It's crucial to understand that Trump's lie about the federal disaster response neglecting MAGA voters also feeds the broader ideological goal of gutting the administrative state and stocking it with loyalists. I asked NC Dem Party chair about this. Our exchange: newrepublic.com/article/1865...

It’s all transactional and it’s who he is at his core. See: delayed COVID responses because it was “mostly hitting blue states” the hardest.