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4 days agoMAGA hunts for holiday unity amid widening civil war
MAGA must unite against perceived enemies during the holidays or internal turmoil could undermine its midterm prospects.
In the latest episode of the soap opera that passes for politics in the United States, President Donald Trump has dramatically split with Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a former ally and a notorious wearer of the MAGA hat. Writing on his Truth Social platform on Friday, Trump denounced his fellow Republican as wacky and Far Left, claiming that he did not have time to deal with her alleged barrage of phone calls: I can't take a ranting Lunatic's call every day.
He's getting squeezed because the Groypers are on the one hand saying, Hey, listen, fat boy, we want America first. You want to run for president? We want to hear you say America first.' And on the other side, he's got his donors, and they're saying, They're horrible anti-Semites. You have to disavow them. You have to forcefully condemn them. Condemn Tucker. Condemn the Groypers,' Fuentes began, referring to his followers, who are widely known as Groypers.