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On the recordMarch 7, 2017
Mr. Speaker, from Investor's Business Daily: ``The mainstream media's open hostility to President Trump may be starting to backfire, according to the latest IBD/TIPP poll. The poll found that 55 percent of the public says they have grown `weary from the media's persistently negative coverage of President Trump.' A roughly equal share, 54 percent, also believe that the news media `has assumed the role of the opposition party, constantly opposing the president and his policies at every turn.''' ``The results are understandable, given the unusually hostile relationship the press has with Trump. ``A study by the nonpartisan group Media Tenor found that only 3 percent of network news stories in the first month of the Trump administration could be described as positive.'' ``The poll found that 57 percent back Trump's plan to hire 10,000 more immigration agents; 58 percent support the deportation of illegal immigrants charged with a crime, even if they haven't been convicted; and 53 percent back Trump's call to withhold federal aid to `sanctuary cities.''' ``Meanwhile, 42 percent say Trump is providing strong leadership for the country, which is higher than the 40 percent Obama got last October.'' ____________________
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Lamar Smith
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