On Thursday's New Day, CNN host Alisyn Camerota presented a group of six Donald Trump voters to discuss, in part, the Alabama Senate special election, and the group somehow managed to exclude voters who actually supported Republican candidate Roy Moore.
Even though the Republican nominee received almost half the vote in a state where Trump won 62 percent -- meaning an overwhelming percentage of Trump voters must have supported Moore -- all three of the Alabama voters included on the panel voiced their opposition to him.
In a pre-recorded piece, Camerota was seen beginning by posing to the panel:
How many of you are from Alabama? Three of you. How many of you three voted for Roy Moore? None of you voted for Roy Moore. Jimmy, let me start with you, lifelong Republican. Why didn't you vote for Roy Moore?
Alabama voter Jimmy Dozier was seen complaining:
He's all about Roy Moore. He's not about the people. He's not a Republican -- he's a radical. He didn't win, and I'm glad he didn't win because Doug Jones is going to be there for two years, and then he'll be gone.
The piece then showed the views of Alabama voter Steve Skipper, described on screen as regretting his vote for Trump, who complained about Steve Bannon and alleged "racism" from Moore. Skipper:
It's a Steve Bannon thing -- the race issue and the racism issue. That's a very strong issue for our people. He's not the kind of person that you want to be around when it comes to a particular thing about racism.
The CNN host then went to Alabama voter Kim Dowdle -- who ended up working for Democratic candidate Jones in spite of her support for Trump. Dowdle suggested that she was already opposed to Moore even before the sex abuse accusations surfaced as she began: "He represents hatred. ... He hides behind God like a body shield. He uses God as a body shield."
Below is a transcript of relevant portions of the Thursday, December 14, New Day on CNN:
7:52 a.m. ET
ALISYN CAMEROTA: For the past two and a half years, we've been gathering voters from around the country and putting together panels to get their take on President Trump, Congress, and the state of the country. Time for the next one. In light of the controversial Alabama Senate race, I sat down with six Trump voters -- three of whom are from Alabama -- to see how they feel today about Roy Moore, his accusers, and what all of this means for President Trump. Here's our latest "Pulse of the People."
How many of you are from Alabama? Three of you. How many of you three voted for Roy Moore? None of you voted for Roy Moore. Jimmy, let me start with you, lifelong Republican. Why didn't you vote for Roy Moore?
JIMMY DOZIER, VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP AND STILL SUPPORTS HIM: He's all about Roy Moore. He's not about the people. He's not a Republican -- he's a radical. He didn't win, and I'm glad he didn't win because Doug Jones is going to be there for two years, and then he'll be gone.
CAMEROTA: Then you figure a Republican will be back.
DOZIER: Oh, they'll be back. They could have run a three-legged dog against Roy Moore, you know.
CAMEROTA: Steve, why didn't you vote for Roy Moore?
STEVE SKIPPER, VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP AND NOW REGRETS IT: It's a Steve Bannon thing -- the race issue and the racism issue. That's a very strong issue for our people. He's not the kind of person that you want to be around when it comes to a particular thing about racism.
CAMEROTA: You think he's a racist?
SKIPPER: Yes. I think he's obviously a racist.
CAMEROTA: Kim. you canvassed for Doug Jones, though you are a Republican and a strong supporter of Donald Trump. And how are you feeling today that Doug Jones --
KIM DOWDLE, VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP AND STILL SUPPORTS HIM: Elated. I am elated. I can't even contain it.
CAMEROTA: Why didn't you support Roy Moore?
DOWDLE: He represents hatred.
CAMEROTA: How so?
DOWDLE: He hides behind God like a body shield. He uses God as a body shield. Then I started doing some research with the women, and then I fell to my knees.
CAMEROTA: Because you believed them.
DOWDLE: I do believe them because I'm a survivor of rape, and I've watched them. I don't even know what they've said, to this day. I've never heard anything they've said. I just watched them. They're telling the truth.
