The Daily Blast: MAGA Voters Turn on Trump in Focus Group Bombshell: “Nothing but Lies”

Sarah Longwell of The Bulwark recently held a focus group (thebulwark.com/p/voters-in-focus-group-hate-tr…) with people who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 that took an extraordinary turn. After being shown Trump’s vile taxpayer-funded ad (x.com/MediumBuying/status/2104217573051060475), in which he rages about expelling “globalists” and “Marxists” and the “fake news media,” they were revolted. They called Trump “despicable” and “power hungry” and a “narcissist” who spews “nothing but lies.” We think this suggests Trump may be alienating right-leaning voters not just over costs, but with his totalitarian-dictator rule as well. So we talked to political theorist Paul Crider about the possibilities this focus group raises. We discuss his new piece arguing (theunpopulist.net/p/a-former-right-wingers-gui…) for the creation of a broad anti-corruption, anti-authoritarian coalition, dissect new GOP panic (politico.com/news/2026/10/09/house-gop-panic-d…) about losses in deep red areas, ask whether Trump’s dictator-megalomania is turning even those places against Trump, and examine how Democrats are creating a new politics in response to it all.

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