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Some MAGA Loyalists Have Turned on Trump. Why the Rest Haven't
Most MAGA voters still back Trump because many see him as authentic, even as some loyalists say he has changed.
- Despite reports that some MAGA loyalists are turning on Trump, polls show voters who describe themselves as "MAGA" still overwhelmingly support him, maintaining his Fifth Avenue base.
- Writers revisited the 1957 film A Face in the Crowd to understand the Trump phenomenon, as both he and the film's Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes built massive followings by bypassing the establishment.
- Trump's Access Hollywood tape proved insufficient to undo him, mirroring Rhodes' canonical "Morons. Hot mic." moment where he insulted his audience despite their devotion.
- Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, who once had a Nazi tattoo, has won Democratic establishment backing because strategists believe voters value his "authentic" persona to win that race.
- Dating back to 1782, literary works like Pierre Laclos' Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Sheridan's The School for Scandal explored whether revealing the "real person" behind a facade would alienate audiences—a theme that has not swayed Trump's core supporters.
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Some MAGA loyalists have turned on Trump. Why the rest haven't
I recently watched "A Face in the Crowd" for the umpteenth time.
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