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MAGA Movement Faces Internal Division, Warns Former Lawmaker

1/4/2026

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Denver Riggleman, former GOP lawmaker, described the MAGA movement's internal division as a slow-moving infection threatening unity.
Riggleman cited three issues shaping the base: the Epstein files, cuts to Medicaid and ACA subsidies harming rural America, and MAGA supporters' nationalistic tendencies.
Riggleman warned that the base's focus on emotion rather than policy could deepen fragmentation within the movement.

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Denver Riggleman, former GOP lawmaker, described the MAGA movement's internal division as a slow-moving infection threatening unity.
Riggleman cited three issues shaping the base: the Epstein files, cuts to Medicaid and ACA subsidies harming rural America, and MAGA supporters' nationalistic tendencies.
Riggleman warned that the base's focus on emotion rather than policy could deepen fragmentation within the movement.