MAGA’s Civil War Isn’t Over

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As a leftist in the Trump era, I have often sheepishly envied the unanimity of the MAGA movement. While Democrats (rightly!) wail about spineless, sycophantic Republicans who never stand up to the president, who will change their ideological priors to align with his whims, a small, shabby voice in my head sometimes says, “But how about that message discipline …” Surely there is something disturbing about a political party so loath to publicly criticize its leader’s decisions ...