MAGA Infighting

The Explosion on Day 26

Day 26 — December 26, 2024

The Christmas spirit faded quickly in MAGA-world, as the following day was marked by an explosion of infighting among its factions and biggest names.

A week of of social media debate about tech companies hiring large numbers of employees from other nations, via HB-1 visas, exploded when DOGE co-chair Vivek Ramaswamy attempted to explain the trend. American culture is broken, he tweeted, marked by too many “Friends” reruns and prom queens and not enough admiration of characters such as Screech:

That cultural broadside launched a predictable backlash of both rational responses along with fierce anti-immigrant invective:

Always happy to argue with Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley jumped into the fray:

Know that these are among the more polite responses. As one commentator warned, Ramaswamy committed a mortal sin:

Elon Musk sided with Ramaswamy in the dispute. (“DKE” is referring to the Dunning-Kruger Effect, a not so subtle way to tell those who don’t agree with you that they are too stupid to even weigh in):

This insult sparked its own backlash…

…including a series of rants by right-wing extremist Laura Loomer that Musk is a “stage 5 clinger” who is overstaying his welcome:

The entire imbroglio led some to question the broader role big tech is playing in MAGA world and American government. Back to Loomer:

She even questions why Musk and Ramaswamy are running this bizarre new entity called DOGE:

Apparently Musk responded to this criticism by suppressing the Tweets and accounts of those criticizing him and his views.

The perfect solution to a “DKE situation.”

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Folks, this is just the beginning of years of infighting, as different parts of the Trump coalition figure out that the extremism of each of their visions directly threatens one another.

For example:

1. those offended by Ramaswamy’s criticism might try reading JD Vance’s book, a relentless assault an Appalachian culture

2. those offended by Vivek’s criticism should really read some of the thinking behind the leading tech bros’ (and Vance’s) political philosophy. Their favorite thinker may be Curtis Yarvin, whose vision of the future doesn’t even include the United States at all: governments like the United States “should be replaced by a global spiderweb of tens, even hundreds, of thousands of sovereign and independent mini-countries, each governed by its own joint-stock corporation without regard to the residents’ opinions”

3. As for Ramaswamy, he might take a hard look at some of his allies in MAGA world. If he did, as he learned yesterday, he’d see that large parts of that world are not interested in immigration of any sort; and that the ethnicity and complexion of those immigrating triggers the fierce reaction to them entering America, not the reason or type of visa they used to immigrate here.

This is a sneak preview, folks.

Just tweets, in the end.

Wait until this motley band of extremists takes charge—making actual decisions on all these issues.

Then wait until all these same egos and extremist visions play out in deciding who emerges as the heir to Trump himself. (Haley jumping in shows how quickly that will happen).

So…it’s going to be a sh*tshow. And each time these fissures play out, a reminder of how unfit they are to lead this nation.

And with that will come our opportunity.