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What's the solution here? Other than voting of course.
Them getting called out for starters. People need to start using language like "that's unacceptable", "MAGA blocking funds to save our own people AGAIN" or "yet again, MAGA is letting thousands of Americans die!" as apposed to barely fucking mentioning it. MAGA's whole thing is shitting on others, but nobody shits back at em. Why? We don't even need to make anything up, they are literal fascists! Calling them weird worked wonders, why did we stop? Was calling those murder cult psychos weird really the most outrageous thing we're willing to do?
If people keep treating it as if it's normal, it will become normal. Before Trump, all this was unthinkable, but then he came and proclaimed something outrageous and nobody said SHIT! Everyone just accepted it, making it the new normal. We are allowing this senile shitface to define what America is. This is abusive relationships 101. He has zero opposition and no backlash and thus all the power.
We should also make it illegal for foreign diplomats, officials and leaders to visit private citizens and broadcast it. Trump isn't even elected yet, and dictators have already crowned him the rightful king, and again nobody says shit!
Media attention
They're only getting away with stuff like this because Republicans have historically been able to do anything they want without consequences.
If that is to change, then there have to be consequences.