A Washington Post analyst said Thursday he's had it with calls for MAGA voter empathy following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, the first criminal conviction of a former president and promises of "dictatorship" to come.Political columnist Matt Bai professed himself fed up with calls from top Democrats and...

I have not heard such a thing from left leaning folks, but I’d quickly shut them down if they were suggesting pity for these people.

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    3 months ago

    “These voters don’t support Trump because they labor under some illusion that he’s going to rescue their communities — not anymore,” Bai wrote. “They support him because he’s willing to blow up the country if it means teaching insufferable intellectuals a lesson.”

    This here is the real motivation of MAGAs. Half the country wants this.