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Ive been watching several MAGA podcasters and for months now they have been speaking up against Trump! This includes Joe Rogan, Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson
Whether we agree with all of their beliefs or not, we can find some common ground with them. The enemy of my enemy
If anything, they can hold back their votes in the midterms and encourage their followers to do the same.
Here is an example:

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Bluesaph
(981 posts)We should take advantage of this!
PS. He isnt antisemitic because he opposes Netanyahus Zionism. You can be pro all races (including Jews) and at the same time have an opinion against actions of a government.
Case in point our current situation. People who disagree with the actions of our government are not anti-American, are they?
But to answer your question, I do believe Trump is afraid of BiBi and Putin.
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Bluesaph
(981 posts)Labeling someone anti semitic because they disagree with Israel is disingenuous. But Im not gonna defend Ian Carroll because I disagree with him on 99% of his opinions.
Please see the gist of what Im saying. They are causing a HUGE SCHISM!
Much like the extreme left didnt show up for Kamala, if we take advantage of this rift we can keep the extreme right from voting for republicans!!!
Lets not have purity tests. We dont always have to agree.
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Bluesaph
(981 posts)Calling everyone who disagrees with Israel and antisemitic is ridiculous.
I disagree with Hamas. That doesnt make me anti-Palestinian.
Just stop it already, please.
Gaugamela
(3,012 posts)Its laughable. They think they can make anyone quiver with fear at the mere mention of the word, even though they have completely stripped the word of any meaning.
I have no problem suspecting Epstein of working with intelligence, including Mossad. Thats why it all got swept under the rug in 2008.
Aristus
(70,966 posts)They're stupid, but they have an animal's instinct for survival.
Bluesaph
(981 posts)But part of the Charlie Kirk thing made me look again. According to several close friends of his, he told them he was being pressured to tamp down on the anti-Israel content of some of his guests, like Tucker Carlson. He refused and was bleeding donations.
This isnt new. Its been going on for many months. Its causing a huge schism. Many on the far right are really mad at Trump.
Its like that horseshoe thing. The two extremes are uniting at the edges of the horseshoe. The left can use this to our advantage by having a big tent.
womanofthehills
(10,405 posts)Accusing Israel of having a stand down policy on Oct 7. Said he could cross Israel in 45 minutes so why did it take hrs for Israel to respond. Tucker said Kirks donors were livid. Kirk also brought Dave Smith to Turning Points event to debate -
Bringing a Jewish Libertarian pro Palestine guy to debate whats happening in Gaza -really pissed off his doners according to Tucker, MTG, Megan Kelly and Candace.
womanofthehills
(10,405 posts)Attacking Trump policies big time and getting mega followers. I think its a big fracture. Even the pro Israel Megan Kelly is interviewing MTG about her vote for not sending weapons to Israel. Now we have MTG going on liberal podcasts .
Candace who is very pro Palestine is doing a deep dive into Charlie Kirks death and some estimates are shes getting over 5 million views on just one platform & shes on many. So independent podcasters are pulling in Republicans. Across total platforms- Tucker gets 50-260 million impressions/views per episode. Thats a lot of Republicans and Independents! Now we have Tim Dillion with his large audience talking no more support for Israel and very popular on social media - Jewish Libertarian DaveSmith all over social media raging against Trumps Israel policies.
Many Podcasters are against Trumps Israel policy & Epstein. These are different times -
Also, Rogan says hes an independent - not a Republican or Dem. Seems like hes not happy with Trumps policies either.
Bluesaph
(981 posts)And it seems to have mushroomed lately.
If we can manage not to turn these people off, maybe we can take advantage of it.
This is MAGAs worst nightmare: the right joins the left!!!