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C-SPAN caller claims to be 3-time Trump voter, now says he’s seen the light of a Hitler-like brainwasher

May 18, 2026 | | Print Article

An alleged “three-time Donald Trump voter” served up quite the softball for corporate media to swipe at the president after professing a new understanding about “somebody like Adolf Hitler.”

“… definitely not a deranged momala voter …”

Saturday, C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” opened up its partisan call lines seemingly intended to give the program balance to bounce between Democrats, Republicans, and Independent voters as desired. However, many were left in doubt about the screening process when a self-identified former supporter of President Donald Trump turned to leftist talking points with a Hitler comparison and how the dictator “was able to brainwash millions of people.”

After lamenting continued support for Trump and admitting to voting for him in 2016, 2020, 2024 — while also considering Democrat and third-party candidates — Thomas from Hawaii was asked by host Taylor Popielarz what the last straw was.

“I don’t think it’s one thing. It’s been a cumulative process, and it’s gotten so blatant now,” he suggested. “He was gonna lower prices on day one, he was gonna do this on day one, only he could fix all this stuff. And now I understand how somebody like Adolf Hitler was able to brainwash millions of people. I never thought I’d see that again in my lifetime. But it’s happened, right? I thought we got past that, but we don’t learn from history.”

When the conversation began, Thomas, who called in on the Republican line, expressed, “It’s hard for me to say this, but I think if I can open up about it in public, that it might help others. I wanted to believe Trump was the real deal for a long time — even though I had doubts ’cause I knew enough about his business history to think otherwise.”

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“But now I regret my support for him, and I should’ve known better. He’s making it plain as day, he’s a con man; a liar; doesn’t keep his promises; he’s in office all for himself; and he doesn’t even try to hide his corruption anymore,” he went on as he described alternative media as the “right-wing, propaganda for profit, disinformation media industrial complex.”

Thomas further argued, “… he’s the worst president we’ve ever had, and he’s the most corrupt president we’ve ever had. I know it’s hard, it took me a while to be able to say that — very difficult when you commit yourself to believing in somebody.”

Outlets like The Daily Beast and HuffPost more readily shared the story of supposed regret, which concluded with the caller promoting an anti-Trump nonprofit called Leaving MAGA, repeatedly platformed by MS NOW and Frank Figliuzzi, former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence.

Whether or not the caller actually held to Republican views was further questioned when he made the Trump Derangement Syndrome midterm election pitch, “Right now the only weapon is to vote for as many Democrats — whether you like ’em or not.”

As with corporate media leveraging the narrative, skeptics on social media were quick to splash cold water on the call.

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