“I think potentially, he could cross over with some inappropriate comments,” said Andy, adding, “And it would very much concern me if he was the nominee.”
“I could see him being a hothead,” Fred, a tax preparer, said.
Trump's remarks about whether McCain, the Arizona senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee, should be described as a war hero rubbed some in the group the wrong way.
“I thought that was disrespectful,” said Jean, a banker. “Regardless of whether he [McCain] was technically a war hero or not, it was disrespectful.”
As for Trump's characterization of undocumented immigrants as “rapists,” however, many in the room said it didn't bother them.
Trump Presidency
By and large, however, the group seemed optimistic of Trump's chances of reaching the White House, in part because of his status as a Washington outsider. When asked what they envisioned for a Trump presidency, the responses belied just how invested some had become in that vision.
“Classy,” said Cheryl, a real estate agent.
“I think it would be exciting,” Roger said. “I really do. I look forward to it. It'll be an interesting thing every day.”
“I think he'd be calling out everybody,” John, a construction worker, said. “I think it'd be pretty good.”