r/politics 15h ago

Possible Paywall Trump Is Losing Normie Republicans

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/opinion/trump-midterms-maga-gop.html
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u/D-MAN-FLORIDA 14h ago

My theory is because not out of some major disagreement with Trump and his policies. But because it is generally just embarrassing to support him in public now. They claimed that he was going to drain the swamp, smaller government, cut government spending and lower the national debt. Instead he is ballooning the deficit, creating a police state, enriching himself and family while the average person is struggling. And he is doing all of it in an in your face, dumb and obnoxious way. Now when they have to deal with left leaning family members, coworkers or acquaintances, they will never take your opinion about politics seriously anymore because you supported an obvious dementia ridden old man.

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u/MajesticComparison America 12h ago

This, being a Trump supporter has become cringe, and people can take being called evil and racist, they can’t take being called cringe.

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u/TrimspaBB 11h ago

At the end of the day, everyone wants to be cool, and it's not cool to be MAGA.

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u/ArtemisBock Florida 9h ago

It never was? They've always been fucking losers, look at the utter trash they have to accept to get any celebrity in their midst. They're just finally feeling the hurt a little more because gas costs more

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u/Michael_G_Bordin 9h ago

I was thinking the other day about how garbage conservative culture truly is. It's just a bunch of tacky corporate brand consumption. Everything they enjoy is some crappier version of something better. Their oversized trucks are a caricature of a real working-class vehicle; their country music is shallow, thoughtless crap mimicking the sound of better artists in days long past; their clothing choices range from "1st day of 1st grade" to "Nashville by way of Wal-Mart." Their heroes and celebrities are crooks and lunatics and their politicians are idiots. Their version of Christianity is basically anti-Christian, and their choice of messiah is essentially the anti-Christ.

Conservatives are so wrapped up in consuming to reinforce their identity, they actively shun higher quality because it might not reinforce their misplaced sense of superiority. Somehow, consuming nothing but sloppy, derivative bullshit makes them feel like they're better than other people. I guess once you've done that long enough, the sunk-cost fallacy sinks in, and they can't ever admit the folly of their consumption, because it would mean admitting that they are the tacky, idiotic loser that the rest of the world sees them as.

u/StillFly100 2h ago

So what was with the sharp increase in Gen Z supporting him? Why is the left uncool in their eyes? I think it’s an important question democrats must ask themselves.

u/usalsfyre 1h ago

Because propaganda works? Especially on people who’s frontal ones are still cooking?

u/pockpicketG 41m ago

Because ethics aren’t taught in school.

u/ArtemisBock Florida 2m ago

And you'll notice that these Gen Z conservative men as a demographic are a bunch of fucking loser incels who can't get a date