Huffington Post: 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.
By HAYLEY MILLER
In his northern Missouri town of about 6,000, Vincent Harris suspects he was one of the most vocal supporters President Donald Trump had there.
The 54-year-old Navy veteran was a self-described “deplorable” (a reference to Hillary Clinton’s notorious dig at Trump supporters in 2016). He fiercely defended the #MAGA mindset on social media, acting as one of the president’s model “keyboard warriors.”
But his staunch support for Trump began to slip as the coronavirus began to spread.