Glamorous Texas construction worker reveals why she is not voting for Joe Biden
A Texas tiler and self-proclaimed “former woke liberal” vowed not to vote for Joe Biden in a social media post that has been viewed more than a million times.
Mary, the owner of a construction company in the Lone Star State, made the announcement Monday afternoon on X, formerly Twitter.
The post was part of a trend of conservatives declaring they would not vote for the Democratic presidential candidate, followed by a selfie.
‘I’m maria. I am 30 years old, I am in Texas, and I am NOT voting for Joe Biden in November,” the tiler proclaimed in her post, which has been viewed 1.3 million times.
Mary labels herself a ‘laborer’ and shares videos of her daily construction work with an audience of over 15,000 followers.
Mary, a self-employed construction worker from Texas, said she would not vote for Joe Biden in the upcoming presidential election
The post on X, formerly Twitter, was viewed more than a million times
The self-described ‘laborer’ shares videos of her daily construction work with an audience of more than 15,000 followers
In previous tweets, she hinted that her political views have changed dramatically since 2023.
“It’s so crazy how much my views and ideologies have changed in the past year,” Mary stated in a post last November.
‘It feels like I’ve taken a blindfold off my face. I also look back and think, wow, I used to be really naive and gullible, or maybe I just didn’t check the facts enough.”
Although she failed to explain what caused the change, her response to another user was telling.
‘No lie discovered!’ Mary replied to a user who wrote, “Being a small business owner in this economy is also a big thrill for the baby maker.”
According to an NBC News poll, between 2010 and 2021, the percentage of working-class voters who identified as Republicans grew by 12 points.
Many workers saw greater hiring opportunities and faster wage growth in 2023 than some of their white-collar counterparts. Still, some continue to hold on to their complaints about the economy, including Mary.
In previous social media posts, Mary claimed she was a Democrat but left the party due to ‘mob mentality’
She is just one of a number of working-class voters joining the Republican Party — one poll showed a double-digit increase in the percentage of working-class voters who identified as Republicans between 2010 and 2021.
The construction worker considered herself “a former very lost liberal” and claimed she used to be “woke.”
In a message dated March 20, the Texas tiler rattled off statistics about higher prices.
‘Now that I have your attention, overall prices are up 18.6%, food prices are up 21.2%, rent is up 20%, electricity is up 28.4% and average weekly income is down 5%,” she wrote: writing herself off as “a former woke liberal who knows it’s not too late for some of you to see what’s happening.”
While it is unclear where she got her information from, data from the USDA Economic Research Service showed that the consumer price index for all items, a measure of economy-wide inflation, rose 0.6 percent between February 2024 and March 2024 and was 3.5 percent higher than March 2023.
The CPI for all food rose 0.1 percent from February 2024 to March 2024, and food prices were 2.2 percent higher than in March 2023.
And data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the average weekly wage of the nation’s 119.2 million full-time workers was 3.5 percent higher in the first quarter than a year earlier.
But never mind her feelings about the economy — as Mary revealed in another post, her biggest reason for moving right had to do with social politics.
“As a former, very lost liberal in my past, I was pushed very hard into certain agendas, started hating myself and feeling guilty for just existing,” she explained in a post.
In another post, Mary claimed she made the switch because of the “mob mentality” and “cancel culture” practiced by Democrats.
She vowed not to attack those whose political views differed from hers, although she expressed her belief that they are making a “mistake.”
‘I am just being honest. Should I drag to the left now? No. Not who I am,” she wrote.
“We’ve all made mistakes and I would never try to ruin someone’s life because they feel different from me.”
Despite her advocacy for workers, Mary is an outspoken fan of Elon Musk, the second richest man in the world
She and Musk share similar political leanings. The billionaire has moved increasingly to the right and has even expressed support for a Ron DeSantis presidency
Despite billing himself as an advocate for the working class, Biden has not seen massive support from workers
Despite building her brand as a worker, Mary has been open about her admiration for Elon Musk, the second richest man in the world.
She regularly tweets in his defense and has several photos in an “Occupy Mars” t-shirt purchased from the SpaceX store.
“Too bad we can’t get Elon Musk as governor of Texas,” Mary lamented in one message.
“Before anyone starts, I’m not anti-Abbott. But it would be a nice change to have someone younger who has an opinion.”
Although they differ in their fields, she and Musk share similar politics as the tech billionaire has become increasingly conservative.
In 2022, he expressed support for a Ron DeSantis candidacy and urged independents to vote Republican to “balance” a Democratic government.
Despite presenting himself as an advocate for workers, Biden has failed to reap the benefits.
Rather, it is Trump who has received financial support from campaign workers who work in heavily unionized workplaces.
This includes donations from American Airlines Group Inc. and United Parcel Service Inc., according to 2023 Federal Election Commission data.
Trump also has many more donors from people who report working for blue-collar workplaces like Walmart.
The latest data from FiveThirtyEight shows Trump leading Biden in the national polls, 41.3 percent to 40.5 percent.