{"id":126128,"date":"2026-02-28T16:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/126128\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T16:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:01:06","slug":"mysterious-leaving-maga-billboards-pop-up-around-battleground-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/126128\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious &#8216;Leaving MAGA&#8217; billboards pop up around battleground Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLeaving MAGA\u201d billboards that have popped up around central Pennsylvania are urging people to ditch the movement and are treating it like a disease \u2013 but it\u2019s not clear who is paying for the PR blitz.<\/p>\n<p>The eye-catching signs have been spotted around Lancaster, a Democratic-leaning city surrounded by rural communities that voted for President Trump. <\/p>\n<p>They have also <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/nonprofits-leave-maga-billboards-spark-debate-in-pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">appeared in the conservative York County towns<\/a> of York and Hanover and in Mechanicsburg.<\/p>\n<p>Billboards touting the website LeavingMaga.org have appeared around Pennsylvania. But a voice mail listed on the billboard sounded like a private line, and calls weren\u2019t returned. Leaving MAGA<\/p>\n<p>Mystery surrounds who is paying for the signs. <\/p>\n<p>The billboard lists a phone number and the name Andrew Miller. <\/p>\n<p>But repeated messages left at the number weren\u2019t returned.<\/p>\n<p>A voicemail message says only, \u201cI\u2019ll get back to you when I can, thanks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Rich Logis, the executive director of<a href=\"http:\/\/leavingmaga.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> LeavingMAGA.org<\/a>, the group whose name appears on the billboards, told The Post, \u201cWe didn\u2019t pay for any of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He did give the OK to a group wanting to post billboards around the state. \u201cThey want to remain anonymous.\u00a0 But I don\u2019t know who Andrew is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rich Logis, the executive director of LeavingMAGA.org, says he gave permission to another group who wanted to place the billboards. But he doesn\u2019t know the person whose number is listed.  leavingmaga.org<\/p>\n<p>Logis said the group is planning four more billboards in red areas.<\/p>\n<p>His site touts a \u201csupport group for those affected by a loved one\u2019s MAGA affiliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A former conservative podcaster based in Florida who previously lived in Yonkers, the two-time Trump voter says he was an \u201cunapologetic Trump and MAGA supporter\u201d before turning away from the movement. <\/p>\n<p>Cold comfort. The organization has a support group facilitator and holds online meetings for friends and family. Leaving MAGA<\/p>\n<p>The billboards have been spotted around Pennsylvania in Lancaster, York, Hanover, and Mechanicsburg. Leaving MAGA<\/p>\n<p>Logis claims the group helped two dozen people leave MAGA and that 40-50 joined online groups. \u201cIt is a place where people can find better ways to navigate their relationships and relieve themselves of the pressure that they can change their MAGA close friend or loved one,\u201d Logis said.<\/p>\n<p>A March 2025 NBC News poll showed more than a third of registered voters consider themselves part of MAGA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cLeaving MAGA\u201d billboards that have popped up around central Pennsylvania are urging people to ditch the movement and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,50,3857,302],"class_list":["post-126128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}