A lot of people talking about how this is just the latest step in the grift, but really, I’ve never thought she was a grifter.

Narrow-minded bigot, yes. Dumb as a bag of hammers, sure. Utterly hoodwinked by the right-wing outrage media, definitely. But she always seemed like she really believed in it. She thought she could achieve her worldview by cozying up to Trump. Even after she realized he was all smoke and mirrors, she still tried to make it work because she thought she could get it if she just tried a little harder; right up until she realized that she had been usurped in the cult.

Which honestly almost makes it worse, when you think about it. But at least this way she’s peeling off some more of the MAGA faithful.