Mom was 17 when she and her parents moved to Chattanooga from Ohio. They were Democrats. My dad’s family have been Republicans since the Civil War that I know of. Mom didn’t drive in the 50’s and Dad wouldn’t take her to vote unless she promised to vote Republican. She fully adopted the Republican party before long and I have NEVER known her to vote for a Democrat. She thought Bush could do no wrong. She is doing what so many have done when it comes to Trump. She can’t see past the way he says things over what he is saying. It would be way over her head at this point to explain it to her. All she sees is a loud Yankee bully where most of us see through that to the real man. She saw a Southern gentleman in Bush and never looked past that. It took me a long time to see through him. I voted for him twice and didn’t see it until we got a real President that loved America and the American people. I will forever compare and hold all future Presidents to Trump’s standards.
I can fully understand your mother’s viewpoint on Trump. I had a similar mindset initially, and was really pulling for Cruz. Trump won the primary, I regrouped, looked past his demeanor, and saw a really good guy.
In hindsight, I don’t that there’s anyone else out there that could withstand the evil uprising the way Trump has. And what I initially didn’t like - his willingness to speak his mind freely - has turned out to be his greatest asset. He does not dance around words - he says them bluntly.