His remarks were blown WAY out of context.
Voted for him and liked him because of his conservatism. I totally disagreed with his nanny state do-goodism by banning smoking (outdoors!) on government property. Indoors, OK, but outdoors?
A couple of them may have fed the to get some Conservatives to criticize him ~ but silence speaks in this case, and they did not say "yes".
Actually, there's no hope of converting the Leftwingtards to the cause of truth, justice and the American way of life.