Brett Cooper

Like who actually identifies with that anymore?

And I'm not saying that in like a rhetorical way of like who could identify, but like actually who is that base?

Because the last time I checked, Trump said that MAGA was just the people who always agreed with it, based on Truth Social posts, so I don't even know what to think anymore.

So yeah, I would say that this whole weekend, watching it unfold on social media was disheartening, but also not completely surprising.

Like, I am not shocked at all that most of these speakers were speaking to empty chairs.

And honestly, I kind of feel like a total buffoon.

I don't know if that's the right word to say.

Maybe it's just that I think it's ironic because literally this time last year, like March and February of last year, I was making all of these videos about how the left was having this massive crisis, an authenticity crisis.

They didn't have a leader.

They had no positivity.

There was no unity, which was why they failed in 2024.

And that kind of unity and genuine joy, not the fake Kamala joy, but the genuine joy is what, in my opinion, like emotionally pushed Trump over the finish line for so many voters in 2024.

And then a year later, here I am feeling demoralized and disheartened watching CPAC unfold online, looking like a red, white, and blue Barbie Dreamfest.

Meanwhile, at the exact same time, this is what the No Kings protests looked like across America.

And I know that we have made a lot of jokes about the No Kings protest from earlier this year.

The geriatric women, you know, dressed like fricking tacos dancing in the streets.

The people in wheelchairs rolling out of their assisted living facilities to come protest on the streets.

But like, I don't know what they did, but they pulled it together.

They pulled it together and while CPAC was dwindling, they were literally roaring in the streets.

Now granted, I'm sure that a lot of them are still MSNBC boomers, but we cannot write off millions of people taking to the streets.