15 MAGA Supporters Who Criticized the Trump Administration

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WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 11: U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions while departing the White House on July 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is scheduled to travel to Central Texas today to meet with first responders and local elected officials involved with the recovery process from last week’s flash flooding event that has claimed more than 120 lives. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

It only took six months for many of his loyal allies to completely turn their backs on their leader, President Donald Trump. And as time continues, his disapproval only seems to be getting louder from within. Between Trump’s handling of the infamous Epstein files, immigration and even his thunderstorm of executive orders and role in the war in the Middle East, Trump is catching it from everywhere.

According to recent polls, the president’s overall approval rating has been steadily dropping. And it can’t help that much of the criticism is coming from his own party. Notable folks like podcaster Joe Rogan and Ga. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene are sounding the alarms… and if you’ve missed any of the drama, don’t worry. We got you covered with a full list of MAGAnites who are singing a much different tune.

Colo. Rep. Lauren Boebert

As the days go by, more Republicans are speaking up and out against Trump as he continues to deflect about the release of the Epstein files. Colo. Rep. Lauren Boebert was once an avid support of the president, but it seems she’s drawing a clear line between herself and the administration over the controversial files. She has called Matt Gaetz, who was previously Trump nominee for attorney general, to lead a special counsel investigation into the Epstein files, The Independent reported. “There has to be a special investigation into this if we aren’t going to be provided information,” Boebert said on The Benny Show.” She added, “I want answers and maybe that takes that special counsel to do so.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 15: U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks at a press conference following a House Republican conference meeting on Capitol Hill on July 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Republican leadership highlighted the passage of the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act, President Trump’s signature tax and spending bill. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Although House Speaker Mike Johnson remains close with President Trump, he boldly declared that there needs to be “maximum transparency” in regards to the Epstein files. He also called for the files to be made public. “Everybody wants the Epstein files, which is the real documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and anybody associated with that. We want the American people to see it,” he said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” This is one of the only times Johnson has expressed a separate view from Trump since his November election.

Commentator Candace Owens

ORLANDO, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 25: Candace Owens speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at The Rosen Shingle Creek on February 25, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. CPAC, which began in 1974, is an annual political conference attended by conservative activists and elected officials. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Conservative commentator Candace Owens appeared on the “Piers Morgan Uncensored” show to finally admit she was wrong about the president. Trump came under fire — perhaps more than usual– after joining Israel’s longstanding beef with it’s Middle Eastern neighbor Iran and launching missiles at its nuclear facilities. “He’s been a chronic disappointment,” Owens told British show host Piers Morgan. “I feel embarrassed that I told people to go vote for him because this wasn’t going to happen, and it is happening,” she continued, referring to U.S. attack on Iran.

Podcaster Dave Smith

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Right-wing podcaster Dave Smith is another MAGA supporter who came out to apologize for voting for Trump. Smith took major issue with Trump’s handling of Iran as well. And in response, he said “I supported him this last year. I apologize for doing so. It was a bad calculation.” Smith continued, “Trump should be impeached and removed for this. All of his supporters should turn on him.” He even went as far to add, “It’s an absolute betrayal of everything he ran and campaigned on… He is going to lose his coalition over this.”

Former DOGE Director Elon Musk

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 30: Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Musk, who served as an adviser to Trump and led the Department of Government Efficiency, announced he would leave his role the Trump administration to refocus on his businesses. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Ever since Tesla CEO Elon Musk left Trump’s White House as the head of DOGE, the beef between him and the head of state has been anything but civil. From Musk’s rant on X about how dangerous the GOP-led spending bill– named the Big, Beautiful Bill Act– is to his shocking claims that Trump is in the Epstein files, Musk hasn’t been holding his tongue. The CEO even took responsibility for Trump’s November win. “Without me, Trump would have lost the election,” Musk wrote on Thursday (June 6). Musk is seemingly over his alliance with Trump, and he announced plans to launch his own political party, the America Party.

Ohio Rep. Troy Balderson

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 17: Representative Troy Balderson, a Republican from Ohio, attends a House Small Business Committee hearing on July 17, 2020 in Washington, D.C. The hearing is titled “Oversight of the Small Business Administration and Department of Treasury Pandemic Programs.” (Photo by Erin Scott-Pool/Getty Images)

Ohio Rep. Troy Balderson told his own district that the president’s blitz of executive orders was “getting out of control,” according to the Columbus Dispatch. Trump has signed over 170 orders in his second term so far. Balderson added, “Congress has to decide whether or not the Department of Education goes away. Not the president, not Elon Musk. Congress decides.”

Ga. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 07: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks during the hearing on “Unfair Play: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” held by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Subcommittee at the U.S. Capitol on May 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. The hearing comes after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February that withholds federal funding from programs that allow transgender women and girls to compete in women’s sports events. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Republicans like Ga. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had major critiques for the Big, Beautiful Bill. In the case of the Georgia congresswoman, a small provision in the bill took away state’s rights to regulate artificial intelligence, and Greene said that is a pure violation. This was of course after she voted to pass the bill to the Senate, admitting she didn’t read that part of the more than 900-paged document.”I am adamantly OPPOSED to this and it is a violation of state rights and I would have voted NO if I had known this was in there,” she wrote on X.

Podcaster Andrew Schulz

Conservative podcaster Andrew Schulz is one of the last people you’d expect to give props to Democratic socialists… but oh how the tables turn. Like the others on this list, Schulz is having regrets about helping elect Trump back in office. He said “The only party right now that to me seems ‘America First’ is the Democrat Socialist Party.” The president ran on a “America First” campaign, promising to make Americans a priority, but Schulz doesn’t think he’s doing a good job at it. He continued on the “Flagrant Show” declaring folks like Vt. Sen. Bernie Sanders, N.Y. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and N.Y. mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani are actually doing what Trump claimed he would. “Lying to Americans is not ‘America First,’” he continued.

Ala. Rep. Gary Palmer 

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 10: Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on June 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. The hearing titled “Securing Americans’ Genetic Information: Privacy and National Security Concerns Surrounding 23andMe’s Bankruptcy Sale” comes after 27 states and the District of Columbia are suing to force customer consent before 23andMe sells any personal genetic data after the company entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Back in February, Ala. Rep. Gary Palmer said, lawmakers “need to remind” Trump that “Congress has a role” in governing the country. He said this in response to Musk joining Trump’s administration and in response to Trump trying to dismantle key government agencies without Congressional approval. “In some of these [cases], he has to work with Congress,” Palmer continued. Although it might not seem like complete disapproval, it’s more than many of his colleagues have addressed in the past. 

Commentator Tucker Carlson

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: Political commentator Tucker Carlson attends the United States Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th President of the United States. (Photo by Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images)

Although the MAGA commentator Tucker Carlson says he still supports the president, his recent criticisms of Trump have landed him on the president’s bad side. For starters, Carlson did not approve of Trump’s handling of the Iranian war with Israel. In June, he said Trump was “complicit in the act of war.” He’s previously called Trump “corrupt” and even went as far as to criticize the administration’s refusal to answer his own questions. “The fact that the U.S. government, the one that I voted for, refused to take my question seriously and instead said, ‘Case closed, shut up conspiracy theorist,’ was too much for me,” he said according to NBC News. In response, Trump called Carlson “kooky.”

Comedian Tim Dillon

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On June 12, Tim Dillon took to his podcast to criticize Trump sending military to silence Los Angeles protesters. “Rubber bullets to the face, National Guard in the streets, so many things go so badly so fast,” the comedian said. Dillon was once adored by MAGA, but now, he’s become a strong critic of the administration. Later on, he added to his critiques. “The immigration raids that are random are barbaric,” Dillon said referring to Trump’s self proclaimed deportation mandate. “It’s inhumane, and I think a lot of people feel that way.”

Maine Sen. Susan Collins

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 09: Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) makes remarks at the opening of a hearing held to examine a future without Type 1 Diabetes with a focus on accelerating breakthroughs and creating hope at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 09, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Breakthrough T1D)

Maine Sen. Susan Collins said the White House has “gone too far” by allowing tech giant Musk to lead in the White House, according to MSNBC. Collins also chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee. She warned that if Trump continues to ignore court orders and flood legislation, she expects to “see lawsuits.” The senator added, “A lot of these issues are going to end up in court.” So far, the administration has been sued more than 100 times.

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 13: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) attends a hearing on pharmacy benefit managers in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Committee met to examine pharmacy benefit managers and competition issues in the prescription drug supply chain. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Even the oldest, most traditional Republicans have been clapping back at Trump. Just days into the president’s second term, Trump fired 18 inspectors general, and Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley was not pleased by the move. He and Sen. Dick Durban sent a formal letter demanding answers as to why proper protocol was not followed in the case of the firings. “While IG’s aren’t immune from removal, the law must be followed,” it read according to KCCI. “The communication to Congress must contain more than vague statements. It must include sufficient facts to assure Congress and the public the termination is due to real concerns… This is matter of public and congressional accountability and ensuring the public’s confidence in the Inspector General community,” the senators continued.

Podcaster Joe Rogan

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – APRIL 12: Joe Rogan MC’s during the UFC 300 ceremonial weigh-in at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 12, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

Joe Rogan was key to Trump securing votes from younger generations. But now, he’s sounding off after he claims Trump is taking the immigration crisis in America too far. “You got to get scared that people who are not criminals are getting like lassoed up and deported and sent to El Salvador prisons,” Rogan said during a podcast episode. He even doubled down on the sentiment, adding “It’s insane” that Trump is not just targeting “criminals and gang members” but also the “targeting of migrant workers.”

Ky. Sen. Rand Paul

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 15: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) arrives for a confirmation hearing at the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Waltz, who was nominated by U.S. President Donald Trump to be the next U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, previously served as the National Security Adviser. He resigned from that position after facing scrutiny for his involvement in creating a Signal chat that mistakenly included a journalist. This chat discussed sensitive plans for a military strike on Houthi targets in Yemen. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The Kentucky senator was one of the few Republicans who were openly critical of the Big, Beautiful Bill Act while it was still in Congress. “If they want my vote, they’ll have to negotiate,” Paul said, according to NBC News. His major criticism of the bill came down to the fact that an expected $4 trillion will be added to the national debt. “I talked to the President last evening after the parade, and we’re trying to get to a better place in our conversations,” said Paul. “And I’ve let him know that I’m not an absolute no.” In the end, he stood his ground and did not vote yes to the bill. But Congress was able to pass it without him. And on July 4, Trump signed it into action.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino

LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 21: Dan Bongino speaks onstage during Politicon 2018 at Los Angeles Convention Center on October 21, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Politicon )

Among the most vocal against Trump’s handling of the Epstein files is Deputy Director Dan Bongino who stormed out of a meeting with Attorney General Pam Bondi, the Guardian reported. MAGA leaders once promised to unleash the sealed files if Trump was elected to office. But now that he’s been there for six months, many say the administration is trying to hide something. Bongino, who works in the FBI isn’t here for it, however. That’s why he walked out. Now, his fate in Trump’s administration is up in the air as he continues to be outspoken about his disapproval of Bondi and the Epstein files findings. When asked if Bongino was still at his position in the FBI, Trump responded “I think so,” CNN reported.

Podcaster Brandon Tatum

Brandon Tatum appears on “The Stephen A. Smith Show” on May 1

Brandon Tatum once got Fox News and declared his MAGA hat “has given me hope about America.” Six years later, his thoughts on Trump and MAGA have changed. Tatum told a crowd at the Tampa Convention Center, “I think that these people — and I don’t know, for whatever reason, there could be reasons — but I don’t think they’re telling us the truth about Epstein.” He continued criticizing the president. “That guy [Trump] was involved in something nefarious that implicates a whole lot of people. And my guess is that a whole lot of people may happen to be some of our allies and some people that we don’t want to have a bad relationship with,” he said, NBC News reported.

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