He works for the people of Pensacola. They are the only ones who matter at this time. I believe he had their ok since it’s a huge military area.
Yours is the most important -- and relevant -- post on this thread.
In this age of internet media coverage of politics it's easy to make the mistake of assuming that every member of Congress represents a national constituency. That's 100% wrong. Each member of Congress represents a district or a state -- and that's it.
Kudos to someone like Thomas Massie for the consistency of his political philosophy. There are few things I find more repulsive than a politician who votes in completely opposite ways on measures that are effectively identical, depending on which party occupies the office that stands to gain or lose from it.
Nobody needs that sh!t in government, period.