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When Matt Kubancik, a small business owner in Louisville, Kentucky, cast his ballot for Donald Trump in November, he was hoping that the Republican nominee’s return to the White House would provide a spark to the economy and lead to reduced prices for gas and groceries.
Instead, the first half-year of Trump’s second term in the White House has been more like a “vacation from hell,” Kubancik said. Guardian Baseball, the baseball goods company he co-founded in 2018, mostly relies on manufacturers in China, which is locked in a full-blown trade war with the U.S.
It didn’t take long for Kubancik to regret his vote. After 20 years as a Republican, Kubancik changed his registration to Democrat last month.
“I’ve been a registered lifelong Republican. I’ve supported independent candidates and Democratic candidates in the state of Kentucky before, but this made it enough to switch parties,” Kubancik said in an interview. “I don’t feel the country is headed down the right path.”
