Several Republican voters in New Hampshire told CNN they have a lot of complaints about Donald Trump as a candidate — but they're backing him anyway, CNN reported.
Voter Andrew Konchek told the network Trump was "ignorant and rude," But he's supporting him because Trump "supports fishermen, you know, and obviously it’s my livelihood."
Konchek said he considered supporting Ron DeSantis, who dropped out of the race Sunday, but didn't feel like the Florida governor was "ready for the big seat."
“Trump does not support the Green New Deal or the wind farms and I know that he backs us fisherman,” Konchek said.
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According to CNN's John King, while there will always be the contingent of Trump supporters who parrot his conspiracy theories and revel in the extremist ecosystem that supports him, "Trump’s resilience is deeper than that, and his critics – Democrats and Republicans – have so far come nowhere close to cracking the code and reaching voters who voice disdain for all the chaos and coarseness, but see Trump and his policies as best for their blue-collar bottom line."
Konchek says that his loyalty to Trump causes tension at home. His wife is a supporter of Nikki Haley and she accused him of "ruining Christmas" when he planted Trump campaign signs on their front lawn. “And she took it down and I put it back up," he said.
“I don’t like the way that [Trump] speaks sometimes. He can be a little ignorant and rude," he said.
Also speaking to CNN was Debbie Katsanos, who said that at first she didn't like Trump and thought he was a "big blowhard."
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“But then I started listening. … He talked like, he talked like me. I felt I could carry on a conversation with him," she said.
“I didn’t drink the Kool-Aid,” Katsanos said. “He could tell me the moon is made out of cheese. I’m not going to believe that, you know.”
Katsanos said that she believed Joe Biden won the 2020 election, even though she had some doubts. Nevertheless, she says there's "no sense and point in fighting about it at this point."
She says she'll vote for Trump in the state's primary Tuesday because she wants him to close the border with Mexico and "get his economy moving again."
Read the full article over at CNN.
