"Traumatized by Trumpism": The toll of outrage fatigue on MAGA

"Traumatized by Trumpism": The toll of outrage fatigue on MAGA
Experts on what the "toxicity of Trump’s pathological lying" hides

By Chauncey DeVega
Senior Writer
Published October 11, 2024 6:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) Nothing about this is normal.

On Saturday, Donald Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania, and held a rally at the same location where he survived an assassination attempt last July. He was greeted by the many thousands of gathered MAGA fans.

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Donald Trump and his forces (and their allies abroad) are opposed by Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party, the larger pro-democracy movement, and those everyday Americans who understand the existential danger that Trumpism and the MAGAfied Republicans and the larger neofascist movement represent. The question is, are there enough of these Americans who will vote on Election Day (especially in the battleground states that will decide the final outcome in the Electoral College) to stop them?

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Steven Beschloss is a journalist and author of several books, including "The Gunman and His Mother." His website is America, America.

.....But the toxicity of Trump’s pathological lying, scapegoating of migrants, blaming Jewish voters if he loses and falsely asserting that the cheating of Democrats rather than getting out the vote is his priority — all this makes clear that he is preparing to deny the outcome if and when he loses. And as his fear rises, as his desperation becomes more obvious, his lies become wilder, grimmer, and more exhausting. He’s a poison that lingers and lingers, leaving me to feel as if we are all engaged in a death march. Once liberation day arrives, only then, can we genuinely look toward building the future.

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Darick Robertson is an American comic book artist, writer, creator, and executive producer with a decades-long career in the industry. His notable works include co-creating the award-winning “Transmetropolitan”, and the comic that inspired the hit Amazon Prime show “The Boys.”

.....In the upcoming weeks, I believe that we will see more erratic and extreme behavior from Trump and his MAGA base. I expect stories of intimidation at the polls. I expect to hear claims of everything "being rigged" and his litigant liars repeating his lies on his pet networks, while Kamala Harris and Walz to steady on and use the recent stunning economic statistics to boost their positive message of not going back and better days ahead. .......................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2024/10/11/traumatized-by-trumpism-the-toll-of-outrage-fatigue-on-maga/