Look, if you get upset about hypocrisy, you're going to be upset a lot. Still, the hypocrisy of MAGA is just too much to stomach. Here are two examples.
Trump has been launching illegal attacks on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean. As this report suggests, at least one of the attacks has probably killed marijuana traffickers. There is zero evidence that any of these boats are carrying Fentanyl, which is the purported casus belli behind the attacks. At any rate, Trump has pardoned maybe the largest money launderer in the world, because crypto. He's more or less legalized marijuana and pardoned numerous people affiliated with drugs but he's fine killing the poor people who are probably carrying pot or maybe cocaine while they are out fishing, because it's a way to make a quick buck. Now, they can't go more than a mile or two offshore to fish, because they might be killed by Stephen Miller's rage against people who put spice in their food.
The thing that has MAGA all frothy online is a story from a few year back about a massive fraud uncovered by Minnesota and federal law enforcement back in 2022. Many of the people involved are Somali-Americans, so this is a great way to be xenophobic, racist and also point a pale, quaking finger at Ilhan Omar. Yeah, it's fraud; yeah, it's a crime; yeah, they should go to jail.
However, Donald Trump has been convicted of fraud on several occasions. The election case in which he was found guilty in the spring of 2024 was effectively a fraud case. Trump "University" was found fraudulent in 2018. Trump's "charitable" Foundation settled allegations of fraud in 2019.
What's more, it is difficult to list all the people convicted of fraud that Trump has pardoned - almost certainly in exchange for cash - since returning to office.
They don't care about drugs; they don't care about fraud. However, many in MAGA really do. They turned to Trump because their blighted communities - hollowed out by retail monopolies and declining job opportunities - have turned to opioids. This is why Miller and Rubio's plan to oust Maduro has been cloaked in attacks on fentanyl traffickers. They also feel cheated by a system that is rigged towards the rich and well connected - people who can commit fraud and get a presidential pardon.
If they ever realized how bad they've been played, then Trump's approval rating would be at 5%.
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