"In something of a Christmas miracle, the MAGA coalition may finally be starting to break down. The Heritage Foundation, which published the Project 2025 blueprint for this Trump term, just saw more than a dozen staff members defect for former Vice President Mike Pence's Advancing American Freedom think tank; turncoats include the former leaders of Heritage's data, economics, and legal teams."
"Among prominent MAGA leaders-mostly elected officials, people who want to be elected officials, and podcasters-there is a growing divide over what one might assume should be an easily answered question: Should they welcome Nazis, avowed white supremacists, and unrepentant racists hurling slurs into the movement? This is apparently quite the conundrum. It's also telling that the cleavage is coming now."
More than a dozen Heritage Foundation staff defected to Mike Pence's Advancing American Freedom think tank, including former leaders of Heritage's data, economics, and legal teams. A growing divide exists among MAGA leaders over whether to welcome Nazis, avowed white supremacists, and unrepentant racists into the movement. The movement has long tolerated bigots; Trump dined with Nick Fuentes and Kanye West. The scope of bigotry has broadened to include Jews, Indians, and others. Trump's advanced age and signs of decline are creating a leadership vacuum that elevates figures like Vice President J.D. Vance.
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