A Washington Post analyst said Thursday he's had it with calls for MAGA voter empathy following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, the first criminal conviction of a former president and promises of "dictatorship" to come.Political columnist Matt Bai professed himself fed up with calls from top Democrats and...

I have not heard such a thing from left leaning folks, but I’d quickly shut them down if they were suggesting pity for these people.

  • NegativeNull
    121•4 months ago

    “These voters don’t support Trump because they labor under some illusion that he’s going to rescue their communities — not anymore,” Bai wrote. “They support him because he’s willing to blow up the country if it means teaching insufferable intellectuals a lesson.”

    This here is the real motivation of MAGAs. Half the country wants this.

      • Rentlar
        23•4 months ago

        Sucks that part of Germany is falling asleep again.

        • cabbage
          3•4 months ago

          From what I see, so far it’s more a case of the bad third waking up again. What happens next remains to be seen.

    • Billiam
      28•4 months ago

      Not half, a third. Another third wants to stop it, and the other third can’t tell the difference.

      • cabbage
        2•4 months ago

        Ah, the centrists. Because not picking a side can never be wrong, right.

        …right?

    • circuitfarmer
      22•4 months ago

      100%. They don’t care what the actual facts are. They just want to feel right and if the world burns to do that, so be it.

      When you get down to it, it is a lack of emotional intelligence coupled with a lack of education which are likely factors in the development of the whole movement. It made them very ready to accept propaganda, as well.

    • @whotookkarl
      11•4 months ago

      Less than half, the 2020 election put them at about 22% (74,223,975/331,449,281).