Overview
- Axios reports a growing “quiet quitting” trend in which pastors avoid political sermons and help members disengage from Trump’s movement without rupturing family relationships.
- Reported catalysts include images of federal agents making arrests at school pick-ups, the lifting of restrictions on immigration arrests in churches, and cuts to humanitarian aid.
- Leaving MAGA says its subscribers rose from about 1,500 to more than 35,000 by July, with increased demand for a manual that guides gentle conversations at home.
- Vote Common Good says thousands of churches have downloaded its kit for confronting Christian nationalism and using nonjudgmental “information barters” to ease people away from MAGA.
- PRRI polling shows softening support in parts of Trump’s religious base, and observers say any shift could influence 2026 and 2028 races, though the movement’s overall size remains unclear.