that fact, the cast of ABC’s Good Morning America that morning didn’t see it helping the GOP much in November.
To begin their reporting on their poll, reporter and fill-in host Adrienne Bankert noted that “our new ABC News/Washington Post poll out this morning shows President Trump's numbers have improved.” She immediately followed up with a suggestion the President was looking into a new child separation immigration policy. A topic that would surely hurt that number.
“50 percent of people saying they would do a better job on immigration versus just 38 percent who think that Republicans would do a better job,” added co-host Eva Pilgrim also referencing the new poll numbers.
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