Violent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
In a nation united in shock over the breach of the U.S. Capitol, but divided in its views of the cause and significance of the chaos, many Trump supporters are unsure of what’s next for their president and their party.
Nearly all of the numerous Trump voters CPR News spoke to in the days after the chaos denounced the violence in Washington, D.C., describing the images as sad and disturbing.
“I had reasons for voting for him, even though he disgusts me. But now I cannot wait for him to leave,” said Krista Kafer of the president. She’s a columnist for The Denver Post and lives in Littleton. “In my mind, he went from a bad person with some good policies and some good people around him, to simply a bad person.”