What Rick Alan Ross has said about MAGA movement
3 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 23, 2026
Rick Alan Ross, American cult intervention specialist, founder of the Cult Education Institute and author of Cults Inside Out, has been quoted on MAGA movement 3 times in 1 episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, most recently on September 23, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Ross argues that calling MAGA and Trump a cult diminishes the suffering of real cult members.
“using the word cult to describe the MAGA movement and Donald Trump, it really diminishes the genuine suffering of cult members”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Part Two: Cult Leaders Target You At Your Weakest. Never Confess This To Them | Rick Alan Ross (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 49:59
Ross points to Trump being booed over COVID-19 vaccines as evidence that he is not a cult leader.
“The crowd was booing him. Cult leaders don't get booed. Reverend Moon doesn't get booed, didn't get booed”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Part Two: Cult Leaders Target You At Your Weakest. Never Confess This To Them | Rick Alan Ross (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 52:29
Ross says Trump is constrained by checks and balances and is not a dictator, though he may want to be.
“He isn't able to just do anything he wants. And there are checks and balances. He's not a dictator”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Part Two: Cult Leaders Target You At Your Weakest. Never Confess This To Them | Rick Alan Ross (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 49:05
Episodes
Part Two: Cult Leaders Target You At Your Weakest. Never Confess This To Them | Rick Alan RossMayim Bialik's Breakdown · Sep 23, 2026 · 59 min
Mayim Bialik and cult expert Rick Alan Ross discuss coercive control in relationships, workplaces and UFO groups, Tulsi Gabbard's ties to Chris Butler, and whether MAGA is a cult.
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