Charlie Sykes on MAGA: This Is a Cult and It Ralies Around the Cult Leader

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SYKES: “I don't expect that we're going to see the dynamic change that much, because one of the things that Donald Trump has done effectively is to play the victim card, is to say they're -- they're not just coming after me, they're coming after you, which feeds into the point, Mika, that you made earlier that, you know, one of the essences of this cult is the degree to which they fear, loathe and hate the opposition, not just Joe Biden, but the entire Democratic Party and the left. Because if you convince people that the enemy wants to destroy you, hates America, hates God, hates everything that is good and beautiful, then you are going to tolerate, you know, a lot of bad behavior. So this is a cult. We are seeing that it is a cult. And what does the cult do under pressure? It closes ranks and it rallies around the cult leader. And I expect that that's going to continue to happen.”