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SCOOP: Trump launches MAGA PAC in effort to oust Rep. Massie from Congress
axios ^ | June 23 | Alex Isenstadt

Posted on 06/23/2025 3:12:53 AM PDT by RandFan

President Trump's political operation has launched an aggressive effort to unseat Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, its first such effort to defeat a sitting Republican incumbent, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: By going after Massie, Trump's team is looking to put wayward Republicans on notice that they're ready to play hardball.

Massie has attacked Trump over his strike on Iran, saying on X that it was "not Constitutional," prompting the president to fire back on Truth Social that the congressman is "not MAGA." He also called Massie "weak, ineffective" and "disrespectful to our great military, and all that they stand for."

Massie was one of two House Republicans to vote against Trump's "big beautiful bill" last month, leading Trump to declare that he should be "voted out of office."

Zoom out: Trump's $500 million political apparatus is the most powerful, well-funded force in American politics — and gives Trump a weapon with which to target any lawmaker who crosses him.

(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: griftpac; iran; kentucky; thomasmassie; waronterror
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To: RandFan

loonatarians can only hide for so long.


21 posted on 06/23/2025 4:01:04 AM PDT by central_va (The I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: RandFan

I think Massie is auditioning for a RHINO spot on CNN or MSNBC. There’s good money in being a traitorous Republican.


22 posted on 06/23/2025 4:01:58 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: DeplorablePaul; central_va

But he’s not a RINO he is one of the most conservative members of the House

You just measure by a different definition i.e If he’s aligned with Trump


23 posted on 06/23/2025 4:04:04 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

A loonararean telling me what a conservative is? Spare me.


24 posted on 06/23/2025 4:05:07 AM PDT by central_va (The I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

It’s Donald Trump who is deviating from core values not Thomas Massie

And can you quit with the “Losertarian”/Loonitarian jibes it’s quite childish!


25 posted on 06/23/2025 4:08:05 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: central_va

What are your main beefs with Massie?


26 posted on 06/23/2025 4:08:52 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: jacknhoo; anyone

I live across the river from Kentucky.

There is an old joke that Indiana and Ky had a little known war 50 years ago or so.

Kentuckians started launching sticks of dynamite across the Ohio and the Hoosiers woukd light them and throw them back.
🫣🤣

———-

Seriously I can’t pick sides as I lived 90+% of my life in Indiana but was born in Louisville.

Here is his voting record. One thing I noticed is he voted for and against the same bill a few times, not sure why (maybe different versions???):

https://massie.house.gov/voterecord/


27 posted on 06/23/2025 4:11:19 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: RandFan

I did notice he has voted for most immigration control measures.


28 posted on 06/23/2025 4:13:06 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: central_va

Hint: immigration is my usual beef with libertarians, but Massie looks to be really strong on the issue:

https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/132068/thomas-massie/40/immigration


29 posted on 06/23/2025 4:13:53 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: VAFreedom

“Disloyal is worse than being a democrat i suppose”

Disloyal? He’s a democrat taking up a republican seat.

If most of the republicans are RINOs democrats- how can pro US things get done


30 posted on 06/23/2025 4:16:43 AM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: RandFan

HOORAY President Trump!


31 posted on 06/23/2025 4:17:03 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: RandFan

Massie and Rand are okay with violating the Art. 1, Sec. 5, quorum requirements of the U.S. Constitution.


32 posted on 06/23/2025 4:17:07 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: RandFan

Liber-loonatics have taken over Free Republic. Sad.


33 posted on 06/23/2025 4:25:46 AM PDT by central_va (The I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: 9YearLurker

Agree in public, disagree in private. He is a grandstanding idiot being used by the MSM.


34 posted on 06/23/2025 4:28:27 AM PDT by central_va (The I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: RandFan

Massie is a typical libertarian putz: a slogan for every issue but no solutions.


35 posted on 06/23/2025 4:30:32 AM PDT by Ikemeister
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To: central_va

Would be pretty awful for elected officials to tell their constituents one thing and hold a completely different actual opinion.

But I agree on the grandstanding.


36 posted on 06/23/2025 4:33:31 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: central_va

Importantly, I also disagree with him on tariffs being vital in our current situation:

https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-daily-wire-speaks-rep-thomas-massie-frank-camp


37 posted on 06/23/2025 4:35:01 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

Tariffs are the long solution to economic decline.


38 posted on 06/23/2025 4:42:22 AM PDT by central_va (The I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

They are the quickest solution to getting our critical supply chains back from our worst enemy.


39 posted on 06/23/2025 4:52:35 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: RandFan
quit with the “Losertarian”/Loonitarian jibes

Shoe fits.

Wear it.

40 posted on 06/23/2025 4:54:20 AM PDT by M. Thatcher
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