Voters living in a blue collar community in Colorado overwhelmingly told CNN’s John King that they support President Donald Trump’s first month in office during a Tuesday segment.
Supporters of Trump living in Colorado’s 8th district largely said Trump is succeeding at fulfilling his campaign promises and doing what they elected him to do, which is in large part to secure the U.S.-Mexico border and improve the economy. David Hayes, a three-time Trump voter living in Milliken, Colorado, told King that although he finds Trump to be “arrogant,” he would support him over former Vice President Kamala Harris again if he had to redo the 2024 election.
“If you had a do over tomorrow, and you had to pick between Trump and Kamala Harris, what would you do?” King asked Hayes.
“I would still do Trump,” Hayes answered.
Esmeralda Ramirez-Ray, who describes herself as a “conservative independent,” said she voted for Trump in order for the U.S.-Mexico border to be secured and to be respected on the world stage.
“I voted for that,” Ramirez-Ray said about Trump’s current term. “I love it … I voted for a president that was going to put America first, I voted for a president that was going to secure our borders and I voted for a president that was going to make sure that we were respected throughout the world. And I believe I’m getting that.”
Ramirez-Ray, a court interpreter for non-English speaking defendants, expressed some reservations about Trump’s deportation and border policies, stating that migrant workers are the people “picking our crops.” The Trump administration directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to initially prioritize the arrest of illegal immigrants with criminal records, which has led to thousands of members of MS-13 and Tren de Agua, child molesters and murderers to be placed into custody and face deportation.
Todd Waufle, the owner of Satire Brewing Company, told King that he likes how the Trump administration has gone “full speed” to get the U.S. on the right track. Like Hayes, Waufle sets aside his own opinions about Trump’s personality in the hopes of witnessing an improving economy and a stronger border.
“Trump’s gonna say what he’s gonna say, and yeah some of it is gonna be exaggerated, some of it is not going to be true. But at the end of the day, you gotta sift through all that. Is he gonna get things done, is he gonna get the country moving in the right way?” Waufle said.
A small business owner named Austin Jenkins expressed hope that Trump will work on shrinking the high cost of living in the area, lower taxes and reduce regulations to help his cocktail bar and his hatchet house. Jenkins said Trump appeared to be the “lesser of two evils” in comparison to Harris.
Despite voting for Trump, Jenkins criticized the 25% tariffs imposed on Canada and Mexico and his approach to arresting illegal immigrants.
The president initially imposed the tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico in early February as retaliation against its lack of action regarding the surge of illegal immigration and fentanyl crossing into the U.S. The tariffs were postponed when Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau both caved to Trump by taking more aggressive action on the northern and southern borders, though the president confirmed on Monday that the tariffs will “go forward.”
Story by Nicole Silverio of the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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