Thank you to
@FrankFigliuzzi1
,
@chipfranklin
and
@ReallyAmerican1
for the opportunity to share my story of what attracted me to MAGA; why I left MAGA & our new community for those who also leave; &, for those who are having doubts & remorse over supporting Trump.
@PerfectOurUnion
Thanks to
@Salon
for publishing my story. The national press has championed “balance,” but needs to start championing “judgment.” We trust the judgment of doctors, teachers, airline pilots, etc. Press needs to assert its abilities to make sound judgements
Hi, it's Rich Logis
@PerfectOurUnion
. Leaving MAGA will soon be live. Our Mission Statement: Empower others to leave MAGA & tell their stories. Foster reconciliation with their friends & family. Develop movement leaders to help others leave.
#LeavingMAGA
It was the latter, for myself, in
#LeavingMAGA
. I refer to the time it took me to leave as my Year of Heaven and Hell, starting in Summer 2021, and concluding in Summer 2022. There were so many considerations in determining whether to leave; but I did, and I was liberated.
💎 of wisdom heard
@ChicagoCred
today:
“You can’t keep trauma bottled up inside of you- it’s going to come out. It’s either going to explode out when you are triggered or can’t take it anymore, or you can release it slowly as you process it and heal. Which would you prefer?”
Considering the myriad reasons to vote against Trump, and leave MAGA, I just wish anti-MAGA/Trump Americans showed some discipline, and didn’t resort to the methods of pro-MAGA media.
No juror said this. One juror said that he reads Truth Social but also follows people from across the ideological spectrum, including Michael Cohen, on this platform.
@RonFilipkowski
The fact the owner, with its largest following, of this platform was duped by content he, himself allows tells us everything we need to know about how the platform is managed.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
@kaitlancollins
American progress—and the continued perfection of our Union and democracy—are results of Americans changing their minds on issues of equality; and unlikely, but necessary, alliances. Now is a moment in our history for another such alliance.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
@RonFilipkowski
Wonder how many of the attendees and speakers mewl, on a daily basis, about “Bidenflation.” If gifted a ticket, I’ll happily attend, to show attendees the benefits of Leaving MAGA, as I did, 2 years ago.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
@1NadineSmith
DeSantis and the FL GOP equivocated and prevaricated because they knew their “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” law was unconstitutional. Bullies wager on not being challenged; DeSantis and the FL GOP lost this wager.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
While a MAGA activist from 2015-22, I had nary a conversation in which a MAGA American extolled the leadership of McDaniel—who was always referred to as “Ronna Romney.” She isn’t respected, whatsoever, by those she’s lied to, to curry their favor.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
Ronna on why she is saying now for the first time that she disagrees with Trump on pardoning J6ers: “When you’re the RNC Chair, you kind of take one for the whole team, right? Now I get to be a little bit more myself.”
Thank you, to the entire team, for the opportunity to introduce our org., Leaving MAGA; we're a new community for those who leave MAGA, and for those having doubts, and feeling remorse. To better empower others to leave MAGA, the GOP must be electorally mercy-killed in Nov.
Former MAGA 'Cultist' on the State of the Race for 'MAGA Americans': Today's
#BradCast
Guest:
@LeavingMAGA
Founder and Exec. Director Rich Logis; Also: Kamala takes Milwaukee in first rally; MUCH more...
FULL STORY, LISTEN:
@BidenHQ
American progress—and the continued perfection of our Union and democracy—are results of Americans changing their minds on issues of equality; and unlikely, but necessary, alliances. Now is a moment in our history for another such alliance.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
@Slate
As an ex-MAGA activist, empowering others to leave MAGA, tell their stories & reconcile with friends & family: many Trump voters (especially MAGA Americans) are unaware that the genesis of some of the mythologies they believe are conspiracy/extremist groups endorsed by Trump/GOP.
Amongst the myriad positive traits of effective leaders, the 2 I most think about are: 1. caring about others, & respecting their humanity as individuals; 2: never ask others to do that what you don't do; or, are unwilling to do. I don't always live up to these, but keep at them.
Just a quick reminder that half the battle in life is just showing up
If you don’t put yourself out there by going to events, socializing, building meaningful relationships, etc, then the opportunities aren’t going to come
First rule of hacking serendipity:
Just show up!
Thanks
@newrepublic
for publishing my story. National press's obsession with saving the GOP is well-intended, but futile. Press needs to assert its abilities to make sound judgements, & recognize the media landscape was permanently altered in 2016.
@arneduncan
@ChicagoCred
It was the latter, for myself, in
#LeavingMAGA
. I refer to the time it took me to leave as my Year of Heaven and Hell, starting in Summer 2021, and concluding in Summer 2022. There were so many considerations in determining whether to leave; but I did, and I was liberated.
@atrupar
Even if 51% of Americans supported Trump (they don’t; number is lower than that), it is amusing to see a member of the “we’re a republic, not a democracy,” party emphasize what he thinks is majority support for Trump. The GOP says, “we’re a republic, not a democracy,” because the
It can be exhausting competing against shamelessness; the shameless, such as Ms. Savela, will lie about everything—especially phantom voter fraud. But we have to keep challenging lies, which have traumatized millions of Americans & made them desperate and panicked.
#LeavingMAGA
Maricopa county at its finest…
My first time ever voting in a presidential preference election and I received not one but two mail-in ballots 🫣
Thank you
@stephen_richer
This is yet another example that most GOP politicians & party officials don’t actually believe our national press is liberal. When I was a MAGA activist (I left MAGA in 2022), the mythology of a liberal media was amongst the most pervasively-held.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
Trump’s earned 10.5 million primary votes. When primaries conclude, 15-20 million, with, likely, another 5-10 million who won’t vote in primaries. There’ll come a time when many (most?) will have doubts about supporting MAGA—and we’ll be here to empower & greet them
#LeavingMAGA
I was a MAGA activist from 2015-22. I believed we were the "real Americans," & anyone who opposed us were enemies. Noem doesn't actually believe this; & we'll continue showing MAGA Americans that those such as Noem traumatize them, and keep them desperate & panicked.
#LeavingMAGA
@FrankLuntz
In this case, Mr. Trump truly did hire one of the best! Now, let's take this information, with empathy and education, and empower others to leave MAGA, and tell their stories publicly, to empower others to leave.
#LeaveMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
If our Constitutional rights come from God, then the Framers weren't wholly convinced that God was correct, given that the Constitution can be amended.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
Stefanik came to the same Rubicon Ms. Cheney & Mr. Kinzinger came to: to sell one’s soul to MAGA. Only Stefanik crossed it. I don’t know what’s in her heart, but I doubt Stefanik believes what she says. Truth-telling is harder than lying; eventually, Faustian debts come due.
You know what’s crazy? Four year ago I would have assumed
@EliseStefanik
would be with
@Liz_Cheney
and me as the last house members in the trenches fighting MAGA.
She was the first of everyone to surrender and start broadcasting propoganda for favorable treatment.
In the 5 stages of GOP grief, Lowry's in the final stage: acceptance. For 4 yrs., he's prepped his "begrudging" endorsement of Trump, and knows we were 40 ft. from our experiment in self-government likely ending on 1/6. He's welcome in our
#LeavingMAGA
movement.
@perfectourunion
American progress—and the continued perfection of our Union and democracy—are results of Americans changing their minds on issues of equality; and unlikely, but necessary, alliances. Now is a moment in our history for another such alliance.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
Doubtful she believes this. MAGA/the right-wing is deep into its sunk-cost fallacy; it has nowhere else to go except minoritarianism, with positions the vast majority of Americans reject. But rejection is best served democratically (lower-case d)
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
NEW: Nikki Haley tells me that frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization “are babies,” siding with a recent AL decision that raised concerns among doctors and patients worried about the future of the procedure. w/
@Rhoades31
@NBCNews
@arneduncan
Countless others have proudly said the same, and endured mental anguish, depression, suicide, etc., because of the stigma that therapy renders one “weak.” Though I won’t say Mr. Musk does no good, he’s waging an unnecessary war against therapy, when he could be an advocate for it
Not really sure what the point of this post is. It's not lazy to point out that Jefferson was a slaveholder; it's an historical fact. And the Adamses are not Jefferson. All of these facts underscore that America's Founders were neither all good, nor all bad.
@PerfectOurUnion
It’s fashionable today to lazily point out that Thomas Jefferson was a slaveholder, but very few Americans know that John Adams was an abolitionist who didn’t own slaves, or that his son John Quincy Adams returned to Congress after serving as president to continue the fight
1st problem is: why is it the party of a Republican who's not held office in 35 years? There's no other Republican, in the last 35 years, who shaped the ethos & identity of the GOP? This is 1 of the many reasons why the GOP is reasonably considered a nostalgia party.
#LeavingMAGA
“The new Republican base isn’t going to reverse course and suddenly decide it loves [Mike] Pence and [Nikki] Haley after all,” writes
@DamonLinker
. “The old Reaganite approach is a dead end”:
A thanks to
@1NadineSmith
@equalityfl
, for the work they do on behalf of our LGBTQ+ residents. To understand some of the reasons LGBTQ+ Americans are targeted---and how those in the arena of democracy work to protect them---please listen to Nadine:
Wonder how many of the attendees and speakers mewl, on a daily basis, about “Bidenflation.” If gifted a ticket, I’ll happily attend, to show attendees the benefits of Leaving MAGA, as I did, 2 years ago.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
How would the media cover it if Kamala Harris was out on Biden and refused to endorse his re-election?
Will they cover Pence’s rejection of Trump with that same level of sustained intensity over days and weeks?
Or is this another one-off, then on to the next?
DeSantis and the FL GOP equivocated and prevaricated because they knew their “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” law was unconstitutional. Bullies wager on not being challenged; DeSantis and the FL GOP lost this wager.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
As we celebrate the nullification of DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” law,
remember the chaos created by this purposely vague piece of anti-LGBTQ propaganda.
I’m an ex-MAGA activist. GOP acceptance of avoidable deaths & suffering; & defense of politically-motivated, right-wing violence—orchestrated by Trump—were why I left MAGA. Our new org., Leaving MAGA, is empowering others leave, & tell their stories
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
Countless others have proudly said the same, and endured mental anguish, depression, suicide, etc., because of the stigma that therapy renders one “weak.” Though I won’t say Mr. Musk does no good, he’s waging an unnecessary war against therapy, when he could be an advocate for it
You may die sooner due to stress, and will likely die with less happiness and sense of peace.
Never too late to rethink your values, and how you choose to define your manhood.
Vulnerability is strength, not weakness.
As an ex-MAGA activist who left MAGA in 2022: most Republicans aren't Nazis. But the GOP pretends they’re unaware of those such as Fuentes; or, that they’re fringe. Fuentes is more influential, with a larger following, than most GOP politicians & pundits
#LeavingMAGA
I’m an ex-MAGA activist; what this underscores is something I came to realize: the general public overestimates MAGA Americans’ consideration of the electoral chances of MAGA candidates.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
Trump is reportedly “f*cking pissed” that Charlie Kirk’s mouth could be hurting him with black voters he is trying to get, but Don Jr is a staunch defender of Kirk. His organization is also draining away millions of $ that would otherwise go to candidates.
I understand “politically homeless.” It was my entrée into MAGA, & kept me there, before I left. But, let’s make this a positive: anyone commited to the continued perfection of our democracy and Union isn’t politically homeless. We can oppose Trump while humanizing MAGA Americans
@NateSilver538
Trump’s promised to be a dictator for a day; dismantle the federal government; & assist Russia in invading our allies. Biden won’t do a Super Bowl interview. I’ve never felt more politically homeless. And Nate’s never gotten over the shock of missing the support for Trump in 2016
The right-wing is deep into its sunk-cost fallacy; it has nowhere else to go except minoritarianism, with positions that the vast majority of Americans reject. But rejection is best served democratically (lower-case d)
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
Kellyanne Conway presented Republicans with polling data that found 86% of voters support IVF – even those who identify as “pro-life” (78%) or evangelicals (83%).
👉🏻
@Moms4Liberty
If God created education rights, why, then, did He create schools and school boards, education funding, curricular approvals, special education, etc.?
Why wouldn’t He just make education rights the same for all of humanity? Doesn’t sound like divine planning to me.
#LeavingMAGA
@TheAtlantic
@GrahamDavidA
As an ex-MAGA activist, it’s encouraging the national press is coming to the realization the GOP can’t be saved, nor does it deserve to be. The GOP must be historically, electorally mercy-killed in Nov.; let responsible Republicans rebuild the party.
@PerfectOurUnion
#LeavingMAGA
Trump’s promised to be a dictator for a day; dismantle the federal government; & assist Russia in invading our allies. Biden won’t do a Super Bowl interview. I’ve never felt more politically homeless. And Nate’s never gotten over the shock of missing the support for Trump in 2016
Revealed preferences tell you a lot. Biden isn't doing a Super Bowl interview for the second year in a row; Biden did one in 2021 and Obama did one all 8 years. If he can't do a Super Bowl interview, h3 shouldn't be running for a second term.
If rights come from God, why did He create amendments, legislative bodies, vetoes & a judicial system? Anything I’m missing? P.S. word on the street is He wishes the U.S. Senate filibuster would finally be retired; but since He gave us free will, it’s on the people to retire it.
Despite Wheerler's unearned arrogance,
@HeidiReports
is absolutely correct. Rights given by a god can be taken away by men claiming to speak for that god. That's exactly the fight we're in now. That's what the Alabama Supreme Court just did with IVF. That's Christian Nationalism.
@libsoftiktok
As an ex-MAGA activist who left MAGA in 2022: the GOP pretends they’re unaware of those such as Libs of TikTok; or, that they’re fringe. Libs is more influential, with a larger following, than most GOP politicians & pundits.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
In this case, Mr. Trump truly did hire one of the best! Now, let's take this information, with empathy and education, and empower others to leave MAGA, and tell their stories publicly, to empower others to leave.
#LeaveMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
"I was asked to look for dead and duplicate voters for every mail ballot cast in each of the swing states in 2020: AZ, GA, MI, NV, PA and WI.
I found fewer than 200 duplicate mail-in ballot votes fraudulently cast from all the swing states combined."
@paultoo
@Chris_Deutsch
Hi Chris and Paul, thank you. I was a true believer MAGA American, from 2015---22; our org., Leaving MAGA, is a new community for those who leave and have doubts. I ask sincerely: what are some of the narratives that don't, in your view, comport with known facts, events, etc.?
As an ex-MAGA activist, it’s encouraging the national press is coming to the realization the GOP can’t be saved, nor does it deserve to be. The GOP must be historically, electorally mercy-killed in Nov.; let responsible Republicans rebuild the party.
@PerfectOurUnion
#LeavingMAGA
@egavactip
As an ex-MAGA activist who left MAGA in 2022: most Republicans aren't Nazis. But the GOP pretends they’re unaware of those such as Fuentes; or, that they’re fringe. Fuentes is more influential, with a larger following, than most GOP politicians & pundits
#LeavingMAGA
@aubrey_savela
@stephen_richer
@TPAction_
It can be exhausting competing against shamelessness; the shameless, such as Ms. Savela, will lie about everything—especially phantom voter fraud. But we have to keep challenging lies, which have traumatized millions of Americans & made them desperate and panicked.
#LeavingMAGA
@GovRonDeSantis
I learned many lessons after leaving MAGA. DeSantis’s losing war against Disney is yet another example of the sunk-cost fallacy so many MAGA politicians & pundits engage in. Once the imaginary enemy is invented, the war against it wages until a new existential threat is invented.
Been quite a last 24 hrs. for MAGA and GOP:
Trump immunity claim laughed out of court; McDaniel resigns (i.e. pushed out by MAGA); Gaetz lobbys for “my Kevin” to replace her; GOP self-immolation on Mayorkas impeachment; Haley loses NV primary to “none of these candidates.”
Carlson is more influential, with a larger following, than most MAGA politicians and pundits. Much of what he says, and produces, are stolen by more “legitimate” and “mainstream” right-wing media. And, most MAGA Americans are unaware that he loathed Trump when he was President.
Many journalists have interviewed Putin, who also makes frequent, widely covered speeches. Carlson's interview is different because he is not a journalist, he's a propagandist, with a history of helping autocrats conceal corruption.
As an ex-MAGA activist, empowering others to leave MAGA, tell their stories & reconcile with friends & family: many Trump voters (especially MAGA Americans) are unaware that the genesis of some of the mythologies they believe are conspiracy/extremist groups endorsed by Trump/GOP.
If one lies about a problem for emphasis, that means: the problem isn’t as dire as it’s been made out to be; and/or those lying don’t actually care about the problem, and those affected by it.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
@RonFilipkowski
I’m an ex-MAGA activist; what this underscores is something I came to realize: the general public overestimates MAGA Americans’ consideration of the electoral chances of MAGA candidates.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
I learned many lessons after leaving MAGA. DeSantis’s losing war against Disney is yet another example of the sunk-cost fallacy so many MAGA politicians & pundits engage in. Once the imaginary enemy is invented, the war against it wages until a new existential threat is invented.
One year ago, I signed legislation ending what an independent audit found to be one of the worst examples of cronyism in modern U.S. history: Reedy Creek, a local government controlled by a single company; Disney.
While so many claimed ending the cronyism would be bad for
@FrankLuntz
The right-wing is deep into its sunk-cost fallacy; it has nowhere else to go except minoritarianism, with positions that the vast majority of Americans reject. But rejection is best served democratically (lower-case d)
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
I sometimes receive messages from those who are skeptical of my story, and the goals of Leaving MAGA. I understand why some say that; it’s an unnatural act for our Homo sapiens species to apologize, and admit we’re wrong—especially publicly. Even though I don’t think someone
I’m pretty stoked to watch the deep state plan to elect Biden through Taylor swift tonight being executed.
Our new world order globalist meeting had this mapped out for a while. It’s always cool to see it work out. Off to Davos for now!
As an ex-MAGA activist who left MAGA in 2022: the GOP pretends that they’re unaware of those such as Posebiec; or, that they’re minimally influential. But Posebiec (amongst many others) is more influential, with a larger following, than most GOP politicians & pundits
#LeavingMAGA
In my view, the key CPAC story isn’t that right-wing influencer Jack Posebiec said, “Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely.”
The story is how many Republican lawmakers are absolutely silent about it.
May I suggest the media ask every
@TheAtlantic
@DamonLinker
1st problem is: why is it the party of a Republican who's not held office in 35 years? There's no other Republican, in the last 35 years, who shaped the ethos & identity of the GOP? This is 1 of the many reasons why the GOP is reasonably considered a nostalgia party.
#LeavingMAGA
@CateMartel
I’m an ex-MAGA activist. GOP acceptance of avoidable deaths & suffering; & defense of politically-motivated, right-wing violence—orchestrated by Trump—were why I left MAGA. Our new org., Leaving MAGA, is empowering others leave, & tell their stories
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
If one lies about a problem for emphasis, that means: the problem isn’t as dire as it’s been made out to be; and/or those lying don’t actually care about the problem, and those affected by it.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
WOW!
Sex Trafficking victim Karla Jacinto has some very harsh words for Republican Senator Katie Britt.
Britt, who used Jacinto’s story in the GOP response to the State of the Union Address, not only seems to have gotten facts wrong, but she also didn’t ask Jacinto permission
We are a government of laws, not of men. Deep down, I do believe most MAGA Americans agree with this; but they have been led astray by MAGA politicians and pundits who have traumatized them, and made (and kept) them desperate and panicked.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Trump’s claims of full immunity: “I don’t believe anybody’s above the law. A Democrat, a Republican, an independent, myself or anybody else. That’s my personal opinion.” He predicts Trump cases will go to trial before the 2024 election.
This is an extraordinary step in the right direction- congratulations and great work!
Gerrymandering is the opposite of democracy- it is a sinister strategy designed to deny voters access to their true power.
All Democrats and Republicans who actually trust voters must reject it.
@Acyn
I believe most of us come to a defining line of demarcation in our lives; if we don’t cross it, we retain ownership of our soul. Rubicons aren’t always political in nature; but, in Ms. Stefanik’s case, it was. And she sold her soul for mere pennies.
@PerfectOurUnion
#LeavingMAGA
I'm sure the leaders of our women's suffrage, who worked for 8 decades to secure for women the franchise, are looking down with pride 🥴
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
Fox & Friends goes live from a diner in Allen, TX to ask voters who they support for president.
DINER: "I wouldn't vote for a woman, and especially... you know, Nikki Haley, I'm just going to say this: She's probably menopausal. We don't need that."
We need more of a conversation in America as to why 1 of our 2 major parties, with laughable ease, sold their souls to MAGA & Trump. I suspect many Republicans & conservatives are quite frightful of turning over that stone.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not rule out accepting a position from former President Trump in a second administration if he’s reelected in November.
@RonFilipkowski
As an ex-MAGA activist: this belief was Gospel for me, for years. When I left MAGA, I realized the “importation of illegals to vote Democrat” was a MAGA/right-wing mythology designed to traumatize, & keep desperate & panicked, GOP primary voters.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
@kaitlancollins
We are a government of laws, not of men. Deep down, I do believe most MAGA Americans agree with this; but they have been led astray by MAGA politicians and pundits who have traumatized them, and made (and kept) them desperate and panicked.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
@JimSwiftDC
I’m not saying the right-wing are the only sex-obsessed Americans amongst us, but they are the most sex-obsessed. Remember, the first rule of propaganda is to accuse your opposition of what you are guilty of.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
I’m not saying the right-wing are the only sex-obsessed Americans amongst us, but they are the most sex-obsessed. Remember, the first rule of propaganda is to accuse your opposition of what you are guilty of.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
@Liz_Cheney
American progress—and the continued perfection of our Union and democracy—are results of Americans changing their minds on issues of equality; and unlikely, but necessary, alliances. Now is a moment in our history for another such alliance.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
American progress—and the continued perfection of our Union and democracy—are results of Americans changing their minds on issues of equality; and unlikely, but necessary, alliances. Now is a moment in our history for another such alliance.
#LeavingMAGA
@PerfectOurUnion
The GOP has chosen. They will nominate a man who attempted to overturn an election and seize power. We have eight months to save our republic & ensure Donald Trump is never anywhere near the Oval Office again. Join me in the fight for our nation’s freedom.
@VivekGRamaswamy
Not really sure what the point of this post is. It's not lazy to point out that Jefferson was a slaveholder; it's an historical fact. And the Adamses are not Jefferson. All of these facts underscore that America's Founders were neither all good, nor all bad.
@PerfectOurUnion
@RonFilipkowski
This is yet another example that most GOP politicians and party officials don’t actually believe that our national press is liberal. When I was a MAGA activist (I left MAGA in 2022), the mythology of a liberal media was amongst the most pervasively-held.
#LeavingMAGA
She’s seeking the nomination via a brokered convention. Trump will likely be imprisoned by then. But it won’t matter: in Nov., the GOP will be historically repudiated, & the RNC’s expecting this. P.S. none should construe my prognostication as reason not to vote
#LeavingMAGA
Ahead head of a major address, Nikki Haley tells The Associated Press that she will not leave the Republican primary election even if she is blown out on Saturday. She vowed to stay in the fight against Donald Trump at least until after Super Tuesday -- if not longer.