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Maga Factions: A House Divided

The once monolithic Trump support is fracturing, like a social media post deleted by its author.

For months now, it seems that every day brings with it a new faction of MAGAworld getting angry with President Donald Trump over something he says or does. Podcaster Joe Rogan has compared ICE raids to Gestapo operations; conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has questioned Trump’s cognitive abilities; and former US representative Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed Trump had “gone insane.”


Even on Truth Social, a social media platform created by Trump as a haven to post without any backlash, there is backlash. “What!?! You are way outta line,” a Truth Social account holder called CaliMAGA69 wrote in response to Trump’s recent criticism of Owens, Jones, Carlson, and former Fox News host Megyn Kelly as “low IQ” losers.


This week, MAGA Christians have raged at Trump, which reached fever pitch on Monday when he posted an AI-generated picture seemingly depicting himself as Jesus. Some of MAGA grew incensed, with multiple major conservative pundits and influencers debating whether or not this all meant Trump was the antichrist.


The pileup has only continued. White nationalist Nick Fuentes, who has long broken with Trump, posted on X a laundry list of complaints about the failures of the second Trump reign, including “regime change war with Iran” and “attacking the Catholic Church.” Some MAGA conspiracy theorists are even abandoning Trump, debating whether the assassination attempt on his life in 2024 was a deep-state plot.


As Dan Pfeiffer, a former adviser to President Barack Obama notes, this is a big problem for the Republican party. “For these voters, the fact that the criticism is coming from Trump’s former allies matters a lot,” writes Pfeiffer. “When the criticism comes from someone with whom they share ideological affinity, it’s far more likely to land.”

Original source:  https://www.wired.com/story/maga-is-starting-to-look-beyond-trump/
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