The national survey of 1,501 adults was released as the political conflict over how to address the unaccompanied minors crisis further undermined an already derailed debate over immigration reform.
The Guardian also blocked comments that would otherwise disrupt or derail the debate: "whataboutery" of various kinds, or remarks that are clearly off-topic.
The only thing they can do to derail a debate is shout in protest -- not exactly proper decorum, but it happens -- or get creative with procedural maneuvers.
Because rather than derail the debate, as many had expected, Trump himself was derailed blindsided by Fox News moderators apparently fed up with the real-estate mogul and his gonzo presidential campaign.
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Even though talks to settle the scriptwriters' strike were continuing last night, another threatened strike, this one by news writers employed by the network's news division, could also have derailed the debate.
He waded in with both feet into the "controversy" over black athletes kneeling for the national anthem; he turned the crisis in Puerto Rico into a feud with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz; he derailed a debate over an immigration bill when he reportedly called Africa a "shithole".
But the substitution of "baby" for "fetus" in the debate over born-alive bills is just another way for opponents of abortion to derail the abortion debate by blurring the lines between abortion and infanticide.
The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, deployed an ancient procedural device to derail the whole debate (on the grounds that it was on the wrong rails to begin with).
Yet it's still easy for the narrative around the protests to derail into a debate about free speech, the right to protest and respect for the flag.
