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U.S. Trust in Government Depends Upon Party Control

https://news.gallup.com/poll/697421/trust-government-depends...

Same for supporting issues. If the "other" party proposes something, people are automatically against. As soon as "their" party supports it, they are all in.

The MAHA movement is a good example. If democrats had said something about the problems with high sugar food or additives, republicans would have shouted "nanny state". Now that Kennedy is talking about it, they support it.

Chief republican politician Mitch McConnell once filibustered his own bill because democrats also supported it. https://theweek.com/articles/469675/mitch-mcconnells-amazing...

And stood in front of a TV camera during Obama's administration and said that Republicans would not support bills that objectively made Americans lives better because their goal was only to make sure Obama was a one term President.

Would have? They did. Michelle Obama was ripped to shreds over programs to make school lunches healthier.

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