Donald Trump's unfavorability ratings among women are uncommonly high for a presidential frontrunner, and he tends to underperform among Mormon Republicans. CNN found a group of conservative Mormon women in Tucson who all back Trump, and reporter Martin Savidge went to ask them why.
The group of women, led by Eileen Eagar and calling themselves "the Group," meets weekly to discuss politics. Group member Crystal Junior, a Mexican-American Mormon mother of four, said she likes Trump's "transparency." "I just find that what you see is what you get with this man," she told Savidge. Brooke Steck said Trump is "a strong man with a strong personality" who "really does love his country, he loves people, he really has a respect for women." Besides, Eagar said, "the other side is worse."
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