GOP Polling on Trump, Niger Coup, Conditions at ICE Detention Centers

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🗓️ 16 August 2023

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Why Republicans seem unbothered by Trump's indictments. Coup leaders in Niger tighten their grip. NPR obtains confidential reports describing "barbaric" treatment within ICE detention centers.

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0:00.0	Donald Trump's cascade of indictments for to be precise has repelled many independent
0:07.5	voters.
0:08.5	Yet polling suggests Republicans don't really care, could their loyalty to Trump carry
0:12.9	him through the primaries?
0:13.9	I mean, Martinez, with Leyla Faddle, and this is a burst from NPR News.
0:21.5	Military leaders overthrew New Jersey's elected president three weeks ago attempts to reverse
0:26.0	the coup have so far failed, so what does that mean for the 25 million people who live
0:30.1	there?
0:31.1	In confidential reports obtained by NPR describe, quote, barbaric conditions that immigrant detention
0:36.7	facilities.
0:37.7	Unfortunately, this is not an outlier.
0:39.9	I think this is the tip of the iceberg.
0:41.7	Is anything being done about it?
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1:14.2	With each passing indictment of former president Donald Trump up to four indictments now, Republicans
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