I expose MAGA hypocrisy on everything from abortion, the ten commandments and the deficit to poverty, gun control and immigration.

I've heard you MAGAs. Unlike me-first Americans, you aren't driven by the desire for prosperity and personal recognition. What motivates you are your deeply held beliefs and patriotic fervor, or so you say. Well, I'm not convinced. I don't believe your convictions are as strong as you claim. I think you often say one thing, do another and act like hypocrites.

Take, for instance, those of you who are religious. You say your goal as Evangelicals is to promote biblical ideals. But your leader is Donald Trump and his conduct has been about as unbiblical as it can get. He's abused, betrayed, cheated, coerced, deceived, harassed and threatened “friends,” acquaintances, business cronies, supporters, adversaries, relatives, mistresses, and wives.

I know. You religious MAGAs don't like being called hypocrites. Here's my advice. Find a leader who keeps at least one of the Ten Commandments before you have them displayed in public school classrooms across the US.

The same goes for "law and order" MAGA Republicans. Like your religious allies, many of you are hypocrites. Mike Johnson is a case in point.

When Johnson spoke at the RNC in July, he put himself in contention for the hypocrite-of-the-year award. In his speech, he said his party stood for the rule of law, knowing it would nominate a convicted felon and adjudicated sex offender for president.

You MAGAs really sound like hypocrites when you talk immigration. You whine about the raft of unlawful crossings along the southern US border. But your allies in Congress killed a bipartisan border security bill last May that would have all but ended illegal immigration in our country.

Ditto for lawmakers who shill for the gun lobby in Congress. Many of you MAGAs are hypocrites as well. Mike Johnson makes my point once again.

In 2023, Johnson offered prayer for the victims of a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. But he's opposed legislation that would keep weapons like the one used in Lewiston out of the hands of trigger-happy, male sociopaths.

Elon Musk hasn’t tried to hide his political orientation. As he’s often made clear, Musk is a diehard MAGA and he’s also a hypocrite. Last July, he expressed his concern for the size of the federal deficit by posting “34 trillion” on X. The same month, however, Musk endorsed Trump in the 2024 race and he grew the debt by $8.4 trillion or nearly 50% in just four years as president, mortgaging our children's economic future and moving the US well down the path to financial insolvency.

Your position on abortion, MAGAs, is also hypocritical. You say the procedure should be banned because it’s inhumane. But your choice for president, if elected, would end all US aid to Ukraine and subject its people to unimaginable acts of inhumanity as Russian troops took over the country.

I'm not finished, MAGAs. I have more examples of your hypocrisy. Take your GOP platform, for instance. In it, you say you’ll “ensure equal treatment for all” as the ruling party. Hogwash! You MAGAs won't promote greater equality – not between the rich and poor – quite the contrary. After you take control of government, you’ll help Trump extend his tax plan. The rich will get a lot richer. Economic inequality will reach levels not seen in the US since the early 1930s and you MAGAs will look like hypocrites.

The Bible says Christians should aid those in need. But the man who you MAGAs support won't help the poor; he'll make their lives miserable as president.

By extending his tax plan, Trump will transfer trillions of dollars into the upper-class. He'll gut the labor market and the economy will hemorrhage jobs. The unemployment rate will soar and millions of low-income Americans will be without work and unable to provide for themselves and their families.

Tax cuts won't be the only weapon in Trump's political arsenal. He'll wage war against the poor in many different ways, as you MAGAs should know. Yet even the Christians among you support him, ignore what the Bible says about helping those in need and act like hypocrites.

My last example involves your slogan, MAGAs - the one you swiped from Ronald Reagan. That said, the problem isn't your claim you'll make America great. What's hypocritical is how you say you’ll do so: by helping Trump win the White House and joining forces with him in 2025.

Evidentially, you MAGAs haven't heard. Trump has been president and not only did he fail to make America great. He wreaked havoc while in office. His top-down tax cuts purged the labor market of 2.7 million jobs. He mushroomed the deficit and oversaw the worst financial crisis in 91 years. Trump also botched our nation's response to the pandemic and caused countless deaths, making it appear as if the US had a second rate (or even Third World) health care system.

Indeed, nothing good, much less great, took place back then - except for the wealthy. For others, living conditions steadily declined when Trump served and if he wins, it will be more of the same. He'll extend his tax cuts for his billionaire buddies and pass top-down programs. The markets will crash and riots will break out across the country. Trump will invoke Marshall law and at that point everyone will know the truth, MAGAs. Your slogan is a sham.

You won’t make America great as the ruling party. By getting Trump elected president, you'll do the opposite. Rather than help our country achieve greatness, you'll ensure its demise. The discrepancy between your words and actions will be glaring. You'll look like hypocrites. Your claim you love our country and have strong convictions as people of faith will seem contrived and no one will take it seriously.

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I advise clients in the greater Seattle area on a variety of legal issues as a volunteer for the Washington State Bar. Follow me on Twitter (X) at: #jarmuthmark