Jennifer Welch claims that individuals who support the MAGA movement often falsely believe they are exceptions to the group's discriminatory policies and will be spared from the negative consequences.

“And it's amazing how I guess it's an arrogance that people think they're the exception. Like all of these other people are terrible trans people, but I'm the exception. I'm the one trans person that is special and different.”

Angie Sullivan believes that the belief in American exceptionalism is a key factor in why citizens vote against their own interests.

“Do you think it's a symptom of American exceptionalism that we're kind of raised and indoctrinated in that America is the best country in the world? America is so exceptional.”