Was it really 8th grade?
Checks out
Maga isn't brainwashed. He talked with his far right twitter/yt gods and they told him he is just fine and if he donates a little bit more to their patreon page they will help him cast aside the devil.
I guess being trans and gay is being brainwashed also---i don't have feelings of being either but I wouldn't call these people brainwashed more like "wow they don't give a shit what society thinks no matter the much harder road ahead."
There is also a reason to succeed in political radio/twitter/yt its openly told you should be right as only on the right can you achieve the cult following---cult is synonym for brainwashed/sheep/uneducated. Even though the right represents well less than 50 percent of our population today.