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'I mean, wow': Lifelong Republican's '60 Minutes' confession becomes a lightning rod

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A lifelong conservative Republican drew accusations of privilege after telling 60 Minutes that a data center is the first issue in his adult life to directly affect him. Dave Lowe lives beside a proposed 800-acre data center campus in Red Oak, Texas. He spoke to correspondent Norah O'Donnell for a 60 Minutes report that aired Sunday. The network shared his remark in a post on X on Sunday evening, where it has drawn more than 4 million views. "Are you thinking about voting differently?" O'Donnell asked him during the segment. "This is the first time in my adult life where there's been an issue that's come up that I feel like is going to directly impact me," Lowe replied. "This says so much more than he can possibly know," Lincoln Project co-founder Reed Galen wrote on X , sharing the network's post. "holy s— can you imagine," wrote Ari Drennen , the LGBTQ program director at Media Matters for America. "I mean, wow. The first time?!" wrote civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson . "This is