Swing state GOP voter points to 'negative' Trump detail that 'would shock a lot of people'
A Georgia Republican voter who showed up early to cast his ballot in Tuesday’s primary admitted that Donald Trump’s endorsement caused him to skip voting in the governor’s race.
Reporting from Marietta, MS NOW’s Nnamdi Egwuonwu shared an interview with a self-identified Republican voter who gave his name as Bank W.
He introduced his segment by telling host Jonathan Lemire, “It was pretty interesting. We got told by one voter here, one conservative voter here in Marietta, who laid out to us that Trump's endorsement was actually, in his view, a negative. I want to play for you portions of that conversation so you can hear why he said he decided to leave the top of the ticket blank when he voted today. Take a listen."
"Can you just help me understand a little bit more?” he asked the young man. “What you mean by Trump's endorsement was actually a negative across the governor and Senate races. I think that would shock a lot of people here. Tell me for you personally, just help me understand a little bit more what you mean.”
“I mean, I was never a big fan of the populism,” Banks replied. “I think that you should campaign and act on what you believe in rather than just trying to win. That means sometimes you don't win. But I don't think he followed through with a lot of the things that he said he was going to do, and there were less for me that I liked.”
“But I did like very much like the, like, talking about peace and no new wars and that we don't need that. We just need diplomacy and trade. And he just went completely against it.”
Turning back to Lemire, Egwuonwu commented, “So what's interesting, voters tell me the kind of Republican you would want to see. He referenced [Kentucky Rep.] Thomas Massie, so that gives you a sense of where his head is at. But what we're looking for in terms of the general election this fall is a voter like you just heard from; said he isn't going to support the Democratic ticket, he says there's too many value differences there, but he sees himself staying home. And that benefits [Democratic Sen Jon] Ossoff just as much almost as getting that vote.”
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