I interviewed former Republican women at an event in Philly.

What was striking was how deciding to leave the party often came at a high price. They alienated family, friends, and even often had to leave their church.

https://www.salon.com/2024/10/21/i-started-to-learn-what-patriarchy-was-how-donald-pushed-women-out-of-the/

"I was ashamed": Why women abandon Trump

Women leaving the GOP face losing community and church — even family

Salon.com

@AmandaMarcotte If they didn't leave in a body bag, that's about the most positive ending they could have hoped for once they were in it.

Everybody leaves the cult eventually and it nearly always costs everything because that's how cults work.