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Chapter 1: Why are Arizona voters turning against Trump?
Arizona voters seem to be turning against Donald Trump. They are expressing, I would say, to put it mildly, deep reservations, even if they've supported him in the past. And those who are just not even all that political are just saying, what the heck is this guy doing? whether it's his tariffs, his attacking of Medicaid, whether it's his immigration policy.
I want to show you what people are thinking in Arizona right now. So first, I'm going to show you a lady who was a Trump supporter. She considers herself a devout Christian. She runs a business that hires people with disabilities. She's worried about Trump cutting Medicaid and the MAGA Republicans cutting Medicaid. She says she's more open to voting for Democrats now. Here, play this clip.
I'm worried about Medicaid and Medicare and Social Security. He did say that he wasn't going to cut them, that he was just going to find the waste, and I really hope that he sticks to that.
Why is that so important to you?
It's important because we need to take care of our people with disabilities and our elderly and those that depend on it. And they can't survive as it is right now, and we cannot cut.
Varga is a Tucson hero. Her food truck and candy store employ 50 people with special needs. She's renovating this restaurant to employ even more. A devout Christian, lifelong Republican, but some big changes. Varga says she no longer believes Trump's claim the 2020 election was rigged.
She's now open to supporting Democrats for local offices and says Trump tariffs are one reason prices are not dropping fast enough.
The items that we put in our gift baskets have gone up.
So when he says there's going to be some disruption, maybe even some pain, but we're going to get there. For now, you think, okay, I'll give you some time.
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Chapter 2: What concerns do Arizona voters have about Medicaid?
He asked, how could these elected officials, these representatives, make these decisions if they had ever sat with people like us? And this is the frustration we're hearing on the ground in Arizona and I'll say across the country, right? I see it all the time on the internet and the TikTok comment sections and so much further that people are frustrated. They feel unseen.
and really are asking how can they make these inhumane decisions? And the answer is that they are catering to their billionaire buddies, not you.
Now, Deja, you graduated with a full scholarship to Columbia University, but you share your story with people. You're 25 years old now. You represent a new generation of leadership, not just for the Democratic Party, but just in general in our country. But you were on SNAP benefits, food stamps. You were Section 8 housing, which is housed under HUD. You were a Medicaid recipient.
All of those programs... are precisely what republicans are attacking in your district and throughout the rest of the country so there's also your personal story in this as well and you being an example of someone who graduated from columbia who's now a leader and it just seems like republicans see your story And you are who they fear.
They want to stop the future Deja Foxes because they want more Andy Biggs.
Yeah, this is the American dream story that they all say they support, right? That because of good policy, you know, I was raised by a single mom. I'm a first-generation American, and I was raised in Section 8 housing, right? That's what put a roof over my head. SNAP benefits, food stamps put food on our table, and my mom worked every odd job. I mean, she delivered flowers.
She worked at a post office. She cleaned houses. to make ends meet. And we needed a little help to get by at the end of the month. I mean, there were times where we had to choose between bills and back to school clothes. It's something that so many families understand, but those social safety nets, those programs are not handouts. They're hand ups, right?
They made it possible for me to be the first in my family to go to college. And, you know, my first advocacy battle had everything to do with that American dream story. I think about during the first Trump administration when Republicans here in Arizona voted in lockstep with him. to defund Planned Parenthood centers, something else that was in that budget bill.
And these are the places where I got my health care, where I got birth control when I had no money and no parents and no insurance at 16 years old. I walked into a Planned Parenthood and walked out with the birth control I needed to take control of my body and my future and go on. to be the first in my family to go to college.
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