text: Why is the writer surprised. She cites examples of why I supported Donald Trump. Many of us are not to the far left or to the far right. We are in the middle. Middle class Americans like Trump because of his emphasis on national security and jobs. We are tired of losing our own jobs because of national companies taking them elsewhere. Every time Trump speaks, he addresses the issue of finding American well paying jobs. This means a lot to those of us who live in the Rust Belt. We might have voted for Obama, but this time, we voted for Trump. He understands our pain and perhaps so do the Catholic bishops. I would consider that to be a good thing. Not every Catholic voter is obsessed with social issues. When you get right down to it, we want to support our families and we want to live in security. Obama did not help us; he did everything to prevent us from losing our jobs except give us more hand outs. We don't want hand outs. We want to work.