This Las Vegas Republican had high hopes for Trump. But a 'Trump slump' made life worse
Aaron Mahan is a lifelong Republican who twice voted for Donald Trump.
He had high hopes putting a businessman in the White House and, although he found the president’s monster ego grating, Mahan voted for his reelection. Mostly, he said, out of party loyalty.
By 2024, however, he’d had enough.
“I just saw more of the bad qualities, more of the ego,” said Mahan, who’s worked for decades as a food server on and off the Las Vegas Strip. “And I felt like he was at least partially running to stay out of jail.”
Mahan couldn’t bring himself to support Kamala Harris. He’s never backed a Democrat for president. So when illness overtook him on election day, it was a good excuse to stay in bed and not vote.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-10-19/trumps-america-las-vegas-lagging-economy-struggling-food-server
Mahan is a shop steward with the Culinary Union yet supports the union-busting Republican Party, so not exactly a deep thinker...
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