Woman In Trump Store Rips Opponents’ Lack of Kindness — Literally While Standing In Front of Confederate Flags
CNN correspondent Elle Reeve interviewed a woman at a Trump swag emporium who ripped political opponents for a lack of “kindness” — as she stood in front of a display of Confederate flags.
On Wednesday morning’s edition of CNN This Morning, Reeve — who specializes in deep dives on the nooks and crannies of politics — took viewers to Virginia’s “Trump Town USA,” a former church where they now sell ex-President Donald Trump swag — including “Trump’s balls!”
Reeve interviewed several of the store’s customers, including one who stood right in front of some Confederate flags and said she failed to see “kindness” in Democrats:
MARY-JEAN PALMER, SHOPPER FROM FLORIDA: I often wonder what encourages people to be a Democrat because I don’t see a lot of kindness. I don’t see a lot of help for our country. And I see a lot of talk and no action.
REEVE (voice-over): He got into this business at the very beginning of Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party. Taylor’s a serial entrepreneur and attention seeker, and he prayed to God to guide him while selling racing merch at the Daytona 500.
TAYLOR: My son said, “Dad, what’s God telling you?” I said, “He came in my spirit. He wants me to help Trump.”
I said, “I’m going to order 1,000 t-shirts.” He said, “Dad, but that’s crazy. You know how crazy you get. Just get 100.” I said, “Go big or go home, boy.” I said, “If God is telling me, we’ll sell every one of them and if not, we’ll throw them in the trash can and leave.”
All we had was a white t-shirt that said “Hire the Vets, Fire the Idiots, Trump 2016” on the front — red, white, and blue. And on the back, it said “Finally Someone With Balls, Donald J. Trump,” OK? And I became known as the balls man on the tour.
REEVE (voice-over): Taylor opened the store in the fall of 2020 inside a 100-year-old church. After the election, the big seller was “Stop the Steal.”
REEVE: Did you think the election was stolen?
TAYLOR: There’s no doubt that the election was stolen — yeah.
REEVE: And what did you think of January 6?
TAYLOR: It was a bad thing. But if you look back and you actually look at the tapes and stuff they were let in.
REEVE: Why?
TAYLOR: But they still should have never went inside, OK? You never go in somebody’s house or a house — a public house like that — yeah.
REEVE: Does that complicate what you think of Trump at all that he —
TAYLOR: No, no.
REEVE: Why not?
TAYLOR: Definitely not. Because he definitely didn’t tell them go and storm the house.
REEVE: Would you have any interest in running this store if Trump weren’t so controversial?
TAYLOR: I doubt it. I like his controversy. You know, we need something that we can laugh about and be happy about. There’s liberals that think they can in here and actually tell me what
to do. The last one was a professor from UNC and she was just telling me what a great job Biden’s doing. And I tried to tell her to leave.
REEVE: But do you not appreciate, you know, her coming in —
TAYLOR: Oh, I —
REEVE: — and wanting to mix it up a little bit, you know?
TAYLOR: Oh, I love it, yeah. But she don’t want to hear what I have to say. She wanted me to only hear what she had to say.
REEVE: You’ve said that you want to rename this town Trump Town?
TAYLOR: Why not? The boons (PH) are dead. The mill is gone. Let’s change.
REEVE: Do you think other people would support you with that?
TAYLOR: Not really, but it doesn’t really matter. It’s good controversy if it never happens.
REEVE (voice-over): Elle Reeve, CNN, Boones Mill, Virginia.
Watch above via CNN This Morning.
