Biden exclusive: More people know Trump, less likely he'll get their votes

LORDSTOWN

The more people find out about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, the less likely voters, including those in the Mahoning Valley, will support him, Vice President Joe Biden told The Vindicator in an exclusive interview.

During Thursday’s interview at United Auto Workers Local 1714 union hall, Biden was asked about Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton after he spoke to about 200 people at the hall on behalf of Clinton.

“People are beginning to know who Donald Trump is,” Biden, a Democrat, told The Vindicator. “That’s why in the state of Ohio he has a 36 percent favorable rating.”

When a reporter pointed out that Clinton’s rating isn’t much better, he said, “Your point you’re trying to make, being confrontational, which you should be, is somehow there’s real support for [Trump]; there’s an energy behind him. And my point is, there’s no energy.

“The more people figure out what he is actually for, the less likely they’re going to vote for him,” he said.

As far as trade policies – including the North American Free Trade Agreement and the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership, the latter backed by President Barack Obama, Biden laughed at Trump’s contention that he opposes both.

“Take a look at what Trump has done,” Biden said. “He talks about trade yet he manufactures overseas.”

Read more of the Vindicator's exclusive interview in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.