Ex-Trump staffer confronted with clip of irate GOP voter who'd rather 'vote for the devil'

President Donald Trump intends to spend his $400 million war chest promoting himself in the midterm elections, even though he's not on the ballot, but a former White House staffer questioned the wisdom of that strategy.

The 80-year-old president wants television ads featuring his own statements to bolster GOP congressional candidates, believing that he can save the party's congressional majority, but CNN's Audie Cornish showed a video clip of a lifelong Republican explaining why he's leaning toward Democrats this cycle.

"We've been fighting this [data center] forthree years," said Texas voter Tom Weeks, "and we realizedthat the Republican Party hasgiven us nothing more than themiddle finger. I have been astaunch Republican my entirelife. I'm done. I would votefor the devil before I voted forGov. [Greg] Abbott. I've beenlistening to [Democrat James] Talarico. I'vebeen listening to, for the firsttime in my life, a lot of Democrats."

Cornish noted that data centers and artificial intelligence have stirred up bipartisan voter anger across the country, and former Trump communications aide Mike Dubke seemed to be caught off guard by the backlash.

"To that voter, and I didn't realize that he was talking about data centers," Dubke said. "I was going to react to say, there's a lot of things that Republicans have brought to the table. We have historic tax cuts, we have no taxes on tips, overtime. We have the Trump accounts for anybody having a child. I mean, that $1,000 is actually over compound interest is a real big darn deal. I was going to say damn, but I can't do that, and Trump are – so I mean,we've got lower prices."

"Theydon't talk about it, and so ifI was going to say anything, ifyou're going to put thepresident out there, have himtalk about what this administration has actuallyaccomplished, I would love that," Dubke added.

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