Once known for fiery speeches and his Cowboys for Trump caravans, Couy Griffin passed this winter laboring quietly on his father’s ranch in Catron County, tending to the herd, mending fences and “trying not [to]starve,” as he put it.

What this tormented time requires, Griffin has decided, is healing and withdrawing his support for President Donald Trump, even if it pains him slightly to say it.

“To be honest with you, it’s really hard for me to even listen to him anymore,” said Griffin, the founder of Cowboys for Trump, once famous for riding quarter horses through Washington, D.C., in the president’s support.