This is why MAGAs can't admit when they're wrong - Ohh that's RICH

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May 7, 2026
We know #maga thrives on identity #politics — MAGA is their personality, their appearance, their belief system, and their community.
And when that identity is challenged with facts and science, they don’t just disregard it. They dig in.

And now a new study from Nature helps us understand why.
Because researchers found that when people were shown the same charged political content 2 1/2 years apart, brain scans showed that changes in their emotional response to that content was not determined by changes in their political beliefs, but by changes in their social groups.

They are physiologically wired to protect their tribe, even if it’s at odds with what they personally believe. This is why MAGAs can’t admit when they’re wrong. They fear if they do, they’ll lose their friends.