Former MAGA Supporters Form “Leaving MAGA” Network to Aid Disillusioned Trump Fans

Former adherents of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement have organized a peer-support group called “Leaving MAGA.” Founded by ex-campaign volunteer Rich Logis in 2024, the network meets weekly in a setting they call “MAGA Anonymous” (MA). The group’s stated purpose is to replace the camaraderie members felt in MAGA with a community of “repentant Trumpers” who can process regret and seek amends.

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Participants describe a gradual erosion of belief during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent national events. Courtney Rosenberg, a former MAGA activist now working as a telecoms account executive in Detroit, says the President’s encouragement of rally attendance amid the virus was “an existential moment” that shattered her trust. She adds that the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol were “mortifying” and prompted her to abandon Trump entirely.

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Rich Logis recounts that the pandemic’s impact in Florida, combined with the May 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were killed, served as “the final straw” that led him to leave the movement. James Hicks, a Black former MAGA supporter from Arkansas, cites the violent clearing of protesters in Lafayette Square in 2020 and mask-less gatherings encouraged by Trump as catalysts for his break.

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The article notes that Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 33 percent, according to a Reuters poll from last month, and that his popularity is declining amid higher inflation linked to the Iran war that began in February.

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• Rich Logis – 49-year-old former MAGA activist, founder of Leaving MAGA.

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• Courtney Rosenberg – 38-year-old former MAGA supporter, now a telecoms account executive.

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• James Hicks – 31-year-old former MAGA voter, now working in a call centre.

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• “I viewed Trump as the titular leader of a new movement that I considered to be something akin to a second founding of America,” — Rich Logis, ex-maga activist

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• “I would disregard the fact they got killed,” — James Hicks

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Leaving MAGA’s weekly meetings provide a space for former supporters to discuss “remorse, embarrassment, and anger” while attempting to “make amends by apologising.” The network’s growth coincides with a broader shift among some voters who, for the first time in a decade, view Democrats as better stewards of the economy, as reflected in rising gasoline prices reported by the AAA. While the group remains small, its presence in multiple states suggests a nascent movement of former Trump adherents seeking to re-orient their political identities.

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