It’ll have zero effect. We’re 5 months out and this administration is masterful at changing the subject by doing something else that’s vile. My guess is that in two weeks you won’t even hear about this anymore. The only thing that is happening that might have some effect is that Evangelicals are definitely upset about it. My Evangelical friends and family aren’t trying to defend it at all. They’re steamed, but the Fox News churn has them convinced that this is Obama’s fault and Trump’s hands are tied. They honestly believe that Trump had nothing to do with this and it has been happening for years and only now is coming out because the Democrats are playing politics. It honestly wouldn’t surprise me if what happens is that Trump cancels his zero tolerance policy with an Executive Order and then it gets spun as he is finally the guy that was willing to put a stop to this injustice despite the Democrats doing their best to keep those people in confinement. I will say though that a surprising number of Evangelical leaders are starting to turn on this issue. I don’t know it it will be permanent, but I think that it’s possible for Trump to really mess up his base if he’s not careful.
It’s interesting sometimes to spend a day or two and just consume news from the other side. It’s really a totally different reality that we’re living in. If your only source of news was Fox News and Breitbart, you would totally be convinced that Trump is the greatest President since Lincoln and if Democrats would only let him that he would make the US a utopia. The information and spin is so completely different that they’re really not seeing the world the same way that we are.