Pennsylvania will be one of the most crucial battleground states in November, with both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris' paths to 270 electoral votes depending largely on carrying it.
And a new series of CNN interviews with conservative women in the state reveals even many of those who don't trust Harris are fed up with Trump.
One of those women was Joan London, a municipal government attorney who voted for Haley in the GOP primary and then changed her registration to independent. She told CNN's John King that she was enraged by Trump's running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) attacking childless women.
"I've led a very full life that way, and to say I don't have a stake in the future of the country ... I had some difficulty with that," said London.
"And all I could think of, Senator Vance, are you going to tell Ann Coulter or Condoleezza Rice or Elizabeth Dole, they are miserable cat ladies? I don't think so." She added that it's "highly unlikely" she'll vote for Harris, instead doing a write-in vote, but that she might reconsider if Trump or Vance becomes "outrageously offensive" enough.
Cynthia Sabatini of Berks County said she found herself in a similar situation. "My street was rock-ribbed Republican. Now, you have to shake a stick to find a Republican." She wrote in a GOP senator in 2016 and voted for Joe Biden in 2020. She has concerns about Harris but made clear she will not vote for Trump this time either: "I watch his campaign rallies. It's all about him. It's not about the country."
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In Bala Cynwyd, a community in suburban Montgomery County, Carol Carty, an attorney and longtime Republican, told CNN she was disgusted by Trump's constant smears against judges amid his legal problems. She has drifted toward the Democratic Party in recent years, saying, "I'm now turning on '80s songs to go back to the '80s."
"In my lifetime, the Republican Party has changed with Donald Trump."
She voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Biden in 2020. She said she had been resigned to voting for Trump in 2024 because of inflation and immigration, but Harris becoming the nominee has made her reconsider.
"I am not a fan of Donald Trump," she said. And regarding Vance, "I didn’t meet the right person until I was over 40 years old. And it’s by the grace of God that we naturally had a child. So I could very well be one of those childless women and I found the comment insensitive and narrow-minded."
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