1/ They Were Fervent Trump Supporters-- Then Coronavirus Hit--Trump won among voters 45 and older in 2016-- But polls show he’s losing their support ― and his response to the pandemic may not be helping--per bit.ly/2TYboPM By Hayley Miller @hayleymiller01 via @HuffPost…
@hayleymiller01 @HuffPost 2/ …--In his [Vincent Harris'] northern Missouri town of about 6,000--per bit.ly/2TYboPM By @hayleymiller01 -- Vincent Harris suspects he was one of the most vocal supporters President Donald Trump had there...
@hayleymiller01 @HuffPost 3/ ...--The 54-year-old [Vincent Harris] Navy veteran was a self-described “deplorable” (a reference to Hillary Clinton’s notorious dig at Trump supporters in 2016)--per bit.ly/2TYboPM By @hayleymiller01 --...
@hayleymiller01 @HuffPost 4/ ... He [Vincent Harris] fiercely defended the #MAGA mindset on social media-- acting as one of the president’s model “keyboard warriors”--per bit.ly/2TYboPM By @hayleymiller01...
@hayleymiller01 @HuffPost 5/ ... --But his[Vincent Harris] staunch support for Trump began to slip as the coronavirus began to spread--per bit.ly/2TYboPM By @hayleymiller01 --“Up until that time-- I felt like the press had been uncharacteristically hard on him--” Harris said...
@hayleymiller01 @HuffPost 6/ ...-- For him [Vincent Harris]-- Trump’s “disregard for science” amid a pandemic marked a turning point that warranted national scrutiny--per bit.ly/2TYboPM By @hayleymiller01 --...
@hayleymiller01 @HuffPost 7/ ...[Vincent] Harris grew frustrated and discouraged as he watched Trump contradict the country’s top public health experts from the White House podium--per bit.ly/2TYboPM By @hayleymiller01 --...
@hayleymiller01 @HuffPost 8/ ... [[Vincent] Harris grew frustrated and discouraged as he watched Trump] downplaying the threat of the virus in the U.S.-- and hawking unproven treatments--per bit.ly/2TYboPM By @hayleymiller01 --...
@hayleymiller01 @HuffPost 9/ ...[per Vincent Harris] “I think what some may perceive as attacks from the media now are very fair"--quoted from the article bit.ly/2TYboPM By @hayleymiller01...
@hayleymiller01 @HuffPost 10/ ...per bit.ly/2TYboPM -“I think what some may perceive as attacks from the media now are very fair, are accurate and are pointing out the inconsistencies that are incredibly dangerous from a public health perspective,”said Harris, a lifelong Republican....
@hayleymiller01 @HuffPost 11/ ...--Older Americans were key to securing Trump’s victory in 2016--per bit.ly/2TYboPM By @hayleymiller01 -- But some ― including [Vincent] Harris-- who supported the president in the last election ― aren’t so firmly in his camp this time around...
@hayleymiller01 @HuffPost 12/ ...-- a shift that could present a hurdle for Trump as he seeks a second term--per bit.ly/2TYboPM By @hayleymiller01 --Among voters 45 to 64 years old-- Trump outperformed Clinton by a 4-point margin-- according to the Cooperative Congressional Election Study...
@hayleymiller01 @HuffPost 13/ ...-- a survey of more than 64,000 voters organized by Harvard University and administered by YouGov--per bit.ly/2TYboPM By @hayleymiller01 -- The same survey showed Trump won voters 65 and older by a hefty margin of about 13 points--
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