She voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the bills
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Ford Expedition rumbled to a stop and Cindy Banda’s bedazzled flip-flops landed on the asphalt of the Houston cancer center’s vast parking lot. She threaded through the rows of cars, a tally of patients who gather here to sit with chemotherapy needles or lie on radiation machines.
Cindy Banda, a mother of six, voted for President Donald Trump in every election. However, after being diagnosed with cancer, her financial struggles led her to reconsider her political affiliations. The Ford Expedition dropped her off at a Houston cancer center, where she waited while her children received treatments. With healthcare costs soaring, Banda's financial burden grew, and she found herself falling behind on bills.
Despite her initial allegiance to Trump, driven by her opposition to abortion, the mounting medical expenses prompted her to consider voting for the Democratic Party for the first time.
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