Pundits push drastic deportations to unite MAGA over Iran war

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Amid Trump’s Iran intervention, key MAGA voices are battling over strategy to unite the base, with Benny Johnson and Matt Walsh urging mass deportations and denaturalizations of American Muslims as a unifying move. Supporters like Hannity, Levin, and Shapiro back the war, while Carlson, Kelly, and Bannon criticize it. The piece frames this intra-MAGA rift as a recurring pattern where Trump appeases divisions by targeting an external or ideological ‘enemy,’ in this case arguments for repressive measures against Muslims.
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