MAGA
noun1
Government, Politics US A follower of the political philosophy of Donald Trump.
- A terrified mob of these MAGAs in their red hats had gathered in the town square screaming: “Where’s Sarah? Where’s Sarah? She promised to make Stars Hollow great again! She’s the only one who can save us!”2020, John Pansini, Election 2220: Night of the Voting Dead, RtS Publishing, →ISBN:
- A different study by political scientists found that Trump’s anti-immigrant ravings actually inspired more white people to vote against him than it did white MAGAs to vote for him.2020, Kurt Andersen, Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History, Random House, →ISBN, page 267:
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- Trump, a man devoted to television like it’s religion, likely couldn’t give a damn, but the RNC, the state parties, and the various victory committees will be working their asses off to deploy MAGAs into the field.2020, Rick Wilson, “The Trump 2020 War Machine”, in Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump—and Democrats from Themselves, New York, N.Y.: Crown Forum, →ISBN, part 3 (Army of Darkness: Trump’s War Machine), page 138:
- There were two problems for an African American in Washington DC, during a MAGA rally. First, there were too many pro-Trump MAGAs in town. Worse, there were lots of police officers too. […] At Harry’s Bar a few blocks from the hotel, Money B had apparently made friends because these MAGAs turned out to be fans of his famous songs, like “The Humpty Dance.”2021, Erbil Gunasti, Daphne Barak, “Coming Home Trump Extended Hand] Celebrating Christmas at the White House”, in Struggling for One America: Trump vs. Hollywood: The Two White Houses, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN:
- Many of the founders and leaders of today’s populist parties now just aren’t like their followers. The followers either don’t know – there are plenty of vox pops where Magas (Make American Great Agains) still describe Trump as a self-made man – or don’t care: all this fussing about class origins and elite linkages is just what bitter, twisted liberals do.2021, Peter York, “(Most) Populists aren’t what they seem…”, in John Mair, Tor Clark, Neil Fowler, Raymond Snoddy, Richard Tait, editors, Populism, the Pandemic and the Media: Journalism in the age of Covid, Trump, Brexit and Johnson, Abramis Academic Publishing, →ISBN, section 2 (UK politics and the media), page 103:
- MY LIBERAL RUSSIAN FRIENDS STARTED TO CALL THOSE PEOPLE KRYM-NASHI (“CRIMEA’S OURS”-NIKS) MUCH AS AMERICAN LIBERALS CALL DONALD TRUMP’S FANS MAGAS.[2022, Andrew S. Weiss, Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin, First Second, →ISBN, page 198: