No 'silver lining': Trump faces voter backlash amid crises

[dalton99a]

https://hosted.ap.org/article/b76298ac41ccd8f66f579780bddd8a43/no-silver-lining-trump-faces-voter-backlash-amid-crises

Jun. 6, 2020 1:16 AM EDT
No 'silver lining': Trump faces voter backlash amid crises
By STEVE PEOPLES and SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — At the end of one of his most turbulent weeks in office, President Donald Trump was eager on Friday to boast of a better than expected jobs report to argue the country is poised for a booming recovery. Benjamin Lund was not moved.

The 45-year-old Milwaukee man is a longtime Republican who was raised in a conservative family in the political battleground of Wisconsin. At the onset of 2020, he had little doubt that he would support Trump's reelection.

Then the pandemic hit and Lund lost his restaurant job. A processing backlog meant he went two months without unemployment benefits. He later watched with dismay Trump's hard-line response to the police killing of George Floyd and the civil unrest that followed.

Lund, who is white, now plans to vote a straight Democratic ticket and rejects any effort by Trump to put a “silver lining” on the nation's pain.

[Wounded Bear]

1. One vote at a time...nt

[dalton99a]

3. +1. His defeat is far from certain.

[gibraltar72]

4. I've been saying that on here for a long time.

I see it happening exactly like that.

[Wounded Bear]

5. In the end, it's really the only way it happens...nt

[gibraltar72]

6. Different people have different tipping points. Keep talking.

A good salesman does not take the first no. Don't be insulting so you can't get back in but persist.

[MoonRiver]

2. Enough is enough

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Good