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or MAGA movement
: a political movement calling for strict limits on immigration and a return to policies and practices in place before globalization and especially before the era of globalization that began in the late 20th century
Note: The MAGA movement began during the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump, the Republican nominee. Its name is derived from Trump's campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
—often used before another nouna MAGA voter
MAGA Republicans
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Freedom Caucus members are both MAGA meat-eaters and big-time opponents of raising the debt ceiling.
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Justin Green, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
Some hardline Republicans have praised Musk, touting him as a potential replacement for Johnson as House speaker.
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Elon Musk, the New Face of MAGA Over Donald Trump?
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
With Cavuto goes one of the network’s last remaining on-air stars to publicly clash with Donald Trump — at a time when Fox has dominated the cable news landscape in part because of its appeal to MAGA conservative viewers.
—Andrew Kirell, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
One elector, John Haggard from the 1st Congressional District, wore a bright red MAGA hat.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2024
With a vote of 218 needed to get almost any bill passed, a couple of cases of the flu or some special elections that don’t go red and Jeffries can sink or at least stymie portions of the MAGA agenda.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
Others took it a step further, creating unfollow documents that compiled lists of MAGA BookTokers and authors, which devolved into an indistinguishable list of authors with Republican vibes rather than those with explicit right-wing statements.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
Listen to this article Loading your audio article A Montessori-method school linked to billionaire MAGA surrogate Elon Musk is reportedly opening soon in Bastrop, Texas.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
For those unfamiliar the parallel economy is a MAGA marketplace where conservatives pedal products to their followers promising freedom for a price.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
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Justin Green, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
Some hardline Republicans have praised Musk, touting him as a potential replacement for Johnson as House speaker.
Read more Donald Trump
Elon Musk, the New Face of MAGA Over Donald Trump?
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
With Cavuto goes one of the network’s last remaining on-air stars to publicly clash with Donald Trump — at a time when Fox has dominated the cable news landscape in part because of its appeal to MAGA conservative viewers.
—Andrew Kirell, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
One elector, John Haggard from the 1st Congressional District, wore a bright red MAGA hat.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2024
With a vote of 218 needed to get almost any bill passed, a couple of cases of the flu or some special elections that don’t go red and Jeffries can sink or at least stymie portions of the MAGA agenda.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
Others took it a step further, creating unfollow documents that compiled lists of MAGA BookTokers and authors, which devolved into an indistinguishable list of authors with Republican vibes rather than those with explicit right-wing statements.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
Listen to this article Loading your audio article A Montessori-method school linked to billionaire MAGA surrogate Elon Musk is reportedly opening soon in Bastrop, Texas.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
For those unfamiliar the parallel economy is a MAGA marketplace where conservatives pedal products to their followers promising freedom for a price.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
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“MAGA.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/MAGA. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.
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