ORLANDO, Fla., June 15 (UPI) — A majority of Americans disapproved of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s response to the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, a new poll finds.
A CBS News poll conducted in the days since the attack finds 51 percent of those surveyed said they did not like the way Trump was handling the shooting.
In the wake of the shooting death of 49 people by Omar Mateen, who pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State, Trump appeared to take credit for having predicted the incident. He also renewed his call to prohibit all Muslims from entering the country.
Just 25 percent of those surveyed said they approved of Trump’s reaction.
The numbers for President Barack Obama’s handling of the shooting are much better. Forty-four percent of Americans gave Obama high marks for his response, while 34 percent gave him an unfavorable rating.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s response rating was split, with 36 percent favorable, 34 percent unfavorable and 30 percent of respondents saying they did not know or did not answer.
The CBS News poll was conducted June 13-14, with 1,001 individuals surveyed. It carries a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
CBS News poll: Gauging Americans’ views on Orlando mass shooting by CBSNewsPolitics
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