Interviewing a Trump Supporter

I have known I am a democrat longer than I’ve known cereal goes into the bowl before the milk. My mother is a democrat and so are my brother and sister. However, my southern family is avid Trump supporters. I’ve never really understood their views on politics and never really tried to understand. But when a Trump headquarters moved next door to my work in Oakwood, I wanted to finally understand. It took me awhile to build up the courage to walk into the building to ask to interview someone, but when I did, I was let down.

I went over after my shift ended on a Friday night and asked if I could possibly ask someone a few questions. Straight away, the woman I asked said, “We aren’t allowed to do interviews.” I tried to explain to her that I just wanted to ask why she supported Donald Trump. She again said that she couldn’t answer any questions. I was shocked and admittedly a bit hurt.

When I got home that night, I pondered why that woman would say that. At first, I thought of the worst: maybe they are too scared to be interviewed, or they aren’t allowed to be interviewed in case they say something wrong. Then, I got to think about the other reasons why she wouldn’t want to. Maybe she was scared that I would turn her words around to say something she didn’t mean. She didn’t know I was just writing for my school newspaper, obviously I didn’t get that far.

How sad would it be to be worried about whether someone was going to twist your words around all the time? Even though I never got to interview a Trump supporter, it did open my eyes quite a bit to the untruthful side of media.