Signs of strain are emerging for President Donald Trump, even among supporters who once backed him without hesitation. On Runaway Country, host Alex Wagner highlighted a moment from a congressional hearing that underscored the growing sense of regret, featuring a veteran who said he deeply regretted voting for Trump after his wife — who had lived in the United States for decades — was arrested by ICE.
“Why did you vote for him?” a member of Congress asked.
“Because I was an idiot,” the veteran replied. “Evangelical Christian people were lied to, if you really want to know the truth. And that’s exactly what happened.” He said he believed deportations would only target criminals, but instead his wife — someone devoted to serving others — was detained. “My wife and I, when we don’t work, we’re ministers. We help the needy. That’s what we do. And that’s who they’re arresting.”
President Trump promised to arrest the worst of the worst, but he’s arresting Evangelical ministers who voted for him!!
— Rep. Lou Correa (@RepLouCorrea) November 19, 2025
You can’t make this stuff up. pic.twitter.com/DiTwGHNGQz
Wagner responded by situating the exchange within a wider pattern of disillusionment among Trump voters. “If you look at the bottom of the screen, this is a panel about rising health care costs, which is like the double whammy,” she told Nicole Wallace on MSNBC.
She was blunt in her assessment. “He is debasing Americans. He is tearing families apart. And the central premise of his reelection, which was to make America more affordable, is a complete fallacy, a complete lie.” Wagner said one person she spoke with saw their monthly health insurance premium soar from $100 to $800.
“It is one thing to just not deliver,” she said. “But to act in the way that he has, which is so dehumanizing, so cruel… this is why we are seeing the beginnings of real cracks with this president and his base.”
Promises made, promises kept.
How sad it is to vote against your interests
“his wife — who had lived in the United States for decades — was arrested by ICE”
Was she in the US *legally* for decades, or was she committing a crime by living in the US illegally?
haha
Everyone outside your cult told you this would happen. You chose to scoff. Talking about “helping the needy” and then ignoring *Trump’s entire life*. I feel bad for the wife, but the husband? Absolutely got what he voted for, completely deserved.
He voted for this. He just wanted it to happen to other people’s families, not his own. There is no hate like Christian love.
Have the life you voted for asshole
“Because I was an idiot,” Wait. You already said he voted for Trump. This is redundant.