Trump Outcomes That Dems Welcomed - 9/23/26

A new poll asked Democrats about Trump, and the answers are disturbing. A majority of Democratic voters said they would react positively to four out of five hypothetical scenarios in which President Donald Trump left office before completing his term. According to a survey from the Center for Strategic Politics, nearly six in ten Democrats said they would react favorably if military leaders removed President Trump from power, while 55 percent said they would react positively if the president passed away in his sleep. The only scenario that produced more negative than positive reaction was that if somebody were to intentionally end his life.

But even in that case, 31% of Democrats said they would react positively. The same poll found that 77% of Democrats wanted a future Democratic administration to prosecute Trump officials over their immigration enforcement policies. In other news, a South Dakota man is accused of threatening two Catholic churches within nine months. St. Michael, please protect our people. Today is also the Feast of St. Padre Pio, who was an Italian priest known for his piety and charity, as well as having the gift of the stigmata, which are the wounds of Christ, on his hands.

I'm Josh Mercer, editor of The Loop, taking you behind the headlines. Go to zeal.co for the rest of today's Loop, and while you're at it, subscribe to get The Loop in your inbox every morning. Again, that's zeal.co.