Overview
- President Donald Trump used a Truth Social post to boast about his poll numbers and to label Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens as "FAKE MAGA."
- Greg Sargent, speaking on The New Republic’s podcast and quoted by Alternet, said the message shows contempt for his own voters.
- Sargent described fears inside the movement of being "excommunicated" for showing less than total devotion.
- On the same podcast, Perry Bacon argued that MAGA is essentially synonymous with Trump and may not endure without him.
- Bacon pointed to past polling shifts on Russia and on views about adultery as evidence that many Republican voters align their positions with Trump’s cues.