New Hampshire voters react after Trump’s city corridor

Former President Donald Trump’s return to New Hampshire to take part in a CNN city corridor created buzz for staunch supporters relishing in his dominance of the polls.

“I believed final evening was an incredible clear messaging from President Trump,” mentioned Republican actual property investor Steve Richard. “I believe that viewers mirrored that again and again.”

Trump took questions from Republican and unbiased Granite State voters and repeated fraudulent claims that the 2020 election was stolen and mentioned he would have the Russian conflict in Ukraine “settled inside in the future.”

New Hampshire voters would be the first within the nation to forged major ballots for a Republican presidential nominee early subsequent yr, but some Trump voters seem to not be swayed by a number of authorized points dealing with the previous president.

Earlier this week, Trump was discovered accountable for sexual abuse and defamation towards author E. Jean Carroll. She was awarded $5 million in damages after a jury sided together with her unanimously, however Trump referred to as Carroll’s story “faux” and “made up” on Wednesday evening.

Former President Donald Trump participates in a CNN Republican City Corridor moderated by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins at St. Anselm Faculty in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, Might 10, 2023. / Credit score: Will Lanzoni/CNN

June Dickerson, an unbiased who voted for Trump, says she believes him.

“He is a really honorable man,” she mentioned. “He all the time mentioned what was on his thoughts. He was all the time sincere and forthright and I do not imagine lies.”

Louise Hoyt, a Republican voter, mentioned she plans to vote for Trump once more.

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“They’re making an attempt to cease him, that is what they’re making an attempt to do,” she mentioned.

Nonetheless, Trump’s assaults on Carroll didn’t sit nicely with unbiased voter Melanie Mortan.

“I believe it is wonderful that he received that conviction and but nonetheless continues to disgrace and put her down. It is like he seems like he’s above the legislation. It is despicable,” Morton mentioned.

E. Jean Carroll, heart, walks out of Manhattan federal courtroom, Tuesday, Might 9, 2023, in New York. A jury has discovered Donald Trump accountable for sexually abusing the recommendation columnist in 1996, awarding her $5 million. / Credit score: Seth Wenig / AP

The previous president stays the clear front-runner within the 2024 Republican presidential major, however for Kristin Burke, an unbiased who voted for Trump beforehand, she mentioned it could be a wrestle to vote for him once more.

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“I simply suppose there was an excessive amount of havoc whereas he was within the presidency and it was simply an excessive amount of for the nation,” Burke mentioned.

The previous president scored over 50 endorsements within the Granite State, however one prime Republican is skeptical of Trump’s broad help. Jason Osborne, the New Hampshire Home Majority Chief who lately endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis within the 2024 election, advised CBS Information that he’s starting to see growing fatigue within the help for Trump.

“I believe it is a sluggish bleed. It isn’t it isn’t going to be unexpectedly. And this one city corridor is not going to make an enormous distinction,” he mentioned. “However over the course of the subsequent a number of months, as we transfer via this marketing campaign, as Gov. Ron DeSantis will get into the race and begins choosing up help, you are going to begin to see an increasing number of of that help dwindle by the point we get to the first.”

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— Robert Costa contributed reporting.  

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