Robert Barnes gave some pretty good background last night on Massie’s district. Long and consistent antiwar record. My guess is they have sent a lot of fighters to the military as well, which makes it an especially honorable position IMO.
Loyalty should be to the country and Constitution, not another pol.
Massie is elected by the citizens of his district. He represents them in Congress, not the House Speaker, not the President.
Trump’s focus should be on increasing the number of Republicans in the House by capturing Democrat seats, not wasting the money on punishing what he perceives as lack of loyalty. If he loses the House in the 2026 midterms, he will spend the last two years of his term fighting a Democrat House that controls the power of the purse, and which unlike the Republican House, will use it to further their agenda.
I’m not a big fan of Massie, but if I was in his shoes and I was chased out of office in a primary campaign to a candidate funded by outsiders, I would not hesitate to run on a third party ticket in the general election.
Yes. Massie is ingrained in that district he has his property and lives off the grid there.
He was also the Judge Executive which you may recognize as a County Executive before he ran for Congress
He was inspired to run for that position in 2008 by Ron Paul.
And also to your district’s constituents...
If his district is anti-war, then he is acting the way his constituents want him to do so. If Trump is going after Massie, it’s a waste of resources. Like others have stated...go after Democrats, not someone who is likely going to vote your way 80% of the time.