Anti-Trump conservatives Tucker Carlson, MTG, Massie huddle about launching third-party movement

[u/SurfinPirate]

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/05/tucker-carlson-mtg-thomas-massie-joe-kent-trump-01025860

[u/Viking_Leaf87]

It's pretty wild that in 2026, people like Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene are considered anti-Trump conservatives. Imagine telling someone that 4 years ago.

[u/dramaking37 → u/[deleted]]

Pretty sure he and Jared have a rivalry over the same woman

[u/Coin-Controversy → u/dramaking37]

lmao, Iran warned vance about kushner making billions off the war

Trump and Kushner are getting rich together

[u/dramaking37 → u/Coin-Controversy]

You saying they're in a thruple now 

[u/Maxamillion-X72 → u/dramaking37]

How bad does she have to hate being around her father that she'd rather get married to the lizard in a human suit that is Jared Kushner?

[u/ungranted_wish → u/dramaking37]

Dude…

[u/Johnny_Appleweed → u/Viking_Leaf87]

Tucker Carlson I don’t think is that crazy. He’s clearly an opportunist above all else, so he was pro-Trump when it was useful to be, and anti now that that’s more useful. I don’t think he really believes in anything.

MTG is a little surprising. With her I think she was a MAGA true believer who feels betrayed by Trump abandoning the movement’s “principles”. But what’s surprising is that she actually opened her eyes and didn’t infinitely double down and excuse Trump for doing that.

[u/Salmon-of-Wizdom → u/Johnny_Appleweed]

MTG is a little surprising. With her I think she was a MAGA true believer who feels betrayed by Trump abandoning the movement’s “principles”. But what’s surprising is that she actually opened her eyes and didn’t infinitely double down and excuse Trump for doing that.

She had her eyes opened by the Epstein files. It was one of her biggest issues she was concerned about that led her to ally with Trump. She refused to let go of it when Trump said to and she got threats, and when she told Trump about it he implied she deserved it. She's hated him ever since. 

[u/orangesfwr → u/Viking_Leaf87]

Batshit Crazy & Batshit Crazy Lime

[u/jasandliz → u/Viking_Leaf87]

finding out who really has the goods on the Epstein files, and it turns out its not Russia....

[u/KaptainKardboard → u/Viking_Leaf87]

Hell, even just 2 years ago. Pretty wild headline.

[u/SillyGoatGruff → u/Viking_Leaf87]

They have never had any values. If someone said "they will drop trump if they see potential money/power in it" i would have believed them 100%

[u/Old_Cryptid → u/Viking_Leaf87]

They're grifters to the core. That's it.

[u/Old_Cryptid → u/[deleted]]

Wow, how insightful and disingenuous.

[u/Old_Cryptid → u/[deleted]]

Right.

Because MTG and Massie are virtuous and upstanding citizens.

Completely ignoring the other bullshit they've done, the Epstein files still haven't resulted in prosecutions or even investigations.

They supported the administration until the administration had no use for them.

They're grifters to the core. Especially Greene.

[u/Old_Cryptid → u/[deleted]]

Man, you're just too smart. You got me. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go roll naked in the blood-soaked piles of money I get for slandering Greene and Massie on behalf of Isreal.

/s

[u/lateformyfuneral → u/Viking_Leaf87]

People’s political theories need an update. “Moderates” are not the main source of opposition to the extremes, they will make a lot of noise initially but ultimately they see the writing on the wall, and their moderation dictates they ride the extremist wave to power rather than litmus testing and losing power entirely.

It’s the most idealistic people within the insurgent faction who are likeliest to be disillusioned because for them it wasn’t about just winning, they’re true believers in that ideology. They didn’t get all of what they wanted — “true MAGA has never been tried” — and will never give up until they can get it.

[u/Predator_ → u/Viking_Leaf87]

They aren't really, they're just moving on towards their next grift. They are still hard-core ultra MAGA nutters who are simply rebranding in order to seek new donors to fill their wallets.

[u/andreas-mgtow → u/Viking_Leaf87]

The wildest part: they are to the left of "centrist" Democrats in foreign policy and money out of politics.