'Oh, come on!' GOP strategist snaps after Trump accused of destroying faith in government

GOP strategist Lance Trover took offense on CNN on Sunday morning after Democrat Adrienne Elrod shot down his argument that voters love the destruction Donald Trump is bringing down upon government institutions.

During the panel segment on "State of the Union," Trover cited polling that shows American voters have little to no trust in the government and that Trump is changing that by being a "norm buster," before adding, "And I think the voters are giving him a lot of leeway."

He continued, "The Democrats should let Trump kind of see what he can do. So I think, when it comes to busting norms, our faith in our institutions hovers around 20 percent, I think for the federal government, when it comes to universities, maybe 30 percent. So I think, with voters, they're out there saying, yeah, let's give him the benefit of the doubt and see what he can do, because the incremental change has not been working.

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After asserting, "I think for a lot of people they want a hammer and not a scalpel," Elrod jumped in and told him, "Faith in our institutions is eroded because of Donald Trump."

That brought about an incredulous, "Oh, come on!" from Trover.

"He has literally tried to convince the American people that our institutions are broken when they're not," she persisted. "I mean they are broken to an extent right now because of Donald Trump, but he is the one who is ––."

"How do you get to a 20 percent approval rating?" Trover interrupted.

"I'm not saying that Democrats don't have their issues, too," she explained. "But Donald Trump is the reason why he, and the MAGA institution, is the reason why people have lost so much faith in our institutions. And to your point, that is why I think he thinks he can go out there and not allow Kilmar Abrego Garcia to have due process, you know, defy court orders. He is the one who is perpetuating this, and he is the reason why people are losing faith."

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