ABC’s Raddatz: How Do Dems ‘Counter’ Voters Who Like Trump Policies?

Nicholas Fondacaro | July 29, 2018
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We’re over halfway through the summer and with the midterm elections drawing closer, the liberal media have been desperate to continue the Democratic Party’s “blue wave” narrative despite a booming economy and improving poll numbers. And during Sunday’s This Week on ABC, host Martha Raddatz wondered how the Democrats planned to “counter” the voters who approved of the conservative things President Trump had done for the country.

Before Raddatz’s asked her ridiculous question, Washington Post national correspondent Mary Jordan spoke about how many voters had a dual attitude when it came to President Trump. “[T]hey like Trump, but as they say, he may not be a good man but he's a good president,” she explained.

According to Jordan, many voters had a “discomfort” about Trump when it came to all the controversies surrounding him and his style rubbed them the wrong way, “but they will vote for him; they're saying as of today because of conservative judges, tax cuts, lower regulation and that to them is what he's doing is why they're still on his side.

After hearing that, Raddatz seemed befuddled and turned to New York Times editorial writer Mara Gay to help understand the situation. “Then how do you counter that,” Raddatz wondered. “And I've seen that on the road. Mary and I have talked about this too. I've seen that on the road as well. ‘I don't care about Russia, I don't care about the tweets.’ He's a means to an end.

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