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'Washed up loser': MAGA infighting erupts after crushing election loss

Author: Alternet·

Key Takeaways

  • •Republicans suffered widespread electoral losses in an election that MAGA figures online described as a Democratic "blue tsunami."
  • •Rep. Nancy Mace accused Mark Levin of heavily contributing to the Republican defeats, and the two traded insults in a public exchange on X.
  • •Laura Loomer warned that the country would implode within five years, urging followers to stockpile supplies and finalize their wills in case of political violence.
  • •Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked Loomer with an AI-generated image while framing the election results as vindication of her earlier warnings.
  • •Bulwark editors Sam Stein and Will Sommer highlighted the infighting as a snapshot of how blame was being assigned among MAGA pundits after the losses.
'Washed up loser': MAGA infighting erupts after crushing election loss

The MAGA movement turned on itself across social media in the aftermath of the brutal “blue tsunami” that washed Republicans out to sea — and Bulwark editors Sam Stein and Will Sommer were apparently here for it (video).

“It’s getting rough when they’re on like the fourth quote tweet, where it’s like, ‘I’ll tell you what I think,’” Sommer said as he read through vicious exchanges between MAGA pundits on X.

The exchanges offered a public snapshot of how blame was being assigned after the election, with prominent figures turning on one another as the losses came into focus.

Mace vs. Levin

Rep. Nancy Mace fired one of the sharpest opening shots, posting on X that “Mark Levin is a moron. And heavily contributed to the devastating losses suffered last night by Republicans,” a jab aimed at the MAGA podcaster.

“S--- you washed up political loser,” Levin fired back on X. “You’re angry because you’ll actually have to now work for a living. You’re one of the most mentally unhinged POS to ever be in Congress. We lost last night for many reasons, including because of useless, self-promoting, do-nothings like you. Good riddance, crackpot.”

“You know, etiquette would be just to reply. You don’t want everyone to see [post quotes],” Stein advised. “Just reply. It’s easier to consume that way. These are all adults, presumably, and they’re just out there throwing as many haymakers as they can, calling each other [names] and wishing they’d die. You wouldn’t talk like this to anyone in real life.”

Loomer’s doomsday warning

The two editors then turned to the online lamentations of MAGA influencer Laura Loomer, who critics say holds undue influence in the White House, sometimes ending whole political careers by whispering into President Donald Trump’s ear.

“Sadly now, it’s too late and America is over,” Loomer posted on X the day after the Democratic wave. “Plan for your survival. Stock up on supplies, finalize your will in case massive political violence erupts, and temper the expectations of your children and grandchildren who will never know the American Dream. Make sure your children have food and shelter, but aside from that, most people’s kids are not going to have a future full of aspirations.”

“We are going to watch our country implode in the next five years,” she continued. “Eight jihadi candidates will now be headed to Congress after last night’s election. They will take their oath of office on the Quran, which explicitly causes for the killing of non-Muslims. They will have access to classified information and they will leak that information to America’s enemies and sleeper cells in our country who will without a doubt work to kill Americans. I’m glad that I was able to predict America’s future because it gave me time to plan. But aside from just trying to stay alive every single day, most Americans will not be experiencing much joy in the coming future. If you think things are bad now because gas is a dollar more expensive, you are in for a serious rude awakening.”

“Oh, my God. ‘Just let me die,’ basically,” Stein said, describing the post. “Are people trying to talk her off the ledge? This kind of looks like a cry for help.”

“She tends to go to a dark place anyhow,” Sommer added. “She made statements during past Republican defeats where she’s said, ‘I can’t have a family. I’ve destroyed my life for Donald Trump’ …. So, she’s one who kind of puts the pathos out there a little more than most.”

Greene gets her ‘I told you so’

“It makes sense that she’s out of reach, but she’s not the only one,” Stein said, before quickly noting that Loomer’s “foe, Marjorie Taylor Greene, is clearly having the time of her life because she gets to say ‘I told you so.’”

Greene did exactly that, posting an AI-generated image of herself holding court as a queen while Loomer bawls her eyes out behind her.

“Good morning, everyone. Except Laura Loomer,” Greene posted on X. “An insane woman, two-time congressional loser, who has zero real life experience. Yet Natalie Harp somehow helped Laura become Trump’s crazy train late-night advisor. Make her the press secretary! Make her chief of staff! Give Laura something! Please entertain me!”

Fuentes crying into his beer

Other MAGA entertainers, however, appeared to be crying into their beers — among them far-right influencer Nick Fuentes.

“I love winning,” Fuentes mewled on X Tuesday night, as results began rolling in of one Republican defeat after another.

“The knives are out on the right and it’s all-out pleasure to look at it,” Sommer said.