Watching Trump supporters stream into DC for the inauguration you might mistake them for a crowd at a homecoming game. Wearing scarves and hats and banners and dressed to impress it is clear MAGA is also all identity politics. It is about belonging to a club. It is about a culture.
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But I know -- know -- that every electorate is different every four years.
You can be a lot of things, but you can't be old. Kamala, for her gifts, never had a chance. The moment she tried to distance herself, she was done.
Policy has nothing to do with it, it's about teams and identity.
MAGA is just making this more obvious.
-They're more concerned with winning than they are with what they won.
-It's ok for their team to cheat, but not the other team.
-They do not care about the political equivalent of good sportsmanship.
One has active cultures, the other is a cult.
Easier to ignore what it means if it's all just tailgating.
Just like any cult, focus on the "belonging." Ignore the rape.