'Hillary was right': Lifelong GOP voter on why he is leaving the party

I DIDN'T SAY I COULD NOT FOLLOW IT, I JUST SAID IT WAS NOT WHILE WE TALK ABOUT THIS ELECTION AND WHAT THE GOP IS LIKE. NO DOUBT. WELL, THE PARTY OF TRUMP, THERE ARE MANY REPUBLICANS WHO ARE NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT PARTICULAR NOTION. AND MY NEXT GUEST, HE'S ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, A BUSINESSMAN WHICH IS GOING THROUGH TEXAS BRINGS A LIFETIME REPUBLICAN WHO VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP IN 2016, WHILE HE LEAVES THE PARTY TO BE INDEPENDENT IN A RED STATE AND IS GETTING ATTENTION FOR YOUR DECISION AND SPEAKING FOR THE CANDIDATES AND BELIEFS IN TRAE JOIN ME NOW, TRAE, IT'S A PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU, HOW ARE YOU HEY, I'M GREAT, LAURA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE. WELL YOU KNOW, YOU VOTED THE REPUBLICAN TICKET MOST OF YOUR LIFE. USUALLY A DIRECT PARTY TICKET. Now, you said you had it with both parties. WHAT CHANGES SO MUCH FOR YOU? WELL, YOU KNOW, POLITICS WAS SOMETHING THAT FOR THE MAJORITY IN EVERY ASPECT IS AS IT IS NOW. I mean, it's just injected into everything we do. SO I REMEMBER WHEN THE REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS THE GREATEST ARGUMENT ABOUT WHAT THE BUDGET IS LIKE AND NOW IT'S FROM THE BEER YOU DRINK TO THE STORES TO SHOP IN AND SO ON.

AND EVERYTHING HAS POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS. So going through that, going through life and voting Republican was something I kind of did. I THOUGHT IT WAS MY PATRIOTIC DUTY, ANYTHING ELSE? GOING INTO 2016, WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS RUNNING, MY VOTE FOR TRUMP WAS NOT AS SUPPORTED BY BOWDEN. HOW WAS A VOTE AGAINST HILLARY, PLEASE. SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER THAT NECESSARILY ATTRACTED ME. I felt like the election was hard to lose and everything seemed to be at least pretty good. BUT SO EVERYONE THOUGHT INCLUDING HER AND I WAS VERY SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THE NEXT DAY THAT I HAD ACTUALLY WON WHEN I REALLY DIDN'T THINK SHE WOULD ACTUALLY USE DEVICES.

THESE WERE THINGS I NEVER PAID ATTENTION TO. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT, BUT NOW I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HAVE YOU HAD AN EVOLUTION OF THINKING AS IT RELATES TO HILLARY CLINTON? NOW THROUGH ALL THIS YES. YES ABSOLUTELY. AND REALLY NOBODY WAS QUITE RIGHT. HE WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING SHE SAID. Even though I didn't necessarily pay too much attention to the things she said, in retrospect it's very clear, very clear. WELL, ARE YOU READY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE AND I WANT TO START WRITING THEM BECAUSE YOU'VE EXPRESSED YOUR FRUSTRATIONS, YOUR ANNOYANCES, LET'S SAY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION?

FOR DONALD TRUMP ALSO AT ONE MOMENT, DOES THAT TRANSLATE AN EXTENSION TO, I WONDER, CONGRESS TOO? BECAUSE, FRANKLY, WE ARE SEEING ALLIED DYSFUNCTION ON CAPITOL HILL OH, IT'S EXTREME IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEYOND FRUSTRATING THE ACTIVITIES AND THE THINGS THEY ENGAGE IN IN PARTY POLITICS IT'S, IT'S ALL FOR SHOW AND NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE ACTUALLY NO IT HAD NOTHING TO BENEFIT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. IT REALLY TAKES PLACE THERE. IT WAS INTERESTING TO NOTICE TO ME HOW BOTH SIDES SEEMED TO COME TOGETHER fairly quickly on what is often referred to as the TIKTOK ban bill. THAT'S IN THE PROBLEM OF THE MEMBERS TO GET ANY LEGISLATION ON THAT.

BUT AS TO THE REAL PROBLEMS FACING AMERICANS, IMMIGRATION REFORM, HEALTH CARE REFORM, GUN VIOLENCE, ALL THESE THINGS ARE JUST COMPLETELY IGNORED. HERE ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF CHOOSING BATTLES. BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE A BIG DISCONNECTION FOR YOU. AND MANY VOTERS IN TERMS OF THE BATTLES THAT ARE PRIORITIZED IN MANY SPACES, YOU ARE, ACTUALLY, NOW ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM, AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS ELECTION. IT'S ABOUT, 220 SOME DAYS RIGHT NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT AS A KIND OF HYDRAULIC MOMENT FOR THIS COUNTRY. WHY DO YOU THINK THIS ELECTION COMPARED TO 2020 OR 2016 WILL BE SO DIFFERENT? WELL I THINK VERY CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE TOLD US WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO.

THEY HAVE EXPRESSED IT TO US VERY CLEARLY, THESE ELECTIONS ARE REALLY A REFERENDUM ON FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY AT THIS MOMENT, MANY PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, REPUBLIC, WELL, YES, BUT WE HAVE DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND PRINCIPLES THAT SUPPORT THAT REPUBLIC. AND FOR ME IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO THIS. WE CAN VOTE FOR A MAN WHO BY VOTING FOR HIM THOSE PRINCIPLES AND PROCESSES WILL SURVIVE AND WE WILL LIVE TO FIGHT ONE DAY AGAIN IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO WORK, WORK. THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH VOTING FOR TRUMP IS RUNNING THE RISK OF LOSING ALL THAT, RUNNING THE RISK THAT THE MAN HIMSELF SAID HE WANTED TO BE DICTATOR FROM DAY ONE.

I DON'T KNOW IF MANY DICTATORS WHO ARE WILLING TO GIVE UP AUTHORITY WANTED TO GRANT IT. I WONDER YOU'RE NOW GOING TO BE INDEPENDENT IN A RED STATE. AND I MANY TIMES WONDER AT ONE MOMENT WHAT INDEPENDENCE SAY AS A COLLECTIVE ORGANISM, AND I'M GENERALIZING THAT YOU SHOULD NOT RELATE TO EVERYTHING THAT A PARTICULAR PARTY SPEAKS ABOUT. AND IT WAS NOT NECESSARILY A MIDDLE GROUND, BUT YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU COULD BE CONVINCED BY BOTH PARTIES. NOW, INDEPENDENT VOTERS ARE INCREASINGLY REJECTING BOTH PARTIES AND ALSO MAINTAINING THEIR OWN LANE. DO YOU IDENTIFY AS INDEPENDENT OUT OF REJECTION OR BECAUSE IT IS MORE OF A MODERATE POSITION?

I IDENTIFY myself as an INDEPENDENT VOTER BECAUSE I DO NOT PROPERLY FIT IN A PARTICULAR IDEOLOGICAL BOX. I HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ON DIFFERENT TOPICS. SOME OF THEM WOULD BE RIGHT OF THE CENTER. SOMEONE WILL STAY IN THE CENTER, FOR EXAMPLE, I BELIEVE IN SUPPORT. THE SECOND MINIMUM THE UNITED STATES ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE THERE ARE CERTAIN CLASSIFICATIONS OF WEAPONS THAT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE. I BELIEVE IN THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO LOVE AND MARRY WHO THEY CHOOSE TO LOVE. THAT, THAT MUST, I BELIEVE IN THE BODY AUTONOMY OF WOMEN. SO THEY'RE JUST A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT I THINK WHEN I LOOK AT THE ISSUES AND I CONSIDER ONE BY ONE AND MY THOUGHTS AND MY BELIEFS, THEY JUST DON'T NECESSARILY FIT WITH ONE SIDE OF THE OTHER AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF AMERICANS THAT ARE INTERESTING.

I THINK INCREASINGLY MANY PEOPLE ARE IDENTIFYING THE WAY YOU ARE DESCRIBING. I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS BECAUSE TRUMP REVEALED THIS WEEK THAT HE IS SELLING GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES BIBLES FOR ABOUT $60. I wonder what you will gain from this company to make money. I THINK LICENSING YOUR NAME IS JUST ANOTHER SCAM. I IMAGINE WHAT IS IN THIS PATRIOT BIBLE, I REFER TO THE CONSTITUTION. I'M SURE IT'S PROBABLY THERE. I mean, JESUS ​​WROTE IT AFTER THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT, RIGHT? I MEAN, GIVE ME A BREAK. IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS IT MADE ME LAUGH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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