Even Trump’s once-loyal ‘Front Row Joes’ have had enough of him: ‘Fraud and liar’

Two well-known members of the "Front Row Joes," the devoted Trump followers who camp out overnight to secure prime seats at his rallies, have broken with the group and turned against the president. Trisha Hope and Rick Frazier told Politico that the Jeffrey Epstein case and the war in Iran drove them away, a worrying sign for Republicans before the midterms, according to The Independent.

Hope, a Texas resident who joined in 2018 and calls herself a "J6 activist," said her faith broke after Trump snapped at a reporter during a July 2025 Cabinet meeting over continued questions about Epstein. She also said the president has claimed the Iran war, now in its eighth month, was over 600 times, and one of the defectors denounced him as a "fraud and a liar." She said she would lobby Congress in support of impeachment if Trump is impeached again after a midterm loss.

Frazier, an Ohio resident and founding member who has attended more than 100 rallies, objected to the Epstein matter and to military spending, noting that Trump had promoted himself as a no-war president. He may skip voting in November, though he said 95 percent of the group remains "unwavering."

At a July rally in Georgia, Trump praised the group and suggested its members were wealthy. Polling shows 50 percent of Americans strongly disapprove of his performance, a record ahead of a midterm. A White House spokesman said Trump remains committed to keeping Republican majorities.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →