216 Leaving MAGA? Who is MAGA? Responding to haters in comments.

If you're wanting to leave MAGA you don't have to go to the Left. Who is MAGA? Responding to comments that take a negative personal attack on me. Live 5/2/2026.

0:00 – Warning to those leaving the Right or ex-MAGA as they are unhappy with Trump | intro to today's show
2:46 – Leftists are saying ex-MAGA is leaving to the Left
4:28 – Ex-MAGA do not have to go Left because conservatism has lots of diverse views, ex-MAGA can just be conservative | Right has become more diverse while Left has become less intolerant to diversity
9:50 – Left propaganda is pushing Left vs Right binary ignoring gray area of society | Left does not understand the Right | Left doesn't like gray area as they might not vote Democrat
13:10 – Why would ex-MAGA now support liberal policies they have hated?
16:33 – What is MAGA? Who is MAGA? | story of becoming MAGA by not hating Trump
20:23 – Will MAGA continue past Trump or is it like Ross Perot's Reform Party?
20:55 – Definition of MAGA can impact what media reports | always asking questions
23:37 – Talking about potential merch
24:43 – Responding to comments: Right & Left are no longer 2 sides of the same coin, no overlap seems to exist anymore as Right goes extreme, examples of trans rights & women rights | Left is only about hating Trump | misc comments
31:19 – Responding to comments: Politics is an IQ test | thoughts on Bernie Sanders
31:46 – Thoughts on Bernie Sanders holding beliefs until selling soul to Hillary in election | is now rolled out to get Bernie supporters vote | Susan Collins is the female pawn
33:33 – Responding to comments: Do politicians think Americans have low IQ?
35:24 – Responding to comments: High IQ is often meaningless | what does one do with their IQ matters more | Mensa member Aunt obsessed with aliens
38:17 – Responding to comments: Trump is not a policy person but about action, like Tony Soprano
40:50 – Responding to comments: Always voting against Democrats | ex-MAGA who are former Leftists
41:45 – Responding to comments: No one in the world important enough to hate
43:03 – Responding to comments: Most folks in middle | media pushes people extremes to get votes
44:31 – Responding to negative comment about ignoring "best" comments
45:21 – Responding to comments: Assumption on abortion views
46:43 – Responding to comments: Discussing irrelevant topics
48:59 – Responding to comments: Loving & supporting Christians | misc comments
52:07 – Responding to comments: Trump protecting pedophiles & Epstein files | misc comments
53:33 – Responding to comments: Getting the covid shot due to fear of losing job
55:11 – Responding to negative comment about looking dumb for not keeping track of chat room
57:19 – Responding to comments: Being a former Freemason
58:10 – Responding to negative comment about being narcissist for responding to comments directed at others

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