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The Villages in Florida, the largest retirement community in the world, has been home to an extremely active MAGA movement. Roughly seven out of ten county residents voted for Trump in 2024, and its MAGA golf cart parades are legendary.<\/p>\n

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But Sunday\u2019s parade was sparsely attended, according to a letter to the editor in The Villages News, which declares that the MAGA movement there is \u201cdying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Casey Marr writes that they arrived at President Donald Trump\u2019s 80th birthday golf cart parade, found many open parking spaces \u201cand only a few people milling around\u201d 30 minutes before the starting time. At 1:00 p.m., the official start time, \u201cthere was certainly no big crowd of cheering people\u201d to welcome the parade of golf carts, which numbered only about 100 and lasted just 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

Marr explains that there were two smaller starting places, and says that even if they had a similar number of carts, there would only have been \u201ca pitiful 303.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was advertised as a Guinness World Record challenge,\u201d Marr says. \u201cThe record was set on Sept. 4, 2005, here in The Villages with 3,321 golf carts.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Newsweek, Trump\u2019s approval in Florida is 13 points underwater. Nationwide, Trump is 23 points underwater.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSeveral states that began his term in positive territory, including Florida, Ohio and Texas, are now net negative,\u201d Newsweek noted. \u201cDeep-red states still form Trump\u2019s strongest base, but many of those margins have narrowed sharply since January 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n

The golf cart parade fell short of the record, but Marr notes that The Villages\u2019 \u201cNo Kings\u201d rallies have grown \u201cexponentially.\u201d The \u201clatest had two locations with attendance close to 6,000.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is now a \u2018Leaving MAGA\u2019 billboard here on U.S. Hwy. 441,\u201d Marr writes. \u201cThe \u2018Trump 47\u2019 website is down. The MAGA Club almost never holds any events. You almost never see a Trump flag flying anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump, Marr charges, \u201cis using the office to line his pockets. Started a war which spiked gas prices along with everything else. Inflation and unemployment are rising. Aligned himself with murderous war criminals like Putin … This weekend he is desecrating the White House by holding a fighting match like Caligula being entertained by gladiators. The list of horrific things being done, especially in this administration, is endless. And he\u2019s even lost former stalwarts like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d Marr declares, \u201cMAGA is dying in the country and even here. Florida is purple now again and turning bluer daily.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Trump may have just destroyed his fractured MAGA coalition: political analyst<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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