“The MAGA furor over undocumented voting reflects something different than a genuine concern that undocumented immigrants are flooding into U.S. polling booths. It shows that MAGA leaders realize … that the only way to stay in power is to define those who vote for the other party as illegitimate voters.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, February 4, 2026
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-4-2026
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“For decades… Republican politicians have used racism and sexism to turn out voters, claiming that the growing economic divisions…were the fault of Democrats who wanted to redistribute the tax dollars of hardworking white Americans to undeserving Black Americans, people of color, and women. Once in power, those leaders rigged the economy… moving nearly $80 trillion from the bottom 90% to the top 1% from 1975 to 2023.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, February 4, 2026
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“…the extremes of the racism that are driving raids by…ICE…are horrifying most Americans, while the open looting of the system by a few very wealthy individuals, led by the president, at the same time Republican lawmakers are killing public programs has proved too much for all but the firmest MAGA supporters. MAGA leaders’ solution is to reject the results of any election that doesn’t put them in charge.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, Feb 4, 2026
#trump #maga #ice #usa