Article snippet: Posted at 8:23 pm on August 19, 2017 by streiff Caricature by DonkeyHotey flic.kr/p/Ct4G4K https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The remarks of President Trump following the violence in Charlottesville, VA, last weekend has exposed a lot of very interesting fault lines between what newsrooms think is important and what is perceived as important by voters. Josh Kraushaar of National Journal sets it up this way: I posted earlier in the week on a poll that showed over 60% of respondents agreed with Trump that Confederate statues should be left alone. Likewise a huge majority of Republicans supported Trump calling out left-wing violence in Charlottesville as well as the more narrative-friendly white supremacist violence. Kaushaar also points out what has happened to Trump’s approval rating: On August 13, Trump hit 34% approval rating. By Thursday he’d gained four points, to 38%, despite having the kitchen sink thrown at him. And keep in mind that while 38% approval is not stellar, do you know when else Trump had a 38% approval rating? November 8, 2016. Link to the full article to read more