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Rhiannon12866

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Tue Oct 8, 2024, 05:20 AM Oct 8

How the Trauma of COVID Fueled MAGA Madness - Thom Hartmann



Could the Covid disaster of 2020 — which Trump botched so badly that America has had more Covid deaths than any other nation in the world except Peru (whose president denied Covid was dangerous) — be what’s fueling the Trump MAGA cult?

Are we, in other words, as a nation suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and that’s driving a national mental illness crisis that opened the door for Trump’s cult to grow? - Aired on 10/07/2024.

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How the Trauma of COVID Fueled MAGA Madness - Thom Hartmann (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Oct 8 OP
Ironically, it was also the trauma of widespread maga that led to the covid madness that was so devastating. Think. Again. Oct 8 #1
Excellent point. Those who inexplicably rejected vaccines and masks to protect everyone else Rhiannon12866 Oct 8 #2
I really don't read Hartman Captain Zero Oct 8 #3

Think. Again.

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1. Ironically, it was also the trauma of widespread maga that led to the covid madness that was so devastating.
Tue Oct 8, 2024, 05:38 AM
Oct 8

We must break these viscious cycles that rightwingism traps us in.

Rhiannon12866

(219,049 posts)
2. Excellent point. Those who inexplicably rejected vaccines and masks to protect everyone else
Tue Oct 8, 2024, 05:50 AM
Oct 8

Were responsible for countless avoidable deaths - and the fear that led to the PTSD which is still with us. We need a clean slate devoid of MAGAts and their deadly ideas for this country to finally recover.

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