Eine sich selbst als „3-time Trump voter“ bezeichnende Frau schrieb auf X, dass sie mit der Politik von Präsident Donald Trump unzufrieden sei, weigerte sich aber zugleich zu sagen, sie habe bei der Wahl 2024 falsch gewählt.

„I say this as a 3-time Trump voter, a lifelong Republican who spent an embarrassing amount of money on merch and travel to Trump rallies and DC,“ schrieb Lucy Riles auf X. „I was duped. The past 14 months have been betrayal after betrayal. It sucks admitting I got it wrong. No, I’m not saying Kamala [Harris] would have been better. But Trump is a politician, a glorified snake oil salesman. He is not God nor should he be worshiped as one. And we need to hold our politicians accountable. Especially the ones we voted for and sacrificed friendships, jobs and family over."

Riles fügte hinzu: „Trump is now attempting to bully his base into supporting another reckless foreign war, ignore the Epstein files and now, accept data centers or else you want to be 'backwards and poor.' I’ve never been in an emotionally abusive relationship[,] and I’m not about to start now."

Sie schloss mit den Worten: „Thank you for your attention to this matter."

Der Beitrag erschien inmitten einer Reihe jüngerer, namentlich zuordenbarer Beschwerden anderer Trump-Wähler gegenüber MS NOW, was darauf hindeutet, dass sich die Frustration innerhalb Teilen der Anhängerschaft des Präsidenten nicht auf einen einzelnen Social-Media-Beitrag beschränkt. Bereits Anfang August sagte eine weitere dreimalige Trump-Wählerin, obwohl der Präsident versprochen habe, nach Amtsantritt die Inflation zu senken, „the prices haven't gone down. I don't know, I'm just, I'm over it, I think, over the Trump thing, the Trump wagon — whatever you want to call it."

Eine andere Trump-Wählerin sagte: „It's hard. It makes me feel like I'm a horrible mother sometimes because I'm stressing about what I'm going to do — do I have enough money to put gas in, or do I need to buy eggs and milk for my child? Or do I need to not go to work every day to make that money because gas prices are so expensive?"

Diese Wählerin fuhr fort: „And mind you, it could be my fault — I do work in cleaning, but still, that's a 45-minute drive. We're putting 80 bucks in every three days, tops, maybe. It's just hard to feel good when everything's going downhill, I feel like. It's supposed to be going up, and sometimes, yes, it is up, and then all of a sudden it just goes down. And then we're always told, you know, ‘this is going to change’ or ‘I'm going to make this better’ or ‘we're going to make this better’ — but where's it at? We're not seeing it at all."

Ebenfalls bereits Anfang August sagte ein Trump-Wähler aus Iowa namens Stephen Foot gegenüber MS NOW, „the prices haven't gone down. I don't know, I'm just, I'm over it, I think, over the Trump thing, the Trump wagon — whatever you want to call it."

Ein weiterer Trump-Wähler erklärte Anfang August mit Blick auf den Krieg im Iran: „Enough! Bring our guys and girls home. I don't want to see it — I don't like seeing war, that's all. We need to protect our borders and keep our family here safe."

Kürzlich, ebenfalls am Montag, warf die frühere MAGA-Politikerin und ehemalige Abgeordnete Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) Trump „disloyalty“ gegenüber seiner eigenen Basis vor.

„I hear this from people literally every single day,“ schrieb Greene auf X. „There is absolutely nothing wrong with saying this and demanding your elected leaders deliver exactly what they promised you when you voted, donated, and supported them. The disloyalty comes from Trump, not people like this."