# Are the "Front Row Joes" disillusioned yet? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 7, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-front-row-joes-disillusioned-yet/1032883 "2026-09-07T19:25:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-front-row-joes-disillusioned-yet/1032883/1 "2026-09-07T19:25:38Z")
I haven’t seen any interviews with those particular psychos yet. They followed him around like Deadheads, wearing his garb and hearing his boasts and promises over and over. I’m guessing that all washed over them after a while. Except for targeting brown people, he hasn’t even tried to fulfill any of his promises. Does Brick wall guy feel like fool yet? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-front-row-joes-disillusioned-yet/1032883/2 "2026-09-07T19:43:23Z")
Who him? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-front-row-joes-disillusioned-yet/1032883/3 "2026-09-07T19:44:00Z")
[‘Front Row Joes’ follow Trump across the country – but he knows little about them](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/front-row-joes-trump-across-111926121.html) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-front-row-joes-disillusioned-yet/1032883/4 "2026-09-07T19:44:20Z")
I didn’t have any idea what tf this was about so I did a search. Apparently there is a group of people who go to Trump appearances together or meet up at them. They get in line super early so they are always in the front ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-front-row-joes-disillusioned-yet/1032883/5 "2026-09-07T19:44:33Z")
Thank you for adding a bit of clarification. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-front-row-joes-disillusioned-yet/1032883/6 "2026-09-07T19:45:32Z")
From the link: > But while [MAGA](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/maga) supporters might have been expected to applaud the president’s acknowledgement of their commitment, a counterpoint was offered by one former member online. > > Trisha Hope, a self-declared “J6 activist” said she was previously a member of the group but had left last year after becoming disillusioned by the president’s [response to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-epstein-files-doj-release-b2889267.html). > > “I was a Front Row Joe and this really bothers me,” she [wrote](https://x.com/JustTheTweets17/status/2080070500676407399) in response to a short clip of Trump’s comments. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-front-row-joes-disillusioned-yet/1032883/7 "2026-09-08T15:42:01Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Who him? A herd of dipshits. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-front-row-joes-disillusioned-yet/1032883/8 "2026-09-08T16:00:54Z")
I had no idea what the OP was on about either. But to answer, they are WAY to far gone to ever come to their senses. AND they would have to admit to the world what they are. That list is longer than I have time to tackle. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-front-row-joes-disillusioned-yet/1032883/9 "2026-09-08T19:00:07Z")
First time I saw that phrase. Anyway, don’t they like, have JOBS or anything? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-front-row-joes-disillusioned-yet/1032883/10 "2026-09-08T19:16:12Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Anyway, don’t they like, have JOBS or anything? I will posit a WAG that most of them are on Social Security disability, and/or are retired and on Social Security retirement payments. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-front-row-joes-disillusioned-yet/1032883/11 "2026-09-08T19:59:04Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I had no idea what the OP was on about either. But to answer, they are WAY to far gone to ever come to their senses. > > AND they would have to admit to the world what they are. That list is longer than I have time to tackle. A counter argument to that is quoted two posts above yours. How many are like her is, of course, a question. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-front-row-joes-disillusioned-yet/1032883/12 "2026-09-08T20:11:06Z")
Show me 30 million and i will havevsome hope. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-front-row-joes-disillusioned-yet/1032883/13 "2026-09-08T20:19:37Z")
There are probably only like 50 or 60 hardcore FRJs. Let’s say it’s 200. Why even worry about them? The question posed in the OP is interesting but they aren’t really representative of anyone. Meeting up at Trump rallies at this point is probably just as much about hanging out and having fun with their buddies as it is about Trump and even more about trolling. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-front-row-joes-disillusioned-yet/1032883/14 "2026-09-08T22:44:01Z")
Or they have GiveSendGo accounts. GSG, if you aren’t familiar with it, allows fundraising for suspected criminals, and it’s how the Karmelo Anthony case has kept going.