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The "Family Values" Party Is Anything But...

I've always found it ironically comical that the Republican Party brands itself as the party of Christianity/God, high morals/ethics, family values, etc., for their actions and devolving beliefs run directly contrary to those very labels.

Take the latest such poll to showcase this. It was conducted by The Daily Beast/IPSOS and revolves around the Trump administration's zero-tolerance immigration policy.

In the survey, participants were to mark their approval or disapproval based on this statement: "It is appropriate to separate undocumented immigrant parents from their children when they cross the border in order to discourage others from crossing the border illegally."

Here's how some of the results broke down:

Approval
Overall: 27% (56% disapproval)
Democrats: 14%
Independents: 29%
Republicans: 46% (32% disapproval)

That's right; Republicans scored at a net +14%, while the general population scored at a net -29%, a difference of a whopping 43 points.

How can the GOP brand itself as the party of family values when they actively support tearing families apart? Let's make no bones about it - the GOP isn't the party of family values; they're the party of THEIR families' values: White, straight, and Christian. Having said that, perhaps they need to read the lyrics to the hymn "Jesus Loves the Little Children" again...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/poll-republicans-approve-of-trumps-family-separation-policy

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