CNN's John King appeared surprised this week when a New Hampshire voter told him he hoped former President Donald Trump got reelected so his boss could get another tax cut.
While trying to take the pulse of voters in New Hampshire ahead of the 2024 Republican primary, King sat down with New Hampshire Republican voter Deven McIver, who explained his rationale for supporting Trump despite the fact that he was impeached twice during his first term and he currently faces criminal indictments in four different jurisdictions.
From a policy perspective, McIver said another Trump tax cut for his boss would be the best way to ensure that he gets a raise.
"If the business climate is better towards people like him, I do better," he explained. "If you hit them harder with taxes, it takes away from me."
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After the interview, King expressed surprise that McIver believed his boss getting a tax cut was the best way to lift his own economic standing.
"How many days... have you come to work thinking, 'I want the government to give my boss a tax cut,'" King said. "Did you hear Devon? He wants his boss to get a tax cut from Trump because he thinks he might get a modest raise and they'll have safer equipment on the job site."
King never suggested to McIver that he could also try to achieve those objectives by joining a union.
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