Forget the Trump kids. The ex-wives also won’t be voting for him in the Republican presidential primaries in New York and California, Heat Street has learned.
https://heatst.com/culture-wars/triggering-event-at-u-mass-causes-major-triggering/
By March 25, the cutoff date to register for the April 19 New York primaries, Ivana Trump had failed to register, according to New York City Board of Elections records. Born Ivana Zelnícková in Czechoslovakia, she became a U.S. citizen in 1988, celebrating her naturalization with The Donald at her side.
Despite failing to register, Ivana has said that Trump “would make a great president.” She recently told the New York Post that although she doesn’t like politics, she occasionally advises the GOP frontrunner, speaking to him before and after appearances. “I suggest a few things,” she said.
Marla Maples, Trump’s second wife, isn’t registered to vote in Los Angeles, her longtime home since the divorce, or in New York City, where she has periodically lived, according to the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder and Clerk and the New York City Board of Elections. The deadline to register to vote in California’s primaries is May 23.
A send off 4 @TiffanyATrump & the #Trump family as they are off for a simple little trip #GOPDebate Stay tuned #Unity pic.twitter.com/9TtECP6wJ0
— marla maples (@itsmarlamaples) August 6, 2015
Maples’s support for the Trump campaign has been less enthusiastic. When Inside Edition asked for her thoughts about Trump’s campaign, she replied: “Listen, let me just tell you, he’s the father of my beautiful daughter, and I support her in everything.”
In late 2014, Maples donated $60.48 to Ready PAC, formerly Ready for Hillary PAC, which helped lay the groundwork for Clinton’s current campaign. Shut down in April 2015, several of Ready PAC’s staffers went to work on the Clinton campaign.
Maples supported Clinton’s 2008 candidacy, too, giving a total of $2,000 throughout 2007.
Though her allegiances may be split, during a March appearance as guest host of The View, Maples didn’t trash-talk her ex, adding that Trump’s “hands are great.”
Third time is apparently the charm, at least when it comes to voting wives. Melania Trump registered to vote in 2006, the same year the Slovenian-born model became a U.S. citizen.
Though the current Mrs. Trump is registered and eligible to vote in the New York this month, she’s never before cast a ballot in a primary election, and she also skipped out on the 2014 general elections.
— Jillian Kay Melchior writes for Heat Street and is a fellow at the Steamboat Institute.
