‘The Man Is a Lunatic’: Ex-Trump Supporter Goes Off on Former President, Says ‘I Don’t See Anything Good About Him’

 

A North Carolina voter who went from supporting former President Donald Trump to Nikki Haley offered a succinct explanation for the switch.

Voters in 15 states headed to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots in the presidential primaries and other races in what’s shaping to be an anticlimactic finish at the top of the ticket. Trump and President Joe Biden are expected to cruise to big victories as they head toward a rematch in November.

NBC News’ Shaq Brewster was in North Carolina on Tuesday to speak with voters about their candidate preferences.

One man said he’s voting for Haley.

“One, I think she would do a very good job,” he said in the segment aired on Tuesday’s Deadline: White House on MSNBC. “And, two, I think Donald Trump is a threat to the well-being of our country.”

Another voter Brewster spoke to said she if she had to choose between Biden and Trump, she’d go with Trump. Meanwhile, another woman was even less enthusiastic about the prospect of voting for Trump:

BREWSTER: What made you switch from Trump to Nikki Haley?

WOMAN: The man is a lunatic. And I think he’s terrible for the country.

BREWSTER: What are you thinking about when you say that?

WOMAN: Just that he lies, he cheats. He bankrupted millions of businesses and people. And I don’t see anything good about him.

BREWSTER: Let me ask, if Donald Trump is the nominee in November, do you support Joe Biden over Donald Trump?

WOMAN: No.

BREWSTER: What do you do?

WOMAN: I don’t know.

Trump won North Carolina in 2016 and 2020. The Tar Heel state is not expected to be competitive in a Biden-Trump rematch. According to CNN exit polling conducted on Tuesday, 62% of GOP voters say Trump is fit to be president even if he is convicted of a crime.

The former president is under indictment in four jurisdictions.

Watch above via MSNBC.

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