

The interesting thing about child rape, is that it activates the completely unhinged QAnon-esque people, who actually do commit violence with glee. Though I disagree with them on many things, we just happen to be aligned on “child rape=bad”. That crime creates a visceral reaction that “stealing and selling state secrets” doesn’t quite emit.
So I feel like Epstein is the one thing that could actually get through to many in MAGA cult.
It’ll always be a game of percentages. There will always be some amount of hardcore cult members, but as worse and worse things come to light, the new info will pick off sections of MAGA one piece at a time. We can debate percentages, but I think a critical mass of MAGA would leave if they had crystal clear proof of Trump raping children.
One source I’m using is The Necessary Conversation youtube podcast, and while it’s just two data points, it give the regular person a really good insight into the cult.