Fiscally conservative trans woman is no fan of Trump

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She's voted for Republicans in the past, but this transgender woman is no fan of Trump. These are The Voters.

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00:00I consider myself the Sarah Palin of transgender people.

00:02I've gone rogue.

00:04So there are times I voted Republican.

00:06There's times I've supported this president,

00:08even with the transgender ban and everything.

00:11♪♪

00:19My name is Manny Romero.

00:20I am 24.

00:22I currently live in Sacramento, California.

00:25And in 2016, I did vote for Hillary Clinton.

00:28I haven't always been left.

00:29I grew up very conservative.

00:31You know, my grandparents were Reagan fans.

00:35And, you know, I grew up in the country.

00:36So growing up, that was kind of the norm.

00:39The first president I voted for was for Mitt Romney.

00:42I did like his tax plan.

00:44And I guess you could say I'm fiscally conservative,

00:46which is why there were some things about Trump

00:48that I did like.

00:50♪♪

00:55There were certain things where I could justify

00:57the means of the conservatives.

00:59But on a personal level, being a minority,

01:02being transgender, it doesn't work for me.

01:04The bad doesn't outweigh the good

01:07that we need to have in this country.

01:09So my personal history is conflicting.

01:11♪♪

01:18The biggest issue that no one's talking about

01:21is in my opinion, it's not that no one's talking about it.

01:24It's just that nothing gets done.

01:26For me, it's the whole gun control debate.

01:29We just keep seeing these shootings

01:31and these occurrences that happen now

01:34almost on a weekly basis.

01:35These random acts of violence that keep going around.

01:39And there's nothing being done about it.

01:40There's just a fight on the floor of Congress,

01:43and that's it.

01:43Nothing gets done because our government's broken

01:47and we're being run by a machine that's loyal to the NRA.

01:51♪♪

01:59The last thing in the last two years

02:00that's made me feel hopeless

02:02is the way that hate has spread

02:05and is allowed in this country.

02:07It reminds me back of the 1960s

02:09when firefighters and police were spraying water hoses

02:12at, you know, African-Americans in the South.

02:15I believe it's gotten back to that point

02:17where it's just so open,

02:18where we have a president and administration

02:20who has that perception that it's okay to be that way.

02:23♪♪

02:32I think what's at stake in the midterm elections

02:35this year is everything.

02:36The elections last year, in 2016,

02:41proved that anything can be a wild card.

02:43Anything can happen.

02:44California has a possibility of turning red,

02:47and that's the first in a while.

02:48There's a lot at stake to still secure our freedoms,

02:51to secure a better future for our children.

02:55♪♪

03:05Voters from the other side see me,

03:07I would say that they see me as a pariah,

03:10as one of those other freaks from California

03:13who are do-gooders and want to help everyone run our dime.

03:17But, you know, I've seen myself through their shoes.

03:20You know, I've seen the abuses of Medicaid.

03:22I understand all that.

03:24Don't get me wrong.

03:25But at the end of the day, you have to look at it like,

03:28you know, we're only here for a short time,

03:30and we have to help as many.

03:31I say it's a blessing to help people.

03:33So they see me as wanting to spend all our money,

03:37wanting to progress my socialist,

03:41LGBT conspiracy agenda, so be it.

03:46Maybe that's what I am doing, but you know what?

03:48If I'm helping someone along the way, it works.

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