Across the coalition, some supporters who once viewed Trump as MAGA’s greatest asset are beginning to question whether he’s become its biggest liability.

The midterm losses amounted to more than a repudiation of Trump. They were a referendum on the political and cultural movement he built. A defining force in American politics that began as a campaign slogan during Trump’s 2016 presidential run now faces a potentially existential reckoning after voters disillusioned with soaring fuel prices, the Iran war and Washington corruption delivered Democrats decisive congressional majorities.

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[–] 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Someone should really define what "maga" even is.

So far, it is a word that sounds much like a baby-word ("maga" sounds like "googoo" and "gaagaa") and the movement seems to embody a set of people that adore a big-mouthed failson who was given a game show that gave gullible people the impression he's a bigly important businessman.

If you take donnie out of the equation, what do they even stand for? Racism, xenophobia, misogyny? Putting xtians on a pedestal and giving them special privileges? Sure. But that's pretty much the core of conservatism and always has been.

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