A former supporter of President Donald Trump argued on Friday that Republicans have worked hard to get into bed with Trump — and now they are going to have to sleep with him.

"I know, all of this could and will tighten up after Labor Day. Sure. And Republicans have God's money right now. But how funny, Trump is holding all of his money and Trump wants to make the midterms a referendum on him. So you're gonna get all of him," said former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, a reformed MAGA lawmaker from Illinois, on his Friday podcast. Walsh served one term in Congress as a Tea Party-aligned Republican and later challenged Trump for the 2020 Republican presidential nomination before breaking with the party; he has since become a vocal Trump critic.

"Yeah, that's the problem. When you jumped into bed with Donald Trump, you get all of Donald Trump. All of it," agreed show co-host and Blue Amp Media host Cliff Schecter. "Most of the Republicans say … he's got money because he grifted from crypto crap and whatever and it paid off. But in the end, he's going to spend it all on him, making himself look better. And he's going to go to all these states for people who are like, 'please don't come here.'"

Walsh added that Trump's poor polling will be right there following in his wake, putting states that should not be competitive onto a Democratic watchlist for November — including deep GOP territory such as Iowa, Alaska, and Ohio. Iowa and Ohio have not been considered genuinely competitive in recent Senate races — Ohio Republican Senate candidates won comfortably in 2018 and 2024 — while Alaska's single House seat has drawn outsized spending in recent cycles despite its Republican lean.

Schecter said Trump's polls are collapsing across rural areas that he did not expect to see shift, largely because of the president's plummeting standing with farmers, driven by his tariffs and his war on Iran, which has spiked fuel and fertilizer prices. Farmers have been a core Trump constituency, and agricultural states such as Iowa received substantial federal bailout payments during the first Trump administration's trade war with China — support that farm groups have again sought as tariffs have returned.

"It's the Farm Belt part of Ohio that's near Indiana," said Schecter. "Once you could do that drive and not see one sign for a Democrat and see a ton of signs for Trump. I know this is anecdotal, but it matters because culturally — it wasn't acceptable to put a Democratic sign up. Like, your neighbors would come over with their shotguns. And I'm telling you, I saw, when we drove up there, multiple signs. Like '[screw] Trump,' and 'I'll never vote for him again,' and 'I can't believe I'm going to vote Democrat.' I saw a half dozen or more signs like this. I think that's the canary in the coal mine, dude."

"I'm not going to say you're wrong because right now I feel the same way," said Walsh. "Again, I'm a broken record. Because I come from MAGA, I still engage with hundreds of these folks every day. And yes, I'm seeing fissures. I'm seeing a bit of a crack up. I'm seeing disillusionment. I'm seeing anger with him."

"People don't understand how polling works a lot of times. If you're in this game. If you are an incumbent and you are below 45 percent — I want to say this in technical terms — you're in serious [trouble]," said Schecter, who did not use the word "trouble." Pollsters generally treat incumbents polling below the mid-40s as vulnerable, because undecided voters historically have tended to break toward challengers late in races — the rule of thumb Schecter was referencing.