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Democrat and former VP candidate Nicole Shanahan:

What is MAGA, really? Some on the left like to paint it as a "basket of deplorables," a group of reprobates. The media fuels this narrative, spreading what I've come to learn are easily debunked hoaxes: like the false claim that Trump praised neo-Nazis in Charlottesville as "good people," the accusation that Trump incited an insurrection on January 6 (also false), and the assertion that Trump called all illegal immigrants "rapists and murderers" (again, false). But then you meet MAGA supporters in person, and it quickly becomes clear—at least it did for me—that the vast majority care deeply about our country’s security and prosperity, want a safe, healthy environment for their kids, and desire a government that is efficient and works for them, not the other way around. What is so wrong with that? Maybe it’s time for a former Democrat turned Independent to dig a little deeper into what MAGA truly stands for and break it down for voters.