If you’re not a masochist like me and Aaron Rupar, then you don’t spend countless, painful hours following the immoral, hideous creatures that populate and pollute the fetid swamp of right-wing media.
This means you have made wise life choices, but it also means you have most likely missed the brewing fissures emerging in MAGA-world, which officially lives on Earth 3 with “alternative facts” and conspiracy theories.
Tucker Carlson, a petulant gadfly who made millions by mainstreaming racism at Fox News, has now turned on his former employer and referred to it as “propaganda” for seniors. His criticism is echoed by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has also emerged alongside Carlson as a prominent “America First” voice that is loudly against joining Israel’s destructive war against Iran. Rep. Massie and Steve Bannon have also added their voices to the choir. Libertarian comic-turned-MAGA host Dave Smith publicly criticized Trump for betraying his anti-interventionist promise and called for his impeachment.
This faction of MAGA is currently up against the old-guard, chicken hawks with permanent war boners, including Senators Cruz and Graham, who will parrot any and every talking point hand-delivered to them by AIPAC. Donald Trump’s flip-flop TACO tendencies have shown up with foreign policy as he casually threatens war and the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader. Trump then backtracked earlier today and said he’ll decide in two weeks. Although Fox News is still firmly behind him, Carlson humiliated Cruz in a now-viral video where the Harvard-educated Senator came off as a mindless Reek who was willing to sacrifice US security to placate Israel.
While this is happening, Republican voters are still cheering on the National Guard and military that have joined ICE to terrorize innocent Americans. Trump voters have repeatedly been told that blue cities, like L.A., are urban hellscapes that are being “invaded” by criminal immigrants. In reality, right-wing terrorists are now openly killing elected officials, and ICE agents are assaulting Democrats, but you’d never know that if you turned on Fox News and MAGA media. Instead of talking about Minnesota shooter Vance Boelter’s hit list and support for Trump, Don Jr. instead blamed “transgender activists” for being the biggest terror threat in America. Those are the same marginalized communities that just had their rights erased by the conservative activists on the Supreme Court.
Despite Trump doubling down on the fascism and now solidly underwater in the polls, corporate media, with the likes of Jake Tapper, continue engaging in a dangerous “both sides” framing that skews reality to favor right-wing framing at the expense of speaking the truth.
I invited Aaron Rupar of Public Notice to unpack this growing divide in MAGA and explain how nearly a third of our fellow Americans live in the Upside Down.
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