The Bulwark - MAGA World Planned a Blowout, 100-Days-of-Trump Party. Disaster Ensued.

And now, what’s being dubbed the ‘MAGA Fyre Festival’ is roiling conservative Washington.

Will Sommer
May 08, 2025



Party Foul
LAST WEEK, THE CAREER OF CONSERVATIVE journalist Myles Morell hit a new peak.

As a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation, he had just scored what counts as a scoop in that world: He caught an irritated Rep. Ilhan Omar on video telling him to “fuck off.”

Then, this Wednesday, Morell walked into work and was swiftly fired.

The abrupt change in fortunes came thanks to an “official” celebration of the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term, one that was supposed to feature Republican members of Congress and even the president himself. The bash was a massive bust.

Instead of hosting GOP royalty, the event generated two police reports from ticket buyers. One man who was asked to help set up the event compared it to the disastrous Fyre Festival, and at least one embarrassing video of a man breakdancing with a puppet ricocheted across the Internet.

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