KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Laura Loomer, an ardent ally of President Donald Trump with a reputation for incendiary social media commentary, sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday after a dramatic turnaround on the war that could have political reverberations back in Washington.
Loomer had spent years minimizing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and amplifying Russian propaganda to her nearly 2 million followers. This week she had a change of heart.
“Just experienced my first air raid in Ukraine. Sirens blaring. This is everyday for every Ukrainian,” Loomer wrote on X during her visit to the country. “I often said I don’t care. Looking back, that wasn’t very nice of me to say.”
That’s unfortunately not a MAGA feature, but a human one; However, that Donald’s candidates have lost nearly every election (real elections, not primaries) in 2025 and 2026 is a good indicator that people who do possess some measure of empathy are getting out and voting. The downside is that Democrats aren’t going to do much other than make it marginally harder to rule by decree.
That is the very feature that MAGA cultivates.
Absolutely a feature, and by design.
I should have worded it better. It’s not JUST a MAGA feature, but also a Blue MAGA feature.
That said, we’ve seen some encouraging things this year. Both red and blue people were on the picket lines running silent sabotage in Minneapolis, and I’d be shocked if that weren’t the case in LA, Portland, and Chicago. We’re definitely seeing the tide turn at the ballot box, as Donald’s candidates have lost nearly every actual election (not including primaries, obv.) in 2025 and 2026 regardless of state or party affiliation, and most in districts Donald won in 2024.
It is definitely much more a feature among conservatives, though. We have scientific studies about this.