# “They Hate the Groypers Because They Were Right”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/they-hate-the-groypers-because-they-were-right/
- Published: 2026-11-04T14:40:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T09:39:47+00:00
- Original publisher: Mother Jones (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/11/they-hate-the-groypers-because-they-were-right/
- Topics: Elections, Politics

## Key points

- Democratic wins emboldened far-right critics of Trump.
- They blamed policies including the Iran war and immigration failures.
- Trump blamed Fox News, while a broad fraud claim failed to take hold.

## Summary

After Democratic wins in the midterm elections, several prominent far-right figures who had once backed Donald Trump celebrated the results as proof that they had been right to oppose his second-term policies. Their criticism focused on the Iran war, support for Israel, immigration, the economy and the failure to release the Epstein files, while Trump blamed Fox News coverage for Republican losses.

Nick Fuentes urged his followers to stay home or vote Democrat, and Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon thanked him, arguing that the administration had ignored its base. Alex Jones called Trump “a literal sack of garbage”, while MAGA figure Mike Cernovich said the Iran war had been expected to damage the party in the midterms. Some Trump allies raised claims about voting machines, but a broad fraud narrative did not take hold; former homeland security secretary Kristi Noem instead suggested the administration had been too successful.

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