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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This isn's a question of who is an R. OP is asking who is a MAGA. Many Rs did not vote for Trump, or did, but hate or are embarrassed by him -- just didn't want a D and hoped for not the worst. None of them are hiding or or afraid to talk about it, particularly with those of us who can distinguish between an R and  MAGA. They do avoid the angry folks who can't forgive any Rs who allowed MAGA to happen.

I don't know any R friends or relatives who are MAGA and support the harmful or bizarre behaviors of the current POTUS, except for one who lives in Florida and one who lives in the Rust Belt, and both have always been the type to feel angry about people not like themselves.[/quote]

Most R individuals I know did vote for Trump and do not despise him whatsoever. They don't necessarily love the Twitter tirades but think his behavior is just "locker room talk" or "telling it like it is". They voted for him because they agree with him on a large number of issues.

I've actually distanced myself from some family friends who are vocally MAGA and my middle of the road-leaning D husband now spends time with them without me. I'm sure they wonder why I dodge brunch invitations but I really just can't listen to them praise Trump, joke around about their love of guns (I hate guns and wish they would all disappear into thin air), and make liberal snowflake jokes. I'm a proud liberal snowflake but I really am not interested in defending my beliefs over mimosas. I found that after the election I constantly had to censor myself when with them, because my husband agrees with them on some things and they just assumed I did too. When I told them I was pretty liberal, they thought I was joking and I decided not to press it and just take a step back. I already have to be "on" at work and I don't want to have to do that in my personal life. [/quote]

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