All across the country, MAGA politicians are backing off of Trump. They are removing his endorsement from their websites and avoiding his rallies. In Wisconsin, it’s not much different for Tom Tiffany, who is trying to distance himself from Trump and his abysmal approval rating, even when pressed on it by reporter Vanessa Kjeldsen:
KJELDSEN: In the latest Marquette Law School poll, only 38% of Wisconsinites approved of the job President Donald Trump is doing. Do you approve of his job?
TIFFANY: The president is doing what he believes is best for this, uh, for the United States of America. What I’m focused on is being the best governor pro- possible in Wisconsin.
KJELDSEN: But if the Marquette Law School poll asked you if you would give a thumbs up or a thumbs down to President Donald Trump, what would you tell them?
TIFFANY: Well, look at the, um, good things that have happened. We have a border that’s secure now.
Fentanyl deaths are way down because he, he, he was single-minded in making sure that border, the borders, are secure. Look at no taxes on tips and overtime. I mean, I had a welder from Marshfield tell me about how he took home $1,100 more this year as a result of that. There’s some good things that have happened.
KJELDSEN: So you would approve?
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