Why some voters in 'closely divided' Georgia 'don’t trust Trump': report

Voters in "politically competitive" Georgia are "closely divided" on the 2024 presidential candidates, according to a Sunday, September 22 Wall Street Journal report.

Geoff Duncan, the former Republican lieutenant governor of Georgia made his stance on Donald Trump clear earlier this year in an op-ed published by the Atlanta Journal Constitution. when he tore into the state's GOP for "falling in line" behind the ex-president.

He has since endorsed Kamala Harris.

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"There's no policy that's going to break this country,like wrecking democracy," Duncan told the WSJ. "And there's only one person in this race that has a chance to wreck democracy, and that's Donald Trump," the former Republican leader added.

Although 58-year-old Republican Allyn James told the publication that she "can see why someone might say democracy" may be destroyed under a second Trump presidency, she believes grocery prices will decrease under the MAGA hopeful, and therefore, will cast a vote for him.

Downtown Atlanta salon owner Gina Palmer emphasized that while she doesn't "disagree with everything" Trump says, she doesn't "trust" him.

"I just, what I see is that he's a narcissist. And so, even though he may have some valid points, I just don't trust what he'll do with that type of power," Palmer told the WSJ.

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The report also notes that Palmer's "clients said they were excited to vote for Harris and would never support Trump because of his conduct while in office and after the last election."

73-year-old Jose Samaniego, an Ecuadorean immigrant who normally votes Republican, told WSJ that "his concerns about Trump" are why he plans to vote for Harris in November.

"I believe he's a very dangerous individual. So it's going to hurt everybody," Samaniego said.

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The Wall Street Journal's full report is here (subscription required).