‘I Was a MAGA Junkie’: Media-Driven ‘Do You Regret Your Trump Vote’ Campaign Underway
“I was a MAGA junkie, a MAGA junkie who thought her government job would be safe with Donald Trump in office.”
The mainstream media are nothing if not a predictable lot. That’s something we’ve seen play out since DOGE got to work doing what Donald Trump and Elon Musk pledged the department would do months before Trump was elected to his second term.
News outlets driven by Democrat narratives have flooded the airwaves and their print and online publications with stories about federal workers who lost their jobs. Along with those job losses, they say, is the “inconvenience” that will allegedly be caused to Americans as a result of the changes that are being made, even though in a lot of cases that inconvenience can be boiled down to acts of malicious compliance.
More recently, we’ve seen the MSM go about exploiting some of those workers by taking their claims of voting for Trump as the gospel truth.
Two weeks ago, for instance, Business Insider interviewed people who said they had supported Trump’s campaign but who either had been fired or feared they would be:
BI spoke to 10 current and former federal workers, offering some anonymity to speak freely without retribution. Some who are still employed said they voted for Trump with the hopes that he would deliver on his campaign promises, but the constant threats to their careers and villainizing of their coworkers have led them to regret it.
“I feel betrayed. This is not what I wanted, to let everybody lose their job,” a Veterans Affairs employee who voted for Trump twice told BI. “You’re fired. You’re fired. You’re fired. This is not ‘The Apprentice.'”
Others said they continue to support Trump and his mission to cut government waste. The overwhelming message was that they did not cast a vote for Musk.
“I don’t like Elon Musk,” a VA employee said. “I don’t want him meddling into my business. He’s not the president. Trump is.”
This past week, CNN interviewed two former Bureau of Fiscal Service employees from West Virginia who said they had been Trump supporters as well. One claimed she was fired, while the other one said she resigned before she could potentially be let go:
Speaking to CNN Live in a broadcast shown Thursday, [Jennifer] Pigott said she cried after she was axed. “I was a MAGA junkie, a MAGA junkie who thought her government job would be safe with Donald Trump in office. I cried. It’s scary, you know, it’s a really scary thing, and I was embarrassed,” she said.
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“I expected better from you. I really did,” Pigott said, when asked what she would say to Trump if she got the chance. “I expected that you would do what was right and cut waste and fraud and all of those things that you promised us before we elected you in office, but you’re not doing that—you’re creating a disaster and I don’t know what America is gonna look like if this continues.”
Here’s what the other woman, who didn’t want her face shown on camera, told CNN:
“I’m not sure that I would have [voted for Trump], and the way that it’s been done… I’m for balancing the budget, that type of thing, but not, not in this context, it’s just not right,” she said.
Watch:
"I expected more from President Donald Trump": Jennifer Piggott voted for him and now regrets it now that her federal job is in limbo in West Virginia. pic.twitter.com/4RpzAyOJtA
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) March 28, 2025
I’m trying to understand how people can say they supported cutting waste and fraud, balancing the budget, etc, but didn’t expect that part of that would involve a shrinking of the federal workforce.
In any event, a month ago, the Washington Post looked into social media stories of Trump voters allegedly regretting their votes and found that there wasn’t much “there” there:
The short answer is that polls suggest it’s not a major phenomenon — even though some discontent is brewing and Trump’s overall numbers have declined.
Two recent polls have gotten at this question rather directly and found that a pretty unremarkable number of Trump supporters are expressing measures of regret.
They did try to keep hope alive, however, that maybe there was something they were missing:
While these data are more quantitative than focus groups and are certainly more reliable than social media anecdotes, they do carry limitations.
The big limitation is the margins of error.
Sadly for the WaPo, the numbers still aren’t backing up any claims about any supposed groundswell of Trump supporters who are wishing they hadn’t voted for him, as revealed by CNN data guru Harry Enten last week:
We need a "reality check"… Right track % in the U.S. is "through the roof!" Highest since 04 per NBC & 2nd highest since 09 per Marist.
Trump is more popular now in his net favorable than any time in term 1 or when he won in 2024.
Generic ballot looks like when GOP wins. pic.twitter.com/iDh0XEt1qK
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) March 25, 2025
Wowsers. Talk about a narrative buster.
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Maybe if they support Rep more, it might have not turned out so bad.
Almost 70% of Political Donations for Democrats
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/10/25/federal-employees-and-2024-political-donations/
Of the donations from all agencies, 30.5% went to Republicans, and 69.5% went to Democrats. Two agencies did not have any donations to Republicans: The Department of Education and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
In this cycle, the Air Force is the only agency listed with more donations to Republicans than to Democrats.
Agency Democrat Donations Republican Donations
Education $65,155 $0
Interior $282,684 $6701
OPM $33,197 $0
Commerce $371,159 $33,045
Labor $85,897 $4201
Agriculture $352,308 $28,216
Defense $621,206 $448,713
Justice $448,713 $149,747
Energy $374,157 $17,885
Treasury $253,190 $60,274
Transportation $204,130 $95,665
Army $363,213 $314,514
Navy $303,956 $214,735
Air Force $209,378 $221,779
Veterans Affairs $694,951 $223,202
Total $4,139.734 $1,819,677
Source: OpenSecrets.org
Sure, maybe for a few this is true if they weren’t paying attention & were in it to be in the herd; but I think the majority of these stories are from agitprops.
“I transitioned five years ago, and I’m [ecstatic, suicidal]!”
A semi-competent “journalist” could write either one of these on demand in four days.
I voted for Trump, and given the choice between him and the Deep Staters and useless/pathological lunatics for who Kamala was fronting, I’d vote for him again. But his big, stupid mouth and his thuggish manner are going to hurt him, and possibly lose him the House in 2026.
Yeah, we absolutely believe you.
As you wish. But as LI’s own Ms. Stauffer has been warning us lately, “Republicans are losing special elections all over the country”, and are in danger of losing more:
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/03/gop-uneasy-as-special-election-in-florida-cd-6-tightens/
You can deny reality, but you can’t escape the consequences of denying reality.
You are aware that Trump and the Republicans are not the same? And that many, many people who voted for Trump are not Republicans either?
In fact, the GOPe is doing their best to delay and interfere with the MAGA agenda, just as they did in his first term, but with less success this time.
And losing elections that would help Trump is a specialty of the establishment Republicans. THAT’S reality.
“You are aware that Trump and the Republicans are not the same?
Yes. And so is LI’s own Elizabeth Stauffer, who reminded all of you of the following yesterday:
“Trump needs a Republican majority in Congress to advance his agenda. A loss on Tuesday would set the stage for the second half of his term to be dominated by relentless impeachment attempts from House Democrats and countless politically motivated investigations. https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/03/alarm-sounded-about-republican-turnout-in-crucial-wisconsin-supreme-court-election/
Again, you can deny reality, but you can’t escape the consequences of denying reality.
Do you think it’s not allowed to disagree with the writers here or something? Or that repeatedly posting a link to another article actually means anything?
The writers here are just one opinion/analysis. Sometimes right. Sometimes not. Sometimes the comments agree with them. Sometimes not. Sometimes vehemently not. It’s not some key to an argument.
You can tell a leftist by their appeal to “experts” to win an argument i.e. an LI writer. Its credentialism, and its endemic among leftists..
“his big, stupid mouth and his thuggish manner”
Because “you will reap the whirlwind,” “get in their faces and tell them they are not welcome in your establishments,” and “hell, yes, we’re coming for your AR-15s” are the sort of genteel diplomacy to which Trump should aspire.
Forget the rhetoric, they impeached him twice and made how many attempts to put him in jail. All charges false. Should he send thank you tweets?
And tried to kill him twice. Don’t forget that.
The Dems are thugs, but Trump doesn’t help himself by becoming one, too.
That’s one opinion.
Don’t forget Biden’s Nuremberg speech. The blood-red background was perfect for his demonization of more than half the country.
Uh huh. Burning down buildings, threatening Americans, a demented president who sticks his fingers in subordinates cunts, a president who gets his dick sucked in the White House, murder of innocent girls by criminal aliens, boys pretending to be women walking through girls locker rooms with their cocks in girls’ faces, and sooooooo much more!
Yet, all you know is “big stupid mouth.”
What kind of fucking moron are you? Rape any girls lately?
And yes. This will be deleted by the censors who don’t want to admit the truth no matter how vulgar.
Based Professor!
Not so long as Democrats outdo him, which they are and have been since the escalator, while Wall Street Journal types expect him to just take it. The Lincoln Project is up the street, in case you got lost.
“But his big, stupid mouth and his thuggish manner are going to hurt him, and possibly lose him the House in 2026.”
LOL.
Concern troll is concerned…. AGAIN.
“Greetings, fellow Conservative. I proudly voted for Mitt Romney because he’s a man of great character who promised to do exactly what Barak Obama was doing only while Whiter. We should focus not on winning, but losing with dignity and character…”
Accurate. Moonmouth is definitely one of those “lose with dignity and character” types. He’s not the kind of “conservative” that is cut out for the current struggle to save this country.
To paraphrase Samuel Adams:
“May his chains set lightly upon him, and may posterity forget that he was our countryman,”
I would say he’s not any kind of conservative, squishy Romney type or otherwise. Look at his behavior here. His ONLY concern is Trump. He has an obsessive hatred of him, but you don’t see the little prick otherwise showing up in the comments to express opposition to Democrats. He’s a Democrat pretending to be a Republican, and his “gReeTinGs feLL0w rEpuBLicAnZ” schtick got old a while back.
The catchphrase is, “How do you do, fellow conservative!”
You are completely nuts. Go away.
Some of the most rabid sports fans are those whose teams have (or had) a reputation for smashmouth play. I believe most Americans appreciate such an attitude in their elected officials. They’re more interested in results than niceties.
What Trump is doing is like chemotherapy. Yeah, your hair is going to fall out, but there is a good chance that the cancer that is the Democratic Party will go away for good. Without Trump, the cancer would have done us all in, and I include the stupid dems in that group.
Imagine being upset that you have a leader prepared to put America and its interest first
You’re a liar. Nobody buys the bullshit you’re spewing here.
Why should I be skeptical of people (women?) who say “I supported Trump cutting government bloat and fraud but not if it causes ME any personal inconvenience.”
Sorry folks; you are simply one of the millions of people who have been riffed. My sympathy level for you is exactly the same as for any other American having to find new work.
And the complaint about not voting for Musk? Please point to ANY boss or manager you’ve ever had who WAS elected? What an imbecilic thing to say.
And because they ARE so dumb, my first impression is that they must be Democrats.
Yep, and quite likely paid shills, just like many of the “crowds” at Dem rallies.
“I’m trying to understand how people can say they supported cutting waste and fraud, balancing the budget, etc, but didn’t expect that part of that would involve a shrinking of the federal workforce.”
“But *I’M* not waste!!”
NIMBY. Not in my back yard. Typical liberals.
My immediate thought.
“I have people skills!!! What the hell is wrong with you people?!”
More gaslighting. This is e aptly why Trump won.
Why am I not impressed nor swayed? Trump is Trump…. he is a constant. You get what you see…duh. Trump is not managing the decline, he is trying to save the country.
When you can’t get data in the polls try to sway fragile minds with anecdotes.
Mostly women of course. Why does liberals always go for the sympathy toward the women?
Because it always worked in the past
Just reply, “How dare you assume that is a woman.”
America knew whom Trump was LONG before he entered politics.
That “I didn’t vote for this” shit is correct…you voted for Kamala.
This 100% why I voted for Trump.
makes sense! LAFFRIOT
Your comment is nonsensical. Conservatives want a smaller government. One that costs less, takes less in taxes, is less able to oppress its citizens, etc.
Trump promised to do that. Then he proceeded to do it. Firing govt workers and reducing the size and spending is exactly why many people voted for him.
What this village idiot doesn’t realise, or more likely. Couldn’t actually care less about, is that a large fed workforce does NOT create economic activity because you’ve got to extort more and more from the private sector to fund the behemoth. You are quite literally sucking money out of the economy to fund that non-productive sector of your country.
Hence why many countries in Europe are in serious economic trouble! Greece had over 40% of its workforce on the public payroll, in the UK 10% of its entire population is on the tax payers year, Italy, Germany, France…. They are all addicted to the crack cocaine that is taxation!
The afternoon retard brigade shift has punched the time clock.
Can we mount it higher?
We could. He’d then be forced to get off his knees.
“Of COURSE I wanted waste and fraud cut. Just not MY waste and fraud!”
I would gladly give up my military retirement as soon as all of the other layabouts surrender their claim to all of the free stuff. I would give it up if every Congress Critter who only served a few terms would surrender their retirement, and Congress Critters stopped lining their pockets.
But I would gladly give it up to save this country.
But we don’t have to. If every department and everyone on the dole took a 20% cut from whatever benefits they have, and we stop giving billions to Ukraine and other criminal countries, and if Musk is successful cutting the grift, we can retire the debt.
So you got caught in your employer’s RIF? Welcome to the real world, Sweetie. Now you get to deal with it like the rest of us have had to in the past.
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I guarantee she didn’t vote for Trump, and is likely a Democrat party activist.
Let’s see here if I can remember the losers I HAD to vote for:
Not sure if they’re in the right order…
Dole, McCain, Romney…sheesh…it’s the RINO Hall of Shame.
Now, I would like to vote for PDJT a fourth time,,if someone smart can please figure that one out!
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Most of the workers are unfortunately getting caught in the middle
Most didn’t have idea that their job was waste
They didn’t hire themselves, buy houses, have families because they believed they had a good paying job
So yeah, I feel for the majority of these people. I, and I dare say most people didn’t know the absolute insane number of unneeded government jobs, programs and theft
Our tax’s, from federal, state and everything taxed in between takes up 60% of our hard earned monies
They have been stealing from us since 1913
We repealed income tax before, the civil war tax in 1872
Do we have a what it takes?
I believe SCOTUS killed that tax as unconstitutional, not anything “we” did.
SCOTUS only struck it down as to income derived from assets. Rent, dividends, and interest. The tax on income from working, i.e. most people’s income, was always constitutional and didn’t need an amendment to enact it.
It’s totally strange, but people normally don’t like getting laid off. I did, but that’s because my management consisted of weasels.
I’ve been riffed twice, once in the private sector and once in government. I didn’t complain either time. Nobody owes me a job.
To fair there’s gonna be some folks who don’t understand how cutting the deficit spend and reducing govt debt is gonna work. There’s folks who mistakenly believe we can cut ‘foreign aid’ and nothing else to balance the budget. Others who desperately believe ‘their’ program is good but the other programs are bad. Readjustment to reality is gonna be tough.
Between 30% -40% of the GDP (aka the total economy) is govt spending. There’s a lot of waste and fraud. There’s way too many federal employees and contractors. There’s lots of totally unneeded spending. Areas like DC, NOVA and Maryland counties adjoining it that are gonna get creamed. Cut the bureaucracy and the incomes to support the mortgages on all those DC suburbs goes away.
There’s gonna be folks who don’t understand this process is like a crash diet with an intensive fitness regimen. Lots of pain to get to the other side of a balanced budget. Lots of sob stories. Gonna take a whole new approach to govt programs. Why should taxpayers fund lifestyle choices? Why should irresponsible people be bailed out by taxpayers? Charities and private donations gonna need to step up to provide it not taxpayers. Same for lots of govt services the Feds fund; the necessary things that are better done at State/local level will need to be funded at State/local level by the taxpayers of those jurisdictions not federal taxpayers.
Another new Dem riff is whining about how much these retaliatory tariffs are going to raise prices for “Ordinary Americans”. Normal people respond to increased prices by shopping for less expensive (and often more domestic) alternatives. On the other hand, our well off Dem influencers cannot even conceive of life without their BMW, so they will pay their stupidity tax to the rest of us, and try to sound indignantly populist at the same time.
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