A Split In MAGA
By Recent developments, including but not limited to the budget bill and floods in Texas, have made me wonder how long the Trump-MAGA penchant for counter-reality could resist breaking against its opposite. I’ve wondered about that long before, but the idealism of expecting this group to recognize, much less respect, reality continued break on the obduracy of the Trump cult.
I’ve paid little attention to QAnon and its related beliefs because they were so absurd. At times, I wished that more polls measured their support, but the pollsters seemed to share my disinterest. Who would have thought that this might be the breaking point?
Because I’m not versed in the lore, I’ll let four of the faithful speak.
Let’s look at each of the responses to Trump’s long post imploring “his boys and gals” to believe his faithful servant Pam Bondi. The break is not between reality and fantasy, but more like between two fantasies.
Trump’s post is getting ratioed, with more comments than likes. Here’s the whole post.
More reaction
The reaction has gotten worse through the week. It’s foolish to try to predict anything, but this is the first time Trump has had such a bad reaction from his own people.
And yes,some of us live in hope.
Update: Apparently Mike Flynn is part of the opposition.