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Tuesday brought a wave of defeats for Republican primary candidates opposed by President Donald Trump, with incumbents in Texas, Kentucky and Louisiana being unseated after drawing his ire over their willingness to oppose him on a handful of policies. But while Trump is celebrating, longtime Esquire political commentator Charles P. Pierce asserts that it\u2019s impossible to deny that the president\u2019s MAGA following has dwindled to a \u201ctiny universe of angry cranks.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Party of Lincoln has become a cult devoted to self-sacrifice,\u201d says Pierce, suggesting that Republicans who are willing to give up their moral and public standing in favor of fealty to Trump will be rewarded by his endorsement, which still holds obvious sway on a state level within the GOP. But beyond that, Pierce warns, \u201cBeware of any punditry that stands amazed at the president’s awesome power. You are being impressed by the velocity of a death spiral.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is because Trump\u2019s small election wins may translate into national election losses. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe GOP’s numbers among independent voters have dropped into middle earth,\u201d notes Pierce, referencing the president\u2019s abysmal 69 percent disapproval rating among non-party-affiliated voters. \u201cWithout a strong vote from independents, MAGA is reduced to nothing but a tiny universe of angry cranks. That may be enough to carry a primary, as it plainly was on Tuesday. But it says nothing about what may or may not happen in November.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pierce is referencing a growing assertion among political experts: that while Trump\u2019s endorsement is enough to win primaries within his own party, the president\u2019s cratered approval likely means that in the general elections, Democratic candidates \u2014 who can draw from an electorate of not only liberal voters but independents and even Republicans disillusioned by Trump \u2014 will be better positioned to defeat an opponent who appeals solely to a dwindling MAGA base. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, MAGA itself has begun to fracture, making the reliability of the movement coalescing around specific candidates increasingly dubious. Many MAGA faithful are even ditching Trump himself over accusations that he betrayed his \u201cAmerica First\u201d campaign promises. Others, including high-profile figures like Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Alex Jones, have broken with the president over specific issues like his mishandling of the Epstein files, his decision to wage war on Iran and his close alliance with Israel. And others still were turned off by Trump\u2019s fight with the Pope and post of himself as Jesus, which had more than a few questioning whether he is the Antichrist. <\/p>\n

So with MAGA slimming down and breaking up, politicos like Pierce are forecasting big losses for the Republicans later this year. In the meantime, he has a wish for conservatives who lost their seats under pressure from Trump: \u201cthat Tom Massie read the unredacted names from the Epstein files on the House floor, and that he and Bill Cassidy vow to caucus with the Democrats for the rest of their terms in office. Dare to dream, guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

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