How people are leaving MAGA

[Mac1958]

Link: LEAVING MAGA Support Group

For several years, those of us across the political spectrum -- left, right, center, and around the world -- have wondered what it would take, and what it would look like, when the True Believers would begin to peel away. Now that several popular former MAGA influencers and regular folks are beginning to publicly wake up, I think we're seeing some early trends.

First, one thing I've hoped for has been that just one or two issues would make them question Trump and/or the movement, and that would cause people to start questioning it more and more. That has happened, with the combination of the Epstein coverup and Trump's War. Eyes are being pried open.

Second, the way many Trumpsters are stepping back is NOT by saying, "okay, yeah, he fooled me, I fell for it, I was conned, I screwed up big". Instead, many are blaming others. On the war, they're saying "Well, Bebe talked Trump into it", almost making Trump the victim. I should have seen that one coming.

And third, I've seen some who have escaped are a little surprised that the rest of us are not congratulating them and welcoming them back with open arms. I don't think they yet understand the damage they've caused, both to the country and to families and relationships. I don't think they understand the scope of the pall they have cast on this country. So they'll just have to deal with this on their own, (or with help: LEAVING MAGA Support Group).

So, I guess we'll see. It may continue, it may not. It may accelerate, it may not. As we've known all along, this will be a process, and some will never escape.

 

[Natural Citizen]

The question is when are congress critters gonna start throwing him under the bus.

They absolutely will at some point. There's no doubt about that. The question is when.

Because they have far more to lose in scope than he does. He's a lame duck.

 

[Mac1958]

Rich Logis once helped build the MAGA movement. Now, he helps those trying to leave it.

"MAGA was exciting," he said, speaking March 16 from the stage at a civic center in suburban Delray Beach. "It was exhilarating, and it was enthralling. It was new. It was novel. And, most importantly for myself, it was a community."

"It was my being. It was my personhood," Logis said. "I had a second family, my MAGA compatriots who sometimes — I'm embarrassed to admit this — took precedence over my own blood family."

"When I was in MAGA, I was certain of everything," Logis said. "I was on the right side. Everyone against us, they were on the wrong side. We needed to crush our enemies before they crushed us."

That's actually a little scary. But we need to know.

 

[SaxonJackson]

I have never really liked Trump. I could hardly listen to him brag about himself -- incessantly -- and I was never fond of his limited vocabulary. "Very" "Good" and "Bad" make up about 90% of his boastful speeches.

But I did trust that Trump wanted to make America great by taking her from the clutches of the Swamp. There did seem to be a convincing sincerity to his emphasis on American patriotism and nationalism. That appealed to me. I decided to support him. I was elated when he won the election by a landslide. I supported DOGE.

Anyway, I knew the moment Trump said: "Epstein is a hoax" that I had "effed" up. I dropped my support when he told us that we were "weaklings" and that he "no longer needed our support." He's been going downhill ever since.

I'm not precisely certain what turned him from "America First" to Israel First but there's zero doubt that he works for Israel. That's simply an undeniable fact.

 

[Mac1958]

I have never really liked Trump. I could hardly listen to him brag about himself -- incessantly -- and I was never fond of his limited vocabulary. "Very" "Good" and "Bad" make up about 90% of his boastful speeches.

But I did trust that Trump wanted to make America great by taking her from the clutches of the Swamp. There did seem to be a convincing sincerity to his emphasis on American patriotism and nationalism. That appealed to me. I decided to support him. I was elated when he won the election by a landslide. I supported DOGE.

Anyway, I knew the moment Trump said: "Epstein is a hoax" that I had "effed" up. I dropped my support when he told us that we were "weaklings" and that he "no longer needed our support." He's been going downhill ever since.

I'm not precisely certain what turned him from "America First" to Israel First but there's zero doubt that he works for Israel. That's simply an undeniable fact.

Something I've said a thousand times here is that it's not the the issue or the goal that is the problem. The problem is the way it's being addressed. His behaviors and temperament are simply not going to work in an intelligent, professional, civilized environment. He clearly doesn't understand that the way he approaches things can be a MASSIVE net negative.

So now, Republicans have to worry about the long term effects he will have on their agenda. I think they have many perfectly reasonable concerns and positions. But if this trajectory continues, he'll so soil that agenda that it will take a long time to recover. In the meantime, we'd be careening back to the Left. It's clear that he and his sycophants have not considered that.