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The Telltale Signs of a GOP Grifter: The
Evolution of MAGA and The Perils Ahead

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 9/22/2025 12:54:40 PM

“One day spent with someone you love can change everything.” —Mitch Albom Charlie Kirk’s memorial service — and what a beautiful, sorrowful, unforgettable service it was — signaled the closing of one chapter and the beginning of a new one. Because, for a solid decade, Charlie’s journey and the Make America Great Again movement were indistinguishable; Charlie’s mission was MAGA’s mission — his path was MAGA’s path. Then, on the fateful day of Sept. 10, Charlie earned a new path. And today, he’s walking hand-in-hand with Jesus Christ; his horrible wounds cleansed, healed, and purified. Charlie’s earthly mission is now complete; his eternal rewards await. Yet somehow,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Lucky5 9/22/2025 2:34:28 PM (No. 2007439)
He says, "you know who you are". I don't who are the GOP grifters right now?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: vrb8m 9/22/2025 2:43:52 PM (No. 2007441)
If I had to guess, I'd say Candace Owens.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: hurricanegirl 9/22/2025 3:09:38 PM (No. 2007452)
Yup, Owens, and I'll add Tucker Carlson to the list.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: chumley 9/22/2025 3:24:08 PM (No. 2007459)
I haven't known what a maga is for months now. It seems that so many identifying that way have nothing in common with the maga of a year ago. It more resembles rinos jumping on the bandwagon and forcing the real people off.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 9/22/2025 3:27:29 PM (No. 2007464)
I put Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens into the "conservative grifter" category.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: DVC 9/22/2025 3:29:41 PM (No. 2007465)
Well, I posted after several others said it....but without reading those posts first. So, we agree on Tucker and Candace. It's interesting that in Friday night dinner discussions with a friend who is more libertarian than conservative, we both came up with Tucker and Candace as, in our term, "more interested in fame and money than in the actual viewpoints"
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Reply 7 - Posted by: ronniethek 9/22/2025 3:43:10 PM (No. 2007471)
I respectfully disagree. MAGA is a movement of patriots of all stripes and that includes religion.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: heartlandmom 9/22/2025 3:44:05 PM (No. 2007472)
Why is everyone so anti Tucker?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: spacer 9/22/2025 5:42:20 PM (No. 2007535)
Gee golly...wonder who the clowns grifter status was assigned to? His omitting lie of the Billy Bush tape is a clue. Like all lying TDS morons and his twisted road to slurs of Trump was pretty obvious.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: spacer 9/22/2025 5:45:23 PM (No. 2007537)
His charges against Israel a caustic and in my opinion wrong but his open mic conversations end up like that sometimes.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: spacer 9/22/2025 5:46:37 PM (No. 2007538)
Sorry, my post #10 was for post # 8.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: earlybird 9/22/2025 5:57:15 PM (No. 2007543)
IMHO Pinsker is a terminal bore.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: mamabear 9/22/2025 6:07:00 PM (No. 2007548)
Charlie began his foray into politics under the Tea party which preceded MAGA.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: john56 9/22/2025 10:48:16 PM (No. 2007639)
Bless his heart.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Geoman 9/23/2025 1:28:59 AM (No. 2007661)
The author, Scott Pinsker, has an agenda, the details of which remain unclear. As an organic movement, MAGA is what Trump says it is. With Trump constitutionally term limited, Pinsker appears to be trying to link MAGA to Turning Point, an organization identifying as conservative. That could change under new management but there is undoubtedly a high degree of overlap of the core values of both organizations but it is intellectually dishonest to say they are the same, intending to leverage benefit to whoever he is favoring to take the reins of MAGA as Trump's influence wanes over time. In bold print the author proclaims, "As of today, the MAGA movement is now a Christian movement." I'm not sure of the truth of that statement and have no idea if the author actually believes it. I never got the sense that Turning Point had its sights on political party machinations. In many recent articles, the general disdain for Republicans is palpable. I'm surprised Pinsker isn't advocating for MAGA to split from the GOP and become a political party. Trump has been more pragmatic - no surprise there - or he could have made such a split prior to the '16, '20 or '24 elections. I'd venture to say that his own analysis by his inner circle concluded that running for president under a new MAGA party would hand the Oval Office and Congress back to democrats, a disaster from which there would be no coming back.
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