VOA常速英语:爱与选票

Hi. I’m John Hunter, I’m a conservative,
I’m a Trump supporter,
I think he’s done a great job, sure, he has a few character flaws in terms of his personality.
He makes fun of the wrong people, I think, sometimes, but otherwise the results are spectacular,
so I support him fully.
Hi, my name is Laura Hunter, I am a Mexican, I don’t like Trump character or policies in many ways.
What about me? You ever asked me about me?
Come here. Come here. I’ve got my, I’m holding my little guacamole.
I was a, I started the project called "Water Station" in 2000, and, were, we started putting water in the desert.
Bill was Laura’s boyfriend at the time.
I guess he read about me in some newspaper, and so, they came out to help me.
When John got to start "Water Station”, I was one of the first volunteers.
He started this project because in year 2000 there were 29 people, that died on this area.
Since operation "Gatekeeper", it was very difficult for people to come across,
they started going to more desolated areas.
Usually we put a box with six gallons of water, and every two weeks we come and check out.
And our main goal is to reduce the heat-related deaths in this area here.
Sometimes we were so tired, and we didn’t have enough people helping us,
so John would say, "What if somebody dies?"
And I said, "Well, you know, its just so much we can do,
they have God also, we are not God to stop people from dying".
"I am not a spring chicken anymore!"
We’d be working like slaves in the back of the pickup truck.
She’d be throwing metal around,
because we used to run 340 stations, sometimes by ourselves.
But she would work alongside me,
but she was not only strong and had a heart of a lion,
but she was also very feminine, very rare combination in women.
So, that’s how I met Laura. Be serious！
We got rid of the boyfriend, and the rest is history.
We flew to Vegas, we had a quick, really fantastic marriage.
It was, how does Trump do it, honey?
It was fantastic! It was fantastic marriage,
and we made marriage great again!
She happens to disagree with me totally on everything, except for one thing.
We both like Mexico, even they hate me here in Mexico.
I am only kidding, just joking.
But in my opinion Trump is killing it, and the people, the lefties are running right now are a clown show.

It’s ridiculous. The do not represent middle class values whatsoever.
So I’m an average guy, and I like people that work hard and try hard.
And that represents more of the conservative thing.
That these guys just wants to get everyone a free pass.
Who’s gonna pay for the free pass?
The guys who work their asses off.
I like Trump for what he’s done for the economy,
and forget the immigration stuff, he’s no worse than Obama, except he is honest.
Obama was dishonest about the immigration situation.
I started the water station project when all the lefties were afraid.
They were shivering. They were bending their fingernails.
I went and put water in the desert for the last 20 years.
So, I’ve been a liberal in that sense.
But I also believe in being honest.
How in the world somebody has the nerve to start accusing Mexicans of being rapists, of being criminals.
You can make your point, but you don’t have to belittle, you don’t have to insult.
Are you referring to me or Trump now?
Excuse me, I didn’t interrupt you, sweetheart, so it’s my turn.
So, you know, when you do that, I lose my train of thought OK?
How can you teach children to be respectful if the guy in the White House is a bully?
This is such an issue on John and our marriage because I don’t like bullies.
And what I dislike about him the most is his lack of respect for women.
I understand where she’s coming from.
I have to admit he insulted a lot of nice women.
What would you do, if he insulted me?
What would you do?
Honey, you know me, I punch people in the nose just for fun.
We argue a lot about it, I have told people,
"I’m not an extension of John, I am myself.”
And we argue. If he is watching Fox News, I just walk away.
Once a year, because for the last two years I turn on cnn, they’re bashing Trump, that’s all they do.
"We hate Trump. We are so unhappy about Trump!"
Don’t exaggerate, they don’t say, "We hate".
I’m paraphrasing.
Be truthful. Honey, this is my interview.
She gives me 5 minutes, you got 25 minutes.
Sweetheart, you are doing that "Trump" right now.
You are doing a "Trump" by lying about it.
Quatro or cinqo-one of those, I get...I get 5 minutes of something, right.
I’m a big fan of Trumps.
I’m going to vote for him three or four times if I could legally do it.
Well, guess what?!
I’m going to block his vote!
If I’d been born on that side of the border, I would be looking for a better life over here in the States too.
It’s a tough situation.
You have beautiful countryside in Mexico, beautiful countryside here.
But the systems are different.
A poor person in Mexico doesn’t have much of a chance in any upper mobility.
We cannot change the politics or the situations on this countries where the people are
but the only thing we can do is put water.
And if it is in our hands, why not?