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MAGA Preps for the World to End-Literally
The Bulwark • • world
Key Points:
- Republican party faces potentially catastrophic losses in upcoming midterm elections, signaling possible repudiation of its direction over the past decade.
- Pro-Trump media figures are shifting focus from election outcomes to warnings of an imminent global apocalypse, including threats like world-ending war or cyberattacks.
- Prominent right-wing commentators such as Glenn Beck and Dan Bongino have fueled fears of an unnamed apocalyptic event that Western governments are allegedly concealing.
- Amid widespread panic, a Republican congressman has attempted to reassure the public that no major disaster or "shit hitting the fan" scenario is expected.
- The surge in apocalyptic concerns has led to increased disaster preparedness advice circulating across conservative online communities since late October.
