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DAVID MARCUS: The MAGA 'civil war' over Iran is a myth

Polls show Republican and MAGA voters overwhelmingly back Trump's Iran strikes, despite podcasters' claims

By David Marcus Fox News

Published March 20, 2026 11:21am EDT

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To read the mainstream news today, or to dip into the, shall we say, eccentric world of alt-right social media, one would think that the war in Iran has created a major fissure within the MAGA movement. Both the polling and the word on the street put the lie to this notion.

Take a Washington Post headline from this week that blared, "Vance Is In A Bind, Supporting A War That Could Cost Him Politically." Pretty stern stuff, except that the very same day a new poll from L&V showed that 83% of Republicans support the war, only 9% oppose.

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The same poll asked who GOP voters trusted more on the Iran conflict, President Donald Trump or the podcasters Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly who have been leading the isolationist charge. This was even more decisive, 83% to 6%........

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