Poll Finds Nearly Half of Federal Employees Are Planning to ‘Resist’ Trump

Some Legal Insurrection readers will remember when Ronald Reagan fired striking air traffic controllers. That’s what Trump might need to do here. Just start mass firings until these folks get the message.

The Daily Signal reports:

DEEP STATE GEARING UP: Nearly Half of Federal Employees in the Swamp Plan to Resist Trump, Poll FindsA surprising number of federal government employees admit they are gearing up to act like a deep state, opposing the incoming second administration of Donald Trump.Most Americans, even many of the elites who voted for Vice President Kamala Harris, are willing to support Trump’s administration, according to an RMG Research survey commissioned by the Napolitan Institute. Yet 42% of federal government managers who work in the Washington, D.C., swamp intend to work against the administration.RMG Research conducted three surveys in mid-December to study three different segments of the population. The polling firm focused on what it calls the Elite 1% who have postgraduate degrees, earn more than $150,000 annually, and live in densely populated areas; Main Street Americans who meet none of these three criteria and who represent between 70% and 75% of the U.S. population; and Federal Government Managers—federal employees who live in the National Capitol Region around Washington and earn at least $75,000 annually.Main Street Americans tend to have less faith in government and want more freedom for Americans, while the Elite 1% tend to have more faith in government and say Americans have too much freedom. Main Street Americans tend to look down on the idea of a deep state opposing the people’s elected president…On Election Day, 64% of the Elite 1% voted for Harris while only 34% voted for Trump. Yet among the Elite 1% who voted for Harris, a quarter (26%) said they are working to support the new administration.Federal Government Managers, however, proved evenly split, with only 44% saying they would support the administration and 42% saying they would resist it…Unsurprisingly, Federal Government Managers proved more gung-ho about resistance when they identified as Democrats.

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