MAGA meltdown

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🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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MAGA is fighting over immigration. Vox’s Andrew Prokop tells us what happened, and the Wall Street Journal’s Tim Higgins explains why it isn’t the first time Elon Musk has split the party — and won’t be the last. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Rob Byers, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Co-Chair of the new Department of Government Efficiency, arrives on Capitol Hill. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Like any winning political coalition, Maga united a lot of factions, the nativists, the populists,
0:08.5	the VCs, some CEOs, some podcast bros.
0:11.9	A far-right authorization on the U, on ultradizant, ultra-no-o-o-my-god, oh my God God. Ultra analatist.
0:21.6	Maga is what they have in common. The rest is a crapshoot. And recently, Fissures emerged
0:26.7	after President-elect Trump appointed Sri Ram Krishna to be his senior policy advisor on AI.
0:33.3	Mr. Krishnan is an immigrant from India. What followed was racism,
0:37.8	and what followed that was a real fight
0:39.6	that pits Maga's anti-immigrant wing
0:41.9	against tech employers like Elon Musk
0:44.4	who make liberal use of visas for their foreign workers,
0:47.8	and Tiger Dad Vivek Ramoswami,
0:49.5	who wants you home no later than six.
0:51.8	What all this portends for Maga? Coming up next. The girls are fighting!
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