Voters, Members Of Congress Sound Off On Trump's 100-Day Plan
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NORTH TEXAS (CBS11) - Ray Myers of Forney said he's excited about Donald Trump's victory after he voluntarily went to Wisconsin to get out the vote for him. "We're elated of course."
Lynne Jackson supported and voted for Hillary Clinton but said she wants to see what Trump can accomplish. "I feel like I need to be optimistic and give him a chance."
Trump's 100-day action plan includes proposing a Constitutional amendment for term limits on members of Congress, repealing and replacing Obamacare, building a wall on the southern border, suspending immigration from terror-prone regions where he says vetting can't safely occur, and lowering tax rates for people and businesses.
"We would like to see term limits here, that's a key thing. Great wall of China, my goodness it worked," said Myers. "We're really, really proud because if you don't have a boundary, you don't have a country. We're not opposed to immigration at all. We're opposed to people coming over here who we don't know and pose a threat."
Jackson said some of the most important things Trump can do are reaching out to Democrats and listening to his advisers.
"I would hope he would surround himself with people and advisors who are review leadership, who have that capacity and I would also hope that he will listen really hard," said Jackson. "Surrounding himself with some amazing people, whether he likes them or not or whether they like him or not. Some really qualified people that can consider with him."
Democratic Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson of Dallas said she respects the President-elect, but says she has some doubts about his goals.
"I'm not at all sure he'll be successful in getting that done in the first 100 days," said Rep. Johnson.
Republican Congresswoman Kay Granger of Fort Worth called on Trump to step down as a candidate after hearing his taped lewd comments about women from 11 years ago.
But she said, she will be ready to work with him.
"He's the President," said Rep. Granger. "I'll work with whoever's President. I didn't like some of the things he said, but he was picking up on things that some of us weren't, and it was the anger."
She said it's important for members of Congress to understand why voters were angry.
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