Saying that the “Front Row Joes” are to American politics what Phish Heads and Juggalos are to their respective acts’ concert scenes is pretty rude to those fanbases – even the one that wears evil clown makeup and some elements of which are considered a criminal organization by many a law enforcement agency – but it’s the closest analogue we’ve got here. The “Front Row Joes,” numbering from about 250 core members – like that “Brick Suit” dickhead with the tacky “border wall” pattern on his signature jacket and pants – to something like 1,200 including casual-ish associates, have for the past decade followed convicted felon President Trump to his rallies far and wide, posting themselves at the front of the line days in advance to grab a spot at the front row.

Rick Frazier will no longer be joining them. The 70 year-old Ohioan told the Washington Post that Trump is now “the king of the swamp,” having lost Frazier by mocking Democrats’ seizure of affordability as a campaign theme as well as Trump dragging his feet on the Epstein files. And one other thing: The interview took place in Frazier’s living room, where on the wall hangs a framed letter personally written by Trump in 2023 expressing condolences over the death of Frazier’s daughter from a drug overdose. Trump’s pardon of Honduran narco-tyrant Juan Orlando Hernandez did not sit right at all. “See, that got me all upset,” Frazier told the Post, who described him as emotional.

Rick says he voted for his Congressman and incoming house Minority Leader Jim Jordan but on the same ballot he also backed Dems Governor-Elect Amy Acton and former Senator-now-Senator-Elect Sherrod Brown over Trump minions Vivek Ramaswamy and Jon Husted. “I’m kind of going to go back to the way I was before Trump. I was independently swinging wherever the best guy was running, and that’s the way I think it should be,” Frazier said, adding he still kinda likes JD Vance.