Being a Republican does not equal being a MAGA follower, this is evident as more and more Republicans are proudly announcing they are voting blue down ballot. Why?
Choosing country over Trump
No, this is not choosing Country over “Party” – Republicans are proudly voting for Kamala Harris in 2024, many already have voted blue down ballot in states who allow early voting. Although the margins seem narrow on the polls, more and more Republicans are not only voting blue down ballot in 2024, but being very vocal about it, because in 2020 voting Trump out and keeping Republican MAGA acolytes proved that the GOP leaders did not understand the message.
A quick American history lesson. In 2020 Trump indeed got the most votes of any sitting US President. However, he lost the popular vote by a landslide, and many people who voted were not even necessarily voting FOR Biden but voting AGAINST Trump – yes even votes by Republicans. However, many GOP Congressional seats were reelected thanks to the very same Republicans who voted against Trump. In other words, they chose to vote for the party in hopes they would regain balance over MAGA. That did not happen.
Fast forward and the GOP have proven through their legislative voting record, and lack of accountability for Trump’s crimes and antics – that they are not going to choose to uphold the rule of law if this collides with Trump. And yes, it collides in 90+ federal criminal charges, and that does not include the fact Trump is already a convicted felon with 34 criminal counts in the state of New York. But there is a lot more disappointment that this growing number of Republicans are citing as the reasons for voting blue in 2024.
An easy way to see what is going on is the legislative voting record. On my website www.infoincontext.com the home page has links to their official voting record for both chambers of Congress and the decisions for the Supreme Court (among a lot of other useful links), or you can also google all of it. The point is that the factual information is out there, but those who want to swindle you are hoping you will take your favorite talking head’s words at face value and ignore the piles of evidence.
And guess what? A lot of Republicans have indeed been looking into all these facts that were withheld by the MAGA leadership who are placating as the “Yes men and women” team for Trump. And few things are worse for loyal followers than to realize that the person they trusted (often blindly) was betraying them all along, while selling them all kinds of merch – becoming de facto cash cows – and worse.
But it is more than money alone, it is the principle that they love their country. Being a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent does not make a person better or worse intrinsically. The sad reality is that MAGA highjacked the Republican party and chose to disparage the Democratic party as the foe. Every “hero” needs a nemesis – in other words, MAGA posed as the hero, and all the non-MAGA were the foe in their universe. The reality is that regardless of political party we are all AMERICANS!
Being a True American
Draping in “patriotic” icons does not automatically make a person a patriot. Sure, that some actual patriots might be wearing head-to-toe regalia, but a true patriot could be wearing nothing at all and still be a patriot. You can drape an impostor with an American flag suit and will still be an impostor. In my last article I spoke about how MAGA pushes all kinds of merch onto their base, to include very expensive and vulgar merchandise that also happens to include patriotic symbols – all of which Trump, by the way, has not disavowed.
And for what I’ve heard from Republican friends who will be voting blue, they have seen these folks during Trump rallies – draped in MAGA regalia, and vulgar merchandise with middle fingers, and urination over another political figure, or being otherwise exceedingly pathetic on their level of immaturity. And although they tried to tolerate that, it was simply getting worse and worse. Their words, not mine. Though I agree, because I’ve been seeing that from the onset. It is very obvious that the rhetoric was getting more and more vulgar and aggressive.
And the fact is that many people joined MAGA because of the Republican party, and many were life-long Republicans, and tried to do all the potential mental gymnastics to justify what they were seeing as normal and acceptable. It was just getting too bizarre at first, and then it was getting unacceptable. They saw their country being polarized from the inside out, and they were stopping liking themselves as people. They started to see what is it that non-MAGA were seeing in that movement.
Here are a couple of video examples of Ex-Trump supporters stating as much and more. Credit to the Meidas Touch Network folks. If you have not visited their channel, it is highly recommended not just by me, but by a lot of people who value factual reporting.
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For many ex-Trump supporters, the division was starting close to home. They experienced a stark increase on their family arguments, their friends distancing themselves, their social media quarrels, the “Facebook jail,” the tensions at work, the burned bridges, the fear of others, the constant disadvantage when defending MAGA points on any wedge issue, the escalation of anger, the gut feeling of knowing that they were separating themselves from their own principles in order to color up with Trump’s world view… and so on. It got old, and once they moved away from that and rekindled with America, their lives and fears faded and found an accepting and normal community outside MAGA.
They realized the obvious. We are the UNITED States of America, and when somebody was pinning them against other Americans, only a small segment of people benefited from their fear and pain. Most of these Ex-MAGA folks are still Republicans, they are still happy to debate about policies and important issues, but now they can do so without resorting to name-calling, or insults, or engaging in an explosive quarrel. That is what makes America already great. It’s the Americans!
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Deprograming ex-Ultra-MAGAs
I’ve mentioned several times that I’ve deprogramed many ex-Ultra-MAGAS, they were all unique people. The first thing they all appreciated is the patience and the fact I did not give up on them, nor I ever pressed them toward any indoctrination. Instead, I helped her pull that string and follow their thought process pragmatically, they found the way out of that maze eventually. Each case was different, but they are all happier today. Again, some remain Republicans, but they are not MAGA.
And funny thing, a lot of those ex-Ultra-MAGAs were actually trying to prove me wrong. In other words, a lot of times that started from either a conversation, and in some instances via social media, and as we talked some were willing to engage in a more civil conversation. There was no shortage of social media keyboard warriors who ended up back in their echo chambers.
But the fact is that even those who go (as in present tense) back to their echo chambers eventually get tired of being on the wrong side of history. Yes, at the time they will feel like EVERYBODY ELSE is wrong, but when they have to prove their case, they always had to disappear this “debate arena” to try to reengage. Often, they would come back with another set of easily debunkable MAGA talking points and try to Gish gallop as many talking points as they could in rapid succession. When that did not work, they usually left upset, but eventually came back around.
I will be polite, but firm – sometimes they were very unpolite at the onset, then they got better. Most apologized eventually. I don’t mind, I am an American first, and I am happy to help another American – even if their first interaction was some insult to a post or reply in social media. But you see, a lot of times they did mean well. They felt personally attacked, because that is what MAGA indoctrinated them to feel. Seeing one fault in Trump was traumatic, because they have already burned so many bridges, and that realization is terrifying to process.
In every case I treated them with respect, and I would point to them if their information was skewed as I would point to them a direction where they can start their search and learn more. I would also ask certain questions to assess their level of knowledge. This is not because I think they are dumb, but because I know that MAGA tends to redact the full context and leave important facts out of the story – and keeping only the points that seem to support their narrative (even though it has a low shelf life and will contradict soon enough). And of course, hearing those from me the first time would put them on guard and perk their fisty-cups. We laugh about that now. But they conceded that is exactly how it went down.
And I mention this, because when we laugh about it, it is often after they had a similar conversation with another ex-MAGA – and they had to experience a similar process themselves. You know, the insults, the whataboutisms, the Gish Galloping, the snarky laughing emojis, the scoffing, the anger, the levels of patience needed to not lose their cool, the condescending talks MAGA inflicted upon them, the getting stuck on semantics rather than context, the repeated talking points, the conspiracy theories, etc. The same we went through together; they experienced it too. But by being firm and helping them pull that string, they eventually too got out of the maze.
And that is what MAGA is, it’s a maze. It’s a trap. A trap is designed to snare you with ease. It does not make you dumb; it does not make you stupid… a trap snaring you it’s exactly what it is designed to do, and it is working as intended. Much like a bus is designed to transport a lot of people. The difference how MAGA was using this bus – or in this case the “Trump Train,” was one way to snare a bunch of people at once.
They knew that some part of MAGA resonates (as in still does) with a part of them, so MAGA exploited those virtues and biases. That is why many MAGA folks do not like each other. A lot of MAGA folks are racists and supremacists, and other MAGA folks find racism reprehensible, therefore they won’t even accept there are any racists in the same MAGA ranks. But sadly, there are – and when they cannot conceal that fact, or look away any longer, then those patriotic Americans who happened to be MAGA – decided that they rather keep the Patriotism and their actual values - and ditch the MAGA.
Why? Because if you already had a virtue – you had that before you were MAGA. If you were patriotic and loved America, hopefully that was before you met Trump (you would have had to be of an age of reason if you were able to vote in 2016, 2020, or 2024. If you loved your faith and that made you a good person, great! You did not need MAGA to love your deity, or to be active in your congregation. In other words, MAGA needs you, you don’t need MAGA to be who you are.
The ex-Ultra-MAGAs realized that everything “wholesome” they were doing with MAGA, they can do even better without MAGA. Why? Because they don’t have to justify the racists, the supremacists, the misogynists, the Christian Nationalists, the fascists, the vulgar merchandise, the name-calling, the incessant divisive rhetoric, spend tons of money in MAGA merch or Trump’s grifts, have arguments with everybody in person or social media, having to decide if they love the country only if MAGA is in charge… but instead they can love the country regardless of who is in power. Because guess what? The USA is indeed thriving. Has room for improvement, but it is moving forward.
The last part is that they realized that those “damned liberals” and RINOs are not such bad people after all. In fact, many of those were people they already care for and loved. They were neighbors, teachers, family, spouses, kids, teachers, congregation members, volunteers, military service members, public officials, law enforcement, emergency service personnel and first responders, lawyers, doctors, blue- and white-collar workers… etc. In other words, AMERICANS… the difference is that a lot of them were not dressed head to toe with blue merch.
If you are an ultra-MAGA, a lot of the people you love and have no idea what their political affiliation is – they are likely not MAGA, yet they accept you and care about you. They might stay out of politics, or politely tell you they don’t understand politics or don’t follow politics whenever you bring Trump up. Yet they would be happy to have you for dinner, or help you move that couch or fix that appliance. I know, because I’m one of those – and I am an independent.
But as we are moving closer to the election day, some of you already voted for Trump. I know a few ex-Ultra-MAGAs who recently got the epiphany AFTER they casted their ballot… and now regret it. If you have not cast your ballot yet, please read my articles so you can do your research. I point you to official sources to help you gain the context that is scattered too widely to grasp.
Understand why for 2024 Republicans and Independents are voting blue down ballot. The reason is because we have to restore America, and those who were acolytes to trump’s antics need to be replaced by people who are willing to serve the country and not serve only one conflicted man. The choice is yours, there is still a few days left. Vote wisely America! HLC