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Why MAGA hates science so much
Billionaires hate the rest of us — and Trump's loyalists would rather suffer, even die, than face the truth

By Kirk Swearingen
Contributing Writer
Published July 19, 2025 9:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) Against all the evidence of horrific, devastating weather around us, climate change is still a “hoax.” A measles outbreak sparked by anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists now extends beyond Texas to 34 states. Republicans are doing all they can to shut down funding for medical research.

Why does MAGA hate science? Shall we count the ways?

Because scientific advances don’t discriminate between the “worthy” and those considered unworthy, and because some in the billionaire class think they deserve to live much longer than you do.

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Beyond the historical friction between science and religious beliefs (for which earlier scientists could be imprisoned or burned at the stake), the main reason MAGA hates science is human-caused global climate change. Al Gore famously called global warming an “inconvenient truth,” but Donald Trump persists in calling it “a hoax,” while defunding climate research, green technology, NOAA and FEMA. The COVID pandemic gave MAGA followers many more incoherent reasons to distrust science, while watching “their favorite president” politicize every aspect of the response.

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The long-term negative effects of Trump’s attack on science, which are also part of the full-spectrum MAGA assault on education and the nonpartisan civil service, will likely be even worse. Students will be increasingly reluctant to pursue careers in science. Only a months ago, STEM courses in high school and college were viewed as critical to the future of American ingenuity and enterprise, a big part of what actually made America great. It’s impossible to gauge just how much damage will be done as we ban vaccines, deny climate science and make measles great again. ...............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/07/19/why-maga-hates-science-so-much/