Steve Schmidt predicts midterms will 'break MAGA'; Al Jazeera asks if MAGA outlives Trump
On his podcast, Steve Schmidt said voters would repudiate MAGA at the November midterms. Al Jazeera separately examines cracks in the movement and whether it can survive without Trump.
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Left · 1Steve Schmidt, a former Republican operative turned never-Trump activist, said on a new episode of his podcast "The Warning" that he sees a path to "break MAGA for all time". Raw StoryL “has spotted a path to "break MAGA for all time," according to a new episode of his podcast, "The Warning."” Read at Raw Story ↗ Left · 1Schmidt predicted that in the November midterm elections Americans would repudiate MAGA, saying it "will never, ever exist again as a coalition capable of winning a national election". Raw StoryL “"In less than a month, MAGA will be repudiated," Schmidt said, referring to the upcoming midterm elections.” Read at Raw Story ↗ Left · 1Raw Story reports that the coalition has withstood shifting political winds because of devotion to Donald Trump himself, but that several concurrent issues have exposed cracks, including the decision to launch a war against Iran, which led former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to sharply rebuke the president, and Trump's description of rising living costs as a "Democratic hoax". Raw StoryL “Trump's decision to launch a war against Iran has caused MAGA figureheads like former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to sharply rebuke the president.”“Trump's insistence that the rising cost of living is a "Democratic hoax" has also not assuaged voters the way Trump hoped.” Read at Raw Story ↗
Left · 1Schmidt warned that even if repudiated, MAGA is "a faction large enough to destroy the country", and he characterised Trump's message as promising to crush opponents and claiming the election was stolen if he loses. Raw StoryL “"It is a faction large enough to destroy the country, and that is the proposition that Donald Trump has placed on the table," he said.” Read at Raw Story ↗ Left · 1He said the way to defeat the threat is to vote Trump supporters out of office, and urged making the election "a choice between America or Trump". Raw StoryL “The pathway to defeating this threat is to vote the Trump supporters out of office, Schmidt said.”“Let's make the election a choice between America or Trump.” Read at Raw Story ↗ Left · 1Separately, an Al Jazeera programme hosted by Josh Rushing examines cracks forming within MAGA in Trump's second term, from the Epstein files to the war on Iran. Al JazeeraLC “From the Epstein files to the war on Iran, Josh Rushing examines the cracks forming within MAGA in Trump's second term.” Read at Al Jazeera ↗
Left · 1It asks whether MAGA can outgrow Trump, who still decides who may call themselves MAGA, or whether, as its two guests both agree, MAGA simply is Donald Trump; the guests are Republican strategist Rina Shah and Emma Doyle, a former deputy chief of staff in Trump's first administration. Al JazeeraLC “Donald Trump still decides who gets to call themselves MAGA – but what happens when that power has to pass to someone else?”“whether MAGA can outgrow its frontman, or whether, as both guests agree, MAGA simply is Donald Trump.” Read at Al Jazeera ↗
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- Framing
- Both pieces treat MAGA as strained by internal divisions in Trump's second term. Raw Story relays Schmidt's prediction of electoral defeat; Al Jazeera asks whether the movement can survive without Trump.
- Emphasis
- Cracks over the Iran war, living costs and the Epstein files; dependence of MAGA on Trump personally.
- Leaves out or plays down
- No coverage from centre or right outlets, and neither piece includes responses from Trump supporters or the White House.
- Charged language
- “break MAGA for all time”“repudiated”
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“"In less than a month, the American people, north to south, east to west, will repudiate this and break MAGA for all time.” — Raw Story
“whether, as both guests agree, MAGA simply is Donald Trump” — Al Jazeera
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Steve Schmidt person
Says MAGA will be repudiated at the midterms and can be broken for good, while warning it is large enough to threaten the country.
“It will never, ever exist again as a coalition capable of winning a national election.” — Raw Story
Donald Trump person
As characterised by Schmidt, Trump's closing message is "Trump or else"; Raw Story reports he calls rising living costs a "Democratic hoax".
“That seems to be the closing message: Trump or else,” — Raw Story
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Raw StoryL · · Opinion
'It will never exist again': Steve Schmidt spots path to 'break MAGA for all time'
Sympathetic Opinion-style piece relaying Schmidt's predictions and warnings largely without counterpoint.
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Al JazeeraLC · · Opinion
Neutral Programme blurb posing whether MAGA can outlast Trump, noting guests agree it is inseparable from him.
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- 5 Oct 20:03 First Raw StoryL 'It will never exist again': Steve Schmidt spots path to 'break MAGA for all time' Opinion
- 6 Oct 21:07 +25h 3m Al JazeeraLC Is there a MAGA after Trump? Opinion
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