In Pope Leo, some in MAGA movement see an antagonist
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In Pope Leo, some in MAGA movement see an antagonist
When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was selected as pope Thursday, President Donald Trump quickly offered the first U.S.-born pontiff a hearty congratulations.“It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope,” Trump said in a statement. “What excitement.”But some of Trump’s most fervent followers do not appear to be feeling the excitement.Almost immediately after Prevost, a native of the Chicago area who spent decades ministering in Peru, emerged from the conclave as the new pope and took the name Leo XIV, leaders of the MAGA movement began to cast him as an enemy.Laura Loomer, a far-right ..