MAGAReport for 6/3/2024

Today: shock fades after last week's conviction

Over the weekend, the pro-Trump forums experienced a few Stages of Grief. We saw denial, anger, bargaining, and even a little depression, but definitely no acceptance. The followers are searching for ways this can be undone (e.g. Supreme Court interventions or appeals), convincing one another that this would make Trump more electable (despite even Fox News reporting that significantly fewer Republicans are likely to support him at the polls), and generally bemoaning that the US has become a “banana republic”.

There are no plans for action and, in fact, the forums are returning to their pre-conviction states of gripes about the usual conservative rage points: LGBTQ+ visibility, immigration, and Hunter Biden.

I don’t expect a lot of new fuel on the MAGA fire until sentencing or unless there is some other big development in the case. For now, we’re easing back into comfortable raging at the progressive world.