New Hampshire's primary results do appear to have cemented Donald
Trump's grip on the Republican Party.
So we sat down with three of his staunchest supporters
in Allentown,
PA, this week to see what drives their devotion to
the former president.
This is not a Fact Check on their beliefs.
There's no changing their minds.
But more than 72 million Americans voted for Donald Trump
in 2020,
and it is important to understand why.
It's part of our coverage of your voice,
your vote. Tell me about yourself and how you came
to like Donald Trump.
They are the definition of Die Hard Trump supporters.
George Rivera, Jim Vinup and Angelic Schneider 3 voters in
the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania.
Angelic born and raised in the Lehigh Valley,
A public school teacher for now,
25 years. I've seen education change drastically over the last
2025 years, but not as much as I've seen it
in the last four years
under President Biden. And I've seen a division in our
country that I don't think
he's going to be able to to to unify.
I don't like the fact that because I say that
I'm a conservative,
because I say I'm a Republican,
I'm treated with disdain. President Biden has stood up and
and and talked about the mag of Republicans and you
know,
and the just disdain that he has for the voter.
And I represent Middle America.
I mean, I'm one of those voters.
And I believe that Donald Trump,
you know, for eight years he,
he's been attacked. And if he's elected president,
I believe that he'll make,
you know, he'll make policy change,
he'll secure our borders. You heard some of his opponents
during the last few months say the wall wasn't finished.
Mexico didn't pay for a wall.
Does any of that reverberate with you?
And you wonder, can he get it done if he
wins a second,
I think he can get it done.
You know, he's not a career politician.
He is, you know, businessman.
And you might not always like the way he says
things,
but he gets things done.
Restaurant managing partner George Rivera,
at 43, has never voted in a presidential election before,
but he says he's now all in for Trump.
To me, he's anti establishment.
He's not with the status quo
and he's actually for the people.
Having him elected back into office is the step that
we need to take to fix to make this country
great.
And what was wrong with the country?
To me, what's wrong with the country is we're under
financial tyranny,
we're under corporate tyranny. What does that mean?
Explain that to me. I mean that we're we're over
taxed.
It's hyper taxation and you think Donald Trump can change
that and do you blame Joe Biden for
for that? What? I don't
blame Joe Biden. I blame his field policies.
Just because the S&P 500 had an all time high
doesn't mean that gas isn't
higher than it was several years ago.
I run a restaurant, so the cost of beef went
up five to 6%.
A lifelong Republican, Jim Vinup,
says Trump hasn't let him down like other politicians he
supported in the past.
When he came down the escalator,
I thought, oh, this is crazy,
You know this guy,
he'll never get anywhere. Well,
as things went on, I became
a die hard Donald Trump fan.
Donald Trump does what he says.
The only reason he didn't get a lot more done
is because they gave him grief every minute of every
day.
So here's this guy coming down the escalator,
a rich guy, married three times,
pretty foul mouth.
What was it? And what is it about him?
Has he made mistakes? Oh my goodness,
yes. But I do believe
that his heart's in the right place for me.
How many, how many presidents,
how many politicians have come out on stage
and hug the American flag?
That really means something to me.
You've also heard, though, from former generals,
from John Kelly, who was his chief of staff,
say he would never, ever
vote for Donald Trump again because of the way he
treated other veterans.
Yes, but I. And and and you said that.
And he hugged the American flag,
but. But you've heard what he said through those people
about the military, about wounded veterans,
about Normandy. That doesn't bother you.
Yeah. Things things he has said bother me.
Am I giving him carte blanche?
He can do anything he wants.
No, no, absolutely not. I mean,
I've said many times, jeez,
I wish he hadn't said that.
But Kelly, I lost respect for Kelly.
Mattis. I lost respect for Mattis.
Millie, I lost respect for Millie.
And these were people that he put his trust in.
And you know what? They stabbed him in the back.
You you said something that interested me,
which is Donald Trump cares about
me.
What do you mean by that?
Well, you know, the common man,
I I really think he has a heart for the
common man.
I really do.
Did did George Bush have a heart for the common
man?
I don't think so. He let me down.
Mitt Romney let me down.
Not only do these voters dismiss Trump's many legal challenges,
my opinion is that the justice system is being weaponized
against certain individuals.
They stand by Trump's false claim that Joe Biden lost
the 2020 election,
even if it takes a minute.
Do you think the election of 2020 was.
I don't know that I I I don't think that
it was.
Yeah, I do. I think it was stolen.
I I I don't believe that that many people voted
for Joe Biden.
I, I, I and I will never believe that.
I I don't believe, no matter how many lawsuits or
court cases there,
no matter how many lawsuits or court cases,
when when something is proven,
I think you have to investigate the other side of
it.
I take it you believe the election was stolen.
Yes, I do. You know,
people say, well there isn't,
there isn't enough to overturn this particular election that
really you put it all together.
I think there might be.
Why aren't we looking at it?
How do you bridge the divide in this country?
You guys have very strong opinions.
You have certainly heard people who do not like Donald
Trump.
I think if we really start to look at how
we really have a lot more in common and we
all really want the same goal.
We want safety and security for our country.
We want, you know, our our,
our children to thrive. We want,
you know, to be able to pay our bills.
I think we have to get control of the media.
I think we really have to get control of the
media if you want to unify people because I think
that they have a way of really controlling the narrative.
When I asked Angelic about the 1st Amendment and freedom
of the press,
she said that should stand,
but she wants just factual information.