Elon Musk Spoke at a Trump Rally, Referenced 'Dark MAGA,' and Urged Supporters to Vote
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“Get everyone you know, and everyone you don't know, drag them to register to vote,” said Elon Musk at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “If they don’t, this will be the last election. That’s my prediction.”

“Get everyone you know, and everyone you don’t know, drag them to register to vote,” said Elon Musk at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “If they don’t, this will be the last election. That’s my prediction.”

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  • _bcron_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    2 months ago

    There’s no apparent successor and there hasn’t been any attempt by Trump to nudge anyone towards that (he doesn’t give a shit about a post-Trump lanscape), but a half dozen people would attempt to claim it as their own, so if MAGA does survive it’d probably be really messy for a while.

    Normally we use conventions for this kind of thing but they’d be competing against traditional Republicans in that space, so I’m expecting to see MGT and DJT and Boebert and a bunch of others just try to pull each other’s hair out, like an obscenely wealthy grandparent that had no will and no clear next of kin.

    The heirarchal structure is basically Donald so the risk of the entire collective decapitating itself is pretty high

    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      I’m expecting to see MGT and DJT and Boebert and a bunch of others just try to pull each other’s hair out

      Can we lock them in a coliseum and toss in a few lions?

      • _bcron_@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        The thing about that is that it’d require cohesion and unity across all Republicans, and it seems like Trump himself is the only one seemingly able to pull this off.

        The Whigs tore themselves apart in similar manner and all it’d take is a third of Republicans to back some group of MAGA (or rebranded) politicians who decide to stay on the ballot as third party. There are already multiple factions under the ‘R’ namesake and it’d just take a little pull in opposite directions. They’re a stubborn bunch

      • _bcron_@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        I know. Will they work together or back an outsider of a presumptive nominee such as MTG? Or will they all just duke it out while a more mainstream Republican capitalizes on the dysfunction? We’ll find out soon enough