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Recent Examples of populist
In Romania, however, the election showed backlash against politicians taking inspiration from right-wing populist Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, according to Mujtaba Rahman, managing director for Europe at the consulting firm Eurasia Group.
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Reuters, NBC news, 19 May 2025
In the same way that the Vice-President is often seen as a bridge between worlds—S.F. to D.C., DOGE to MAGA, techno-optimists to right-wing populists—Boyle is increasingly playing a public-translator role.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Trump also did well with populists in Europe, according to the survey.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 12 June 2025
And at the same time most of them are very vulnerable to funding cuts in this moment where populists are a political force everywhere.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 10 June 2025
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Reuters, NBC news, 19 May 2025
In the same way that the Vice-President is often seen as a bridge between worlds—S.F. to D.C., DOGE to MAGA, techno-optimists to right-wing populists—Boyle is increasingly playing a public-translator role.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Trump also did well with populists in Europe, according to the survey.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 12 June 2025
And at the same time most of them are very vulnerable to funding cuts in this moment where populists are a political force everywhere.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for populist
socialist
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And, sure, the message of affordability does resonate, but Democrats have worked for years, since the 2020 campaign, to not be associated as socialists, to not be associated to some of these positions that Mamdani has talked about, like defunding ICE, defunding the police.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 June 2025
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Ogles railed against the democratic socialist's win in social media posts.—
Joyce Orlando,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 June 2025
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“Populist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/populist. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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