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questions about my views and stayed away from personal attacks. Just stick to the

issues, you know?

• In today’s political climate with Donald Trump I often feel disrespected.

• Because I’m a Republican people judge me as a person. It’s especially hard in a city

like Milwaukee it’s hard to even say I’m a republican and its unfair. I feel like our

president constitutes what it means to be a republican. But I’m a republican for several

different reasons, I started my own business at 19 and I looked at what political views

had less taxes and less regulations. It’s disrespectful to judge or label me with

misogyny and that I hate immigrants

Annexes for Question Round Two

“What motivates you and what holds you back from building relationships across political

divides?”

• What motivates me is my desire to connect with humanity and the humanness of those

I encounter. What holds me back is. . . people who have demonstrated throughout our

connection or association their unwillingness to listen and engage with civility.

• What motivates me is my family - friends - party affiliation. I desire to represent with

dignity and I find that is this time the lack of civility and willingness to listen makes

me reluctant to engage as much as I would like.

• What motivates me, especially with someone that holds an opposite view or opinion;

not to win them over, but; to be prepared to possibly learn something that I did not

know or was aware of previously. What holds me back is that I can only stand ignorant

behavior for only so long... my patience wears thin quickly.

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