GOP Focus Group On Trump: ‘Sometimes He’s An Idiot’ But We Like Him

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump watches as Tureano Johnson fights Eamonn O'Kane in an IBF middleweight bout at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)
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A group of a dozen Republicans gathered in Indianapolis on Tuesday night to talk about on the campaign of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to ABC News.

Trump and his GOP rival and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson both had the most support, at four people each.

One person supported Trump though, called him an “idiot,” according to the results of the focus group conducted by Democratic pollster Peter Hart on behalf of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, ABC reported.

Lorinda Phelps, a a 34-year-old photographer, said Trump wasn’t “really a people person.”

“I can look over him being a jerk … as long as what he’s doing for the country is going to better my standard of living,” Phelps said, according to ABC. “I think the issues that he says he’s going to take care of outweigh the fact that sometimes he’s an idiot.”

Of those polled, 10 of the 12 said Trump was “divisive,” according to ABC.

ABC reported that one man called Trump “intolerant,” another said he was a “hothead.”

“He doesn’t listen,” a woman said.

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  1. Avatar for dswx dswx says:

    Of course they like him; he’s one of them…an ignorant, blatant racist.

  2. Everyday Big Door gets more slogans for yard signs!

    First there was

                TRUMP
    

    SOMEBODY’S Doing the Raping!!!

    Now it’s:

       TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT!!!
    

    Sometimes He’s an Idiot But We Still Like Him!!!

    If the Daily Show does not pick this up, I will be sooo disappointed.

  3. Ignoramami Igmoranami Ignoramusseses Dumz fore Trump '15 '16!!!1!!!

  4. Guess they weren’t given “douchebag” as a choice and had to go with idiot.

  5. Yes, Lorinda, Trump is totally the guy to improve your standard of living. He has the best interests of you and people like you at heart.

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