'Because she’s female': Trump voter admits why he can’t vote for Nikki Haley
Reporters on the ground in Super Tuesday states questioned voters about the reasoning behind their decisions in the primary and general elections — and some of their answers were eye-opening.
A North Carolina man gave MSNBC's Shaq Brewster a bluntly honest reason why he thought Nikki Haley is "not going to be a good president" — because of her gender.
"So, you never even considered her?" Brewster asked.
"No," the man said, shaking his head.
"Mainly because she's a woman?" said Brewster.
"Because she's female," the man said.
The reasoning has echoes of the 2016 election, when some gave the same reason why they couldn't support Hillary Clinton.
Rapper T.I., for example, said in late 2015 that he “can’t vote for the leader of the free world to be a woman,” because a woman president might make “rash decisions emotionally.”
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"The Clinton campaign knows this," PBS' News Hour reported at the time. "Clinton spent significant time in the primaries courting white male voters — in particular white, mostly working-class men in the key Rust Belt and Midwestern swing states that usually decide presidential elections. And yet, despite all the effort, the results were abysmal."
Reporters did, however, find people on the other side.
"The stronger voice, which might be a little quieter, is Nikki Haley," a Texas voter told NBC News' reporter Ali Vitali. "It's the voice of reason, not the voice of treason."
In other interviews, Virginia voter Mohammad Yasin said that his top concern is "honesty" — and that's why he supports Donald Trump in 2024.
"He's straightforward. Honest, and he speaks his mind," said Yasin.
Others disagreed.
"The man is a lunatic," Monica Lencewicz told Brewster of why she switched her vote to Haley. "And I think he's terrible for the country."
Brewster asked what she is thinking about when she says that about Trump.
"Just that he lies. He cheats, he's bankrupted millions of businesses and people," she continued. "I don't see any good about him."
When asked if she'd support Biden over Trump, however, she said "no."
See the interviews in the videos below or at the link here.
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