Why MAGA Supporters and Christian Fundamentalists are Super ‘Culty’
No wonder they go so well together
The January 6th hearings have just wrapped up for the summer after airing eight televised hearings over the last month and a half. These hearings are the product of over a year of investigation by the committee. If you are a politics nerd like me, you’ve probably been trying to pay attention.
The hearings, from what I have seen, are incredibly well-organized, coherent, and even visually appealing with helpful graphics and edited interview clips inserted at just the right times. (Someone is on their PowerPoint game for sure!). They use Republican witnesses sharing their testimonies to make their points — not just because that’s who surrounded Trump at the time, but to try and emphasize that this is not a partisan witch hunt.
As much as I appreciate the work of the committee, I am discouraged that no matter how clear and convincing their evidence is, no matter how many Republicans they use as witnesses, it will never be enough to persuade a member of the MAGA cult to change their mind.
After all, all Trump has to do is declare it “FAKE NEWS!” on his oh-so-successful social media site Truth Social and then every shred of evidence becomes null and void, simply because the cult god said so. The…
