<p style="font-weight: 400;">On Tuesday, CNN made clear that rumors of a serious split within the GOP are baseless.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">CNN host John Berman discussed the situation with pollster Harry Enten.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“There&#8217;s been some talk about whether the president&#8217;s actions in Venezuela would create a rift among his supporters, whether it goes against his long-held, quote, ‘America first’ ideology. So, what are we seeing in the polling?” Berman asked.</p>
<p>“Let me be very clear, there is no rift in the Republican Party,” Enten replied bluntly. “Yes, there are some folks like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie who are quite skeptical of this. They are very much in the minority.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“What are we talking about here?” he continued. “Well, why don&#8217;t we just talk to the GOP on the U.S. military ousting Maduro? Ipsos, 65% support, 6% opposed. How about ‘The Washington Post’ poll? 74% support. Just 10% opposed. If you look among 2024 Trump supporters, we&#8217;re talking about 80% support. The vast, vast majority of Republicans are with Donald Trump on this issue. Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene are very much in the minority.”</p>
<p>“The bottom line is this: Donald Trump has had an iron grip, an iron grip on that Republican base for a long period of time. And it is the same iron grip that he had six months ago,” Enten explained. “Look at this, 84% six months ago, 85% now. You don’t have to be a mathematical genius to know 85% and 84% are basically the same number. In fact, 85% is one point higher than 84%.”</p>
<p>“One of the ways you know that the Republican base is with the president on this issue is, look at those President Trump has delegated to be at least very much in charge,” Enten pointed out. “Just look at this: Google searches for Marco Rubio, up 575% from last month. We’re talking about the second-highest since he ran for president back in 2016. You know, we spoke about it last hour, how the American people view this at this point as a successful operation, considerably more so than did prior to the operation, backing, in fact, the ousting of Maduro. We now, of course, see as well that that success is being pushed onto Marco Rubio as well.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨 BREAKING: CNN just SHOCKED the Left by confirming MAGA is not divided at all &#8211; not even a LITTLE BIT!</p>
<p>His GOP approval rating *WENT UP* in the last 6 months</p>
<p>&quot;Let me be very clear: NO RIFT in the Republican Party!&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;Trump has an IRON GRIP on the Republican base&#8230;85%!&quot;… <a href="https://t.co/6oqaGALLht">pic.twitter.com/6oqaGALLht</a></p>
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