Sarah Longwell

But this is the rub. There is a huge disconnect between the reasons that the Silicon Valley type guides are into Trump and the reason the base MAGA voters are into Trump. And that is the tension that got exploded. There's different threads, but one of them was because of Vivek and then because of this other guy who was

But this is the rub. There is a huge disconnect between the reasons that the Silicon Valley type guides are into Trump and the reason the base MAGA voters are into Trump. And that is the tension that got exploded. There's different threads, but one of them was because of Vivek and then because of this other guy who was

the AI consultant who MAGA was targeting, there became this sudden narrative around, well, Indian Americans that we import here because they're smart are a big part of the problem. And then when I went down the rabbit hole of all the people tweeting about it, it was like dark. It was dark and racist and gross and awful. And then you see some of the Indian MAGA types going,

the AI consultant who MAGA was targeting, there became this sudden narrative around, well, Indian Americans that we import here because they're smart are a big part of the problem. And then when I went down the rabbit hole of all the people tweeting about it, it was like dark. It was dark and racist and gross and awful. And then you see some of the Indian MAGA types going,

the AI consultant who MAGA was targeting, there became this sudden narrative around, well, Indian Americans that we import here because they're smart are a big part of the problem. And then when I went down the rabbit hole of all the people tweeting about it, it was like dark. It was dark and racist and gross and awful. And then you see some of the Indian MAGA types going,

wait, are there racists in the Republican Party? Could it be? Could it be that this is a movement that perhaps isn't for us? And so watching all of this come into view, there's always a little bit of, right, any moment where the scales fall from people's eyes, where sort of they see clearly something that you've been seeing is a moment of saying, yes, this is a problem.

wait, are there racists in the Republican Party? Could it be? Could it be that this is a movement that perhaps isn't for us? And so watching all of this come into view, there's always a little bit of, right, any moment where the scales fall from people's eyes, where sort of they see clearly something that you've been seeing is a moment of saying, yes, this is a problem.

wait, are there racists in the Republican Party? Could it be? Could it be that this is a movement that perhaps isn't for us? And so watching all of this come into view, there's always a little bit of, right, any moment where the scales fall from people's eyes, where sort of they see clearly something that you've been seeing is a moment of saying, yes, this is a problem.

And also, if you thought that Trump was super pro-immigrant, I don't know, did you hear him say that eating the dogs and cats? He hasn't mentioned that lately, I know, but did we forget?

And also, if you thought that Trump was super pro-immigrant, I don't know, did you hear him say that eating the dogs and cats? He hasn't mentioned that lately, I know, but did we forget?

And also, if you thought that Trump was super pro-immigrant, I don't know, did you hear him say that eating the dogs and cats? He hasn't mentioned that lately, I know, but did we forget?

He scammed people. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He scammed people. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He scammed people. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Well, I don't really want to answer that particular question, because maybe. It's bigger than just the one issue, though. I do think part of what we're seeing is actually a more fundamental tension that exists between the actual MAGA base and and many of the new people who've become red-pilled into the Trump transactional coalition. And I don't think those tensions go away.

Well, I don't really want to answer that particular question, because maybe. It's bigger than just the one issue, though. I do think part of what we're seeing is actually a more fundamental tension that exists between the actual MAGA base and and many of the new people who've become red-pilled into the Trump transactional coalition. And I don't think those tensions go away.

Well, I don't really want to answer that particular question, because maybe. It's bigger than just the one issue, though. I do think part of what we're seeing is actually a more fundamental tension that exists between the actual MAGA base and and many of the new people who've become red-pilled into the Trump transactional coalition. And I don't think those tensions go away.