Staunch Supporters And Determined Opposition
April 29, 20177:00 AM ET
DON GONYEA
... In Amherst, N.Y., a suburb of Buffalo, Brett Sommer voted for Libertarian Gary Johnson for president. Sommer, who teaches AP-level history at the local high school, is an independent-minded, moderate Republican.
He says he actually likes that Trump does not seem to have a hard-and-fast ideology when it comes to the issues. And even though he didn't vote for the president, Sommer says he got on board after the election and was ready to give Trump a chance.
That didn't last ...
... "I'm a teacher. I can't show up at my job in shorts and swear at the kids. I have to respect the position of authority I have," he says ...
"If you can't discipline what comes out of your mouth or .. what comes out of your thumbs, to me that's a very strong indication of how disciplined your mind is" ...
http://www.npr.org/2017/04/29/526091739/trump-continues-to-have-staunch-supporters-and-determined-opposition
