Rich Logis, a former voter for former President Trump, appeared in a video message broadcast to the Democratic National Convention on Monday night to say that the COVID-19 pandemic showed him how Trump was “lying about pretty much everything.”
“I believed Trump,” he said. “When the pandemic hit, we needed leadership, but we were given almost nothing. It was a major betrayal to the country.”
Logis described himself as a “full-fledged member of MAGA” and encouraged fellow voters that there was still time to change their minds about whom to cast a ballot for in November.
I have a huge amount of respect for people who manage to pull themselves out of the cult and recognize it for what it is.
Seriously, think about how much Logis invested of himself into being a MAGA Republican. These people pour their entire identities into supporting Trump.
Breaking out of it must feel like cutting off their own arm. They’ve got the sunk-cost fallacy, personal ego, and relationships that are built almost entirely on political leanings working against them.
And they know how they’ll be treated by former friends and loved ones, because - to their shame - they know how they treated people who managed to find the exits from MAGA-world.
So a huge amount of respect to Logis for getting out despite the enormous pressure he must have felt to stay in.