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WE JUST GOT A NEW POPE—AND MAGA IS ALREADY LOSING ITS MIND  
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Edith Olmsted
May 8, 2025
The New Republic
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_ Within just a few hours of white smoke rising out of the Vatican,
MAGA is already fuming over the new pope. MAGA is in full meltdown
mode over the new pope’s tweets. _

Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica
after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at
the Vatican, May 8, 2025., Photo: Alessandra Tarantino/AP // The
American Prospect

 

Cardinal Robert Prevost
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elected the new leader of the Catholic church Thursday, becoming the
first American pontiff. But like any American, Pope Leo XIV seems to
have his own opinions
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President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. (Spoiler alert: he
doesn’t seem like a fan!)

Charlie Kirk, the Christian nationalist
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of Turning Point USA, started out backing
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selection, pointing to his apparent Republican voting record, but
seemed to descend into doubt
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In a video
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Kirk initially appeared nonplussed as he aired his concerns about Pope
Leo’s “not-so-great tweets.” The right-wing fanatic was
referring to several old reposts by an X account associated with the
name Robert Prevost, which has been confirmed as belonging to the new
pope. 

Kirk mused that perhaps an American pope had been selected because
“they want a voice that is also for the opening of American borders
while we have President Trump!”

“God Save the Church,” Jack Posobiec, the pitiable MAGA activist
covering the papal conclave for The Charlie Kirk Show, wrote
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X.

The “End Wokeness” account on X posted
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reposts from Prevost’s account, including posts that criticized
Trump’s first-term immigration polices, one
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for gun reform, and another that advocated to “end racism in our
hearts and in society” in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.

While Kirk seemed less certain about what exactly Pope Leo’s
appointment meant for the future, far-right internet troll Laura
Loomer was decidedly more … decided. “Just another Marxist puppet
in the Vatican,” she wrote
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X. “Catholics don’t have anything good to look forward to.”

Loomer spread her vitriol across several posts about the new pope’s
supposed online activity. “The new Pope once retweeted a post about
how we need to keep praying for career criminal & drug addict George
Floyd,” she wrote
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post. “The tweet said, ‘May all hatred, violence and prejudice be
eradicated.’ What prejudice? Is that another way to spell FENTANYL
OVERDOSE? MARXIST POPE!”

In another post, she simply wrote
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MARXIST POPE.”

This is the same woman who met with the president last month
to advise
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he oust multiple staffers on his National Security Council—and he
did.  

Other MAGA voices weren’t quite as disturbed—even the really far
right ones. Ryan Girdusky, a political consultant who previously
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notorious neo-Nazi Richard Spencer, counseled caution in a post on
X. 

“Trying to fit the ideology of the Pope in the context of American
politics is a fruitless endeavor,” he wrote
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you’re Catholic, pray that he’s a good steward of the Church and
defends the throne of Christ as the successor of Peter.”

_[EDITH OLMSTED is an associate writer for The New Republic with a
Master’s degree from the Columbia Journalism School. She is based in
New York City.]_

* Leo XIV
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* Cardinal Robert Prevost
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* Pope Francis
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* Roman Catholic Church
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* Catholic Church
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* religion
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* Religion and Politics
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* Donald Trump
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* JD Vance
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* MAGA
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* Immigrants
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* Christian nationalism
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