CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>>> SOME HOUSE DEMOCRATS WANT
CONGRESSMAN JUSTIN AMASH TO BE
AN IMPEACHMENT MANAGER.
THEY THINK HE’LL ADD SOME
POLITICAL DIVERSITY IN THE CASE
AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.
AMASH RECENTLY LEFT THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY TO BECOME AN
INDEPENDENT.
INDEPENDENT. HE’S NOT ALONE.
SOME VOTERS IN HIS HOMETOWN OF
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ARE ALSO
QUESTIONING THEIR PARTY
AFFILIATION.
AFFILIATION. GRAND RAPIDS IS IN KENT COUNTY.
DASHA BURNS SPENT SOME TIME
THERE FOR OUR ELECTION SERIES,
"COUNTY TO COUNTY."
SHE TALKED WITH REPUBLICAN
VOTERS WHO ARE WRESTLING WITH
THEIR PARTY IDENTITY AND THEIR
VOTE AND JUST A QUICK WARNING,
YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR SOME FOUL
LANGUAGE COMING UP.
>> HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
TRUMP WHEN HE WAS HERE AT THE
END OF MARCH.
I HONESTLY HAD THIS THING IN MY
MIND IT WASN’T GOING TO BE AS
BAD AS WHAT YOU SEE ON TV.
YOU SEE THE SOUNDBITES, SEE THE
NEGATIVE THINGS, OKAY, THERE’S
NO WAY.
NO WAY. >> DEMOCRATS HAVE TO NOW DECIDE
WHETHER THEY WILL CONTINUE
DEFRAUDING THE PUBLIC WITH
RIDICULOUS BULLSHIT.
RIDICULOUS BULLSHIT. >> I BROUGHT MY 8-YEAR-OLD.
HE’S VERY INTO HISTORY AND THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. IT WAS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY.
OPPORTUNITY. >> WE ARE BUILDING THAT WALL.
>> BUILD THAT WALL!
BUILD THAT WALL!
>> AND THE CONVERSATION THAT I
HAD WITH MY SON AFTERWARDS,
THAT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU TALK
ABOUT ANOTHER ETHNIC GROUP THAT
WAY.
WAY. TO SEE HOW TRUMP CAN COMMAND
THESE PEOPLE IS MIND BLOWING.
>> Reporter: MORRIS IS A WORKING
MOM FROM KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
IT’S A BUSTLING SUBURBAN
COMMUNITY THAT WAS TRADITIONALLY
CONSIDERED A REPUBLICAN
STRONGHOLD.
STRONGHOLD. UNTIL RECENTLY.
UNTIL RECENTLY. >> I DID VOTE FOR McCAIN.
I DID VOTE FOR ROMNEY.
IN 2016 I ENDED UP VOTING FOR
TRUMP.
TRUMP. I VOTED FOR HIM BECAUSE I REALLY
KIND OF FELT MORE CONNECTED TO
THE REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES.
THE BEHAVIOR CONCERNS ME, BUT TO
BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU, I WAS
A BIG "APPRENTICE" FAN.
>> Reporter: THE CELEBRITY GOT
TO YOU A LITTLE BIT.
>> IT DID GET TO ME.
>> Reporter: LOOKING BACK DO YOU
REGRET THAT VOTE?
>> I WENT ON FACEBOOK,
APOLOGIZED TO MY FAMILY AND
FRIENDS, I MADE A MISTAKE.
THAT WASN’T THE RIGHT CHOICE.
>> Reporter: THE ATONEMENT --
>> THE ATONEMENT PROCESS.
HERE I’M HAVING A BIGGER
ATONEMENT PROCESS.
ATONEMENT PROCESS. >> Reporter: APPARENTLY.
THE POLLS SUGGEST THAT KATIE
MIGHT BE AN OUTLIER.
TRUMP STILL HAS EXTREMELY HIGH
APPROVAL RATINGS AMONG
REPUBLICANS, BUT WHILE THE
NATIONAL NARRATIVE AROUND THIS
POLARIZE THE CLIMATE SAYS
EVERYONE HAS ALREADY MADE UP
THEIR MINDS, I WANTED TO GET A
LOCAL PERSPECTIVE TO SEE IF THAT
MIGHT TELL A DIFFERENT STORY.
AND CANDIDATEKENT COUNTY DEFINIT
DONALD TRUMP WON MICHIGAN BY
LESS THAN A PERCENTAGE POINT AND
DID WIN KENT COUNTY BUT A MUCH
SMALLER MARGIN THAN MITT ROMNEY
DID IN 2012.
IN 2020 COULD BE REPUBLICAN
VOTERS BE THE ONES THAT HELP
TURN KENT COUNTY BLUE, AND IF
SO, WILL MICHIGAN TURN, TOO?
QUICK HISTORY.
QUICK HISTORY. KENT COUNTY IS HOME TO GRAND
RAPIDS, THE BIRTHPLACE OF
GENERAL FORD.
GENERAL FORD. MANY FOLKS HERE STILL CONSIDER
HIM THE FACE OF MODERATE
CONSERVATISM, BUT SOME WONDER IF
THAT STILL EXISTS WITHIN THE
CURRENT GOP.
CURRENT GOP. >> I REALLY DON’T THINK GERALD
FORD OR RONALD REAGAN FOR THAT
MATTER COULD WIN A REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY TODAY.
PRIMARY TODAY. >> Reporter: A BUSINESS ATTORNEY
CONSIDERED HIMSELF A REPUBLICAN
UNTIL TRUMP TOOK THE SPOTLIGHT.
>> THE PRESIDENT IS FANTASTIC ON
THINGS THAT I CARE QUITE A BIT
ABOUT.
ABOUT. AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL,
JUDICIAL NOMINEES.
JUDICIAL NOMINEES. YET, I WOULDN’T VOTE FOR HIM.
>> Reporter: WHAT IS IT ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP THAT MAKES YOU FEEL
LIKE HE DOESN’T REPRESENT
REPUBLICAN VALUES THAT YOU GREW
UP WITH?
UP WITH? >> I CAN’T FOR THE LIFE OF ME
IMAGINE REAGAN, BUSH, THINKING
THAT IT’S ACCEPTABLE TO TELL
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO GO BACK
WHERE THEY CAME FROM AND FOR
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
TO SIT IDLY BY WHILE HE’S DOING
THAT IS REALLY QUITE
DISAPPOINTING.
DISAPPOINTING. >> Reporter: HOW DO YOU THINK
DONALD TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY HAS
IMPACTED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?
>> YOU’RE SEEING A LOT OF
MODERATES EITHER NOT RUN FOR
RE-ELECT OR, YOU KNOW, LEAVING
THE PARTY.
THE PARTY. >> Reporter: REFERRING TO LOCAL
CONGRESSMAN JUSTIN AMASH.
HE RAN ON A REPUBLICAN TICKET
BUT RE-REGISTERED AS AN
INDEPENDENT EARLIER THIS YEAR.
TODAY, HE’S THE ONLY
NON-DEMOCRAT WHO’S CALLED FOR
TRUMP’S IMPEACHMENT.
TRUMP’S IMPEACHMENT. >> WE NEED THE PRESIDENT TO BE
ETHICAL.
ETHICAL. THE PATTERN YOU FIND IN THE
MUELLER REPORT IS SOMEONE WHO
DOES NOT MEET THAT STANDARD.
>> Reporter: THIS SHIFT IN THE
PARTY, WHERE DOES IT ALL LEAD
YOU?
YOU? >> POLITICALLY HOPELESS.
>> Reporter: THIS IS SOMETHING I
HEARD AGAIN -- DO YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU HAVE A HOME IN EITHER PARTY
RIGHT NOW?
RIGHT NOW? >> I DON’T.
>> Reporter: -- AND AGAIN.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A HOME
ANYWHERE IN THIS POLITICAL
SPHERE RIGHT NOW?
>> NO.
>> NO. NOT FEDERALLY.
NOT FEDERALLY. >> Reporter: I VISITED BOB ROSS,
A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN WHO RUNS
A MANUFACTURING PLANT OUTSIDE
GRAND RAPIDS.
GRAND RAPIDS. HIS COMPANY WAS NEGATIVELY
AFFECTED BY TRUMP’S STEEL
TARIFF.
TARIFF. IS THERE A WORLD IN WHICH YOU’D
VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP IN 2020?
>> I CAN’T ANSWER THAT.
>> Reporter: YOU CAN’T BECAUSE
YOU DON’T WANT TO OR --
>> I DON’T WANT TO.
>> Reporter: OKAY.
>> HONEST TO GOD, I DON’T KNOW
WHAT I’M GOING TO DO.
>> Reporter: WHAT COULD DONALD
TRUMP TO TODO TO WIN OVER VOTES
YOURS?
YOURS? >> JUST STOP TWEETING.
IT’S NOISE AND UNPREDICTABILITY.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT KIND OF RISK
AM I WILLING TO TAKE WITH OUR
FAMILY’S CAPITAL.
FAMILY’S CAPITAL. >> Reporter: SO IF THE CURRENT
PRESIDENT ISN’T WINNING OVER
THESE VOTERS, WOULD THEY
CONSIDER A DEMOCRAT?
>> WITH TWO OF THE LOUDEST
VOICES ON THE STAGE RIGHT NOW
BEING ELIZABETH WARREN AND
BERNIE SANDERS, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> Reporter: NO.
>> BUTTIGIEG IS AN INTERESTING
CHARACTER.
CHARACTER. >> YOU KNOW, KIND OF EXCITED
ABOUT JOE BIDEN.
I THINK BERNIE SANDERS JUST
NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WAY TOO LEFT.
TRUMP VERSUS WARREN.
>> UNDECIDED.
>> UNDECIDED. >> Reporter: TRUMP VERSUS
SANDERS.
SANDERS. >> PROBABLY TRUMP.
MY MIND IS PRETTY MADE UP ON WHO
I’D VOTE FOR IN A PRIMARY.
>> Reporter: WHICH IS?
>> KLOBUCHAR.
>> KLOBUCHAR. >> Reporter: KENT COUNTY IS AN
EXAMPLE OF A TREND THAT’S
HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS
RURAL AREAS ARE BECOMING MORE
RED, THE SUBURBS ARE BECOMING
MORE BLUE.
MORE BLUE. CASE IN POINT, WHEN I VISITED A
DEMOCRATIC DEBATE WATCH PARTY,
THE FIRST PERSON I TALKED TO WAS
ANOTHER CONFLICTED REPUBLICAN.
YOU VOTED REPUBLICAN FOR YOUR
ENTIRE LIFE UNTIL WHEN?
>> UNTIL 2016.
I JUST COULDN’T BRING MYSELF TO
VOTE FOR SUCH A DIVISIVE
CANDIDATE.
CANDIDATE. >> Reporter: ARE YOU CONSIDERING
CHANGING THAT REGISTRATION?
>> I AM NOT QUITE SOLD ON EITHER
PARTY RIGHT NOW.
THAT’S WHY I’M HERE TONIGHT TO
LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO MAKE
SURE THAT I CAN GET MY COMFORT
LEVEL UP BECAUSE IT’S A MAJOR
DECISION.
DECISION. IT’S A BIG --
>> Reporter: THIS GOT ME
THINKING, HOW COULD A DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE ACTUALLY MOVE
CONFLICTED CONSERVATIVES ACROSS
THE BALLOT?
THE BALLOT? >> WE NEED TO FIND A CANDIDATE
THAT CAN GO OUT AND HAVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE LIKE
MYSELF THAT ARE WILLING TO SAY,
HEY, THIS IS WHY I’M NOT TURNED
ON BY YOUR PLATFORM.
FREE COLLEGE IS GREAT, MEDICARE
FOR ALL, GREAT.
THERE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO
CHANGE.
CHANGE. HAVE TO DO IT OVERNIGHT.
I WANT TO SEE A CANDIDATE THAT
CAN DO INCREMENTAL PIECES AND