Dark MAGA. At First, I Thought It Was Double Secret Probation.
But, unfortunately, it’s deadly serious
In the wake of his primary election defeat this past week, North Carolina’s freshman Republican representative Madison Cawthorn gave a gracious concession speech for which he was praised on social media. The comity didn’t last long.
Two days later Cawthorn posted a statement that could’ve come straight from the origin story of a Marvel Comics villain. In it he promises vengeance to all who betrayed him, stating that:
“The time for gentile politics, as usual, has come to an end.”
“It’s time for Dark MAGA to truly take command.” His full statement is below.
I know this is meant to sound ominous and threatening — and anyone who knows me or my writing, knows that I take the MAGA threat to our democracy very seriously — but I had to laugh at this post. It reminded me of Dean Wormer from the 1978 movie “Animal House” promising additional punishment on the wayward Delta house fraternity by placing them on “double secret probation.” So, not only are we in store for a MAGA resurgence in coming years, the forces of…
