Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Tuesday, November 03, 2026

Over the past decade, Andrew Leyva shaded the space next to Donald Trump's name each time it appeared on his ballot, trusting that a tough-talking businessman willing to challenge Washington would benefit working guys like him. Leyva, a 39-year-old who installs blinds in Arizona, voted to usher in the economic "golden age" that Trump so often promised. Leyva envisioned gas that cost $2 a gallon. Government spending would be cut. The influence of the wealthy and well-connected would be minimized. Regular people would finally get their say, and America would always come first.

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More: It didn't take long after Trump's second win for Leyva to realize that he had been duped. First, he said, Trump seemed to obstruct the release of the Epstein files, which didn't live up to the MAGA-sphere hype when some of them were finally made public. Then the president did something he had said he wasn't going to do: start a war. Leyva now spends nearly twice as much on gas as he did last year"sometimes it costs him $300 a week. I ran into him outside a home-improvement store in Scottsdale, where voters will decide one of the nation's competitive congressional races. I asked whether he was planning to vote. "Hell no. I don't think it matters," he told me as he loaded blinds into his gleaming Toyota pickup. Trump was supposed to be different, Leyva said, but it turns out that he's just as bad as every other politician. Leyva doesn't think that he'll ever vote again.

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2026-11-03 09:56 AM | Reply

- he'll ever vote again.

Still a win in Project25 circles.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-11-03 10:14 AM | Reply

I certainly won't mourn the loss of any Trump voters from the electorate.

#3 | Posted by qcp at 2026-11-03 10:52 AM | Reply

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