CNN Finally Pays Attention To All Of Those Haley Primary Voters

Better late than never I guess. CNN did something that's been sorely lacking in the media these days, which is to talk to what's left of some of the sane voters in the Republican party who are disgusted with Trump and voted for Nikki Haley in the primary.

Here's how the segment started out from this Wednesday's Anderson Cooper 360, with John King traveling to Pennsylvania and interviewing a former Trump voter:

KING: Michael Pesce's first big political statement came 40 years ago.

PESCE: I became a Republican when I turned 18 because of Ronald Reagan. Both my parents were staunch Democrats and I, at the time they were like, we're Democrats we're not Republicans. And I was like no, no, no. I'm a Reagan Republican.

KING: The Philadelphia suburbs were reliably red back then. Pesce, a reluctant piece of why they are much more blue now.

So in 2016, you voted for...

PESCE: Trump.

KING: And in 2020?

PESCE: Biden.

KING: And you've got an election a few months. What are you gonna do?

PESCE: If I had my choice, I wouldn't vote for either, but I will vote for Biden. I will vote for anyone but Trump.

KING: Why?

PESCE: Well, so, he tried to overthrow our government, and that's a problem with me. I served in the US military. I just have very strong feelings about what it means to be an American.

read more