Ex-NASCAR star Danica Patrick reveals her first-ever vote in a presidential election will be for Trump
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Danica Patrick revealed on 'Jesse Watters Primetime' that her first-ever vote in a presidential election will be for Donald Trump.
During the show, the former NASCAR star, 42, said that she has never voted in a presidential election in her life and that is bound to change this time, reported Fox News.
Danica Patrick says voting for Donald Trump is the 'rational choice'
Danica Patrick told Jesse Watters during the show, "It feels like voting for Donald Trump is like the vote of reason. It’s like the rational, reasonable choice."
She added that she doesn't understand why "MAGA" or Trump's slogan of 'Make America Great Again' is seen as an 'insult' to some people.
The former NASCAR star also explained that she feels like there's a big gap between men and women at the moment when voting for Trump. She explained why one of the common reasons she's heard people won't vote for Trump isn't good enough.
She said, "There is a difference definitely between the way that men and women are voting, and I think maybe one of the reasons why women are having a harder time with the vote is just his personality."
She added, "That’s the most common answer you hear from people. 'I just can’t vote for him'. I don’t think that’s a good enough reason. You don’t have to go to dinner with him. You just have to like the country that you live in."
Danica Patrick talks about Donald Trump's qualities she loves
During the interview, Danice Patrick and Watters also talked about Trump surprising McDonald's diners in Pennsylvania, where the former NASCAR racer said it showed everyone the qualities she likes most about him.
Patrick, the only woman to win an IndyCar Series race in history, said, "I think that he has a great sense of humor. I think that he is a man amongst the people. I feel like when you wrap that up with the humility that he has, the sense of humor that he has, the off-the-cuff confidence that he has."
She continued, "His ability to go so unscripted and be in so many scenarios where he has to essentially be himself, it’s pretty much all of them. That’s not just something you see from the other side, which I think is one of the most endearing and important qualities about him is that he is just being him."
Patrick also explained why she has not voted in the past and what changed her mind about getting educated about politics. She said, "It’s not something I’m proud of I would say, but it is true."
She further added, "To explain myself slightly, one of the rules I had for myself in all of past elections no matter what’s happened is I said, 'Look, if I don’t vote, it doesn’t mean I don’t have an opinion, but I’m not going to tell anyone about it. I don’t have a problem with anything, I can’t complain anything because I didn’t do my part.'"
"And for so long, racing was all I did. It was my only focus. I didn’t have time or energy to really understand politics even," the former racer said.
