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Dark MAGA
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English
thumb|Madison Cawthorn, the coiner of the term.
Etymology
en Madison Cawthorn in May 2022. 1
Proper noun
Dark MAGA
en US politics slang A fringe movement advocating for a vengeful return of Trumpism.
en 2022 Eric Ting Kevin McCarthy tries to be nice to Madison Cawthorn. Cawthorn attacks anyway. SFGATE May 20 "I am on a mission now to expose those who say and promise one thing yet legislate and work towards another, self-profiteering, globalist goal," Cawthorn wrote. "The time for genteel politics as usual has come to an end. It’s time for the rise of the new right, it’s time for Dark MAGA to truly take command. We have an enemy to defeat, but we will never be able to defeat them until we defeat the cowardly and weak members of our own party. Their days are numbered. We are coming." (Cawthorn originally misspelled "genteel" as "gentile.") https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/McCarthy-tries-to-be-nice-to-Cawthorn-17186768.php https://web.archive.org/web/20230715062042/https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/McCarthy-tries-to-be-nice-to-Cawthorn-17186768.php 15 July 2023
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