What Liberals Miss About the MAGA Movement

自由主义者对 MAGA 运动怀念的是什么

The Opinions

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2024-09-19

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Columnist David French explores what keeps Trump’s followers hooked.
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  • I'm David French, and I'm a columnist for the New York Times.

  • I live in a town called Franklin.

  • Tennessee, that is south of Nashville, and.

  • It'S a very red part of America.

  • Most of my friends, the vast majority of my family, are all Trump supporters and have been Trump supporters from the beginning.

  • I first started writing about the MAGA movement in late 2015.

  • Like a lot of people, I didn't initially take Trump seriously, but very quickly I realized this was very serious and he was absolutely resonating.

  • And so I began talking to friends, to relatives.

  • Why?

  • What is it about Donald Trump that appeals to you so much?

  • And that conversation has never really stopped for nine years.

  • If you're on the outside, your experience.