In this past year, Trump and Republicans by the numbers:

[applegrove]

This year, the GOP spent a lot of time wreaking havoc on our country and no time making life better for everyday Americans.

Here’s what they did (and didn’t) do:

— Democrats (@democrats.org) 2025-12-29T18:56:03.152699751Z

[PJMcK]

1. And there's so much more

But MAGA world is to myopic and too uneducated to comprehend

[Ol Janx Spirit]

4. That is not actually true, and it is letting them off of the hook....

Sure, some are, but most of them comprehend just fine--many of them are highly educated.

They actually love those things--except maybe the Epstein files thing.

Thinking you are merely dealing with stupid people lets evil people get away with it.

We have to stop looking down on them and see them for what they actually are lest we end up their final victims.

[applegrove]

5. There are a lot of MAGA at the top who are MAGA

and in the know, in on the joke as it were, but many are Americans pressure cooked over decades to be ignorant and vote Republican in a trade that makes them much angrier and much poorer. Unfortunately most are not figuring out who is responsible for their lot (Republicans) so they scapegoat other ethnic groups and commune with Trump through the tv screen to feel more powerful.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

6. Living in a red area of a red state, my experience is that the caricature that progressives like to...

...paint of MAGA voters does not apply to the vast majority of them.

For one thing, most of them don't actually think their lot in life is bad. They scapegoat ethnic groups out of learned hate--not as an excuse for not having a bigger house or a nicer car. Most of them are doing better than their parents or grandparents did. Many truly think they have it made and don't aspire to be billionaires or blame anyone that they are not--and they teach their kids to think the same way. Working a trade is a point of pride--not a plan B.

Most of them aren't actually angry in their day-to-day life. The things we think they spend all of their time being pissed off about really aren't something they ever see. Sure, when pressed they will get passionate about boys in girls' sports or whatever, but it isn't something they actually see on a regular basis--if ever.

What most of them are is easily convinced that a party that isn't 100% anti-abortion and 100% pro-gun is the worst thing they could ever vote for. Nothing else really matters. That is all most of them see in Turnip.

Those are just the average MAGA voters. The true MAGA acolytes are something different: they are not ignorant; they are evil. They know exactly what they want--and they're getting it.

[BurnDoubt]

2. WINNING!!!!!!

[PatSeg]

3. Oh now, be patient

I'm sure it is all part of his grand plan to make America great again!

Seriously though, there are probably people who believe that.