Posted on 03/25/2026 8:08:21 AM PDT by RandFan
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"Men need to be perp-walked in handcuffs to the jail, and until we see that here in this country... we don't have a system of justice that's working."
Republican Congressman Thomas Massie on whether survivors of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will see justice done.
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He's so eloquent. He should perhaps run for president.
Massie sounds like he’s hiding something. Probably a guilty conscience
He’s correct. We have a massively bloated government run by a deep state
Massie should recognize Trumps the only one who has defeated them
GFY Randfan.
Name even just one Censure Massie as entered to vote on for ANY current politician in the senate.
Yep none, he is not serious, he is bloviating for political gain.
Just my opinion.
In America, most criminals are currently working for the judiciary gang.
All he does is bloviate. Hypocritical to the max. He was the deciding vote on committee that allowed the Biden administration to spend us into oblivion. Basically, he is a tool for McConnell and the Deep State.
He’s right - we don’t - but for all the wrong reasons.
His TDS blinds him.
+1000 to that! The justice system in the USA sux esp for the average citizen. It becomes clear pretty quickly that the primary reason that we are there is to put money into city coffers. ALL attorneys should receive scourging every quarter IMHO.
He would be in jail if we did.
When a survivor steps up, states a specific crime and contacts the DOJ, I'll take notice.
Until then, Massie remains a poser.
He says anything to get more media attention.
He is trading on the popular notion that there are numerous persons, some public figures, for which Massie (and others) presume - PRESUME -there is evidence of crimes those persons committed together or in concert with Jeffrey Epstein. It is a presumption but that presumption is not evidence nor can he back it up with evidence. He is just playing to populist sentiment.
He could run his campaign from the BBC
My Chihuahua has figured out we don’t have a functioning justice system. Coco for President! 😆
Get real.
Epstein paid under age prostitutes the market rate for massage sex.
All of them lied about their age.
All of them accepted the money before doing anything.
Many of them actively recruited other under age girls, and both of them got paid.
Finally, Virginia Guiffre is the ONLY woman - out of about 200 - who claims she had sex with someone besides Epstein.
Massie is full of sh#%.
Our justice system isn’t working. We’re letting violent criminals get arrested and released over and over again. Why is he not addressing that? Instead, he just wants to take shot at the current president. He didn’t make a lot of noise when the last president, a democrat, was in office.
I really hope his ass loses. The clown likes to hear himself talk and he finds he gets the most attention attacking our president.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4369035/posts
Flashback: Thomas Massie receives and accepts Quincy Award from Iran lobbyist
Rep Thomas Massie receiving the Quincy award from Trita Parsi, an actual Iranian lobbyist, alongside progressive Democrat Ro Khanna.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trita_Parsi
Trita Parsi (Persian: تریتا پارسی) is an Iranian-born Swedish writer and political analyst who is the co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He is also the founder and former president of the National Iranian American Council, which lobbies for stances on behalf of, and aligned with, Islamic Republic of Iran.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4367036/posts Thomas Massie calls Trump presidency the ‘Epstein administration’
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4367527/posts (Massie) admitted in a recent interview that he once offered Republican leaders his vote IN EXCHANGE for a public expression of gratitude for his role in forcing the disclosure of the federal government’s Jeffrey Epstein files.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4367330/posts Massie’s vote was contingent on whether or not Speaker Mike Johnson would publicly praise him for releasing the Epstein files. “This is a literal quote from Thomas Massie’s interview with Politico. “Praise me publicly and I’ll vote the way you want.”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4363806/posts
Politics Strange Bedfellows: Meet the PAC Working to Reelect Thomas Massie—And Partnering With the DSA to Fight ICE The embattled Kentucky congressman traveled to Pennsylvania to meet with IPAC around the time its founder wrote his campaign a check. Thomas Massie poses with IPAC chairman Rafed Aljoboury
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4363639/posts
Kentucky’s Massie joins Dems in refusing to vote to fund ICE as US House passes 4 spending bills
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4315688/posts
Lone Republican becomes only lawmaker to vote against crackdown on human organ trafficking (Massie)
A bill aimed at cracking down on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its practice of forced organ harvesting passed with overwhelming support on Wednesday – though one House lawmaker voted against it.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., was the lone Republican to oppose the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act, which passed 406-1.
“It’s just another example of us trying to stick our nose in another country’s business and write their laws,” Massie told Fox News Digital after the vote. “And at the end of the day, they’re gonna do what they’re gonna do, and it’s just sort of a virtue signal over here.”
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But his pushback is also notable now given his status as an open critic of Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and at times, of President Donald Trump.
The bill was introduced by Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and would authorize the Secretary of State to deny U.S. passports and visitor visas to people involved in organ trafficking circles.
It would also call for sanctions on entities and individuals found to have participated in the gruesome illicit industry.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4324812/posts
‘Mofo...in the White House’: Jasmine Crockett attacks Trump, praises Massie in anti-Iran strike rant
‘There’s only one Republican that I know I can count on for sure doing the right thing,’ Rep Crockett says in a new video
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, launched another tirade against President Donald Trump over the weekend, while offering rare praise for one of her House GOP colleagues who is currently at odds with the commander in chief.
The Democratic firebrand took to Instagram Live late Saturday to criticize Trump’s strikes on Iran, while giving a “shout out” to Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., over his bipartisan resolution to rein in the president’s ability to conduct such operations.
“So long story short, for those of you that are unaware, the mofo that resides in the White House has unilaterally, in my estimation, declared war,” Crockett said in the video.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4325539/posts
Massie bucks GOP leadership again on Adam Schiff censure vote, draws conservative ire
Conservatives are conveying anger with northern Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie over his vote to oppose a resolution censuring California Rep. Adam Schiff, a favorite boogeyman of Republicans. Massie joined 19 other House Republicans in defecting from party leadership from condemning Schiff for championing the investigatory onslaught against former President Donald Trump. Combined with unanimous Democratic opposition, the measure failed, surprising even Schiff. The libertarian-leaning Massie claimed the resolution was unconstitutional for a clause that instructed Schiff should be fined $16 million if the House Ethics Committee found he “lied, made representations and abused sensitive information.” “Allowing a majority of Congress to take $16 million (92 years of pay) from any member of Congress is shortsighted,” Massie tweeted again of the Wednesday evening vote. “Can we not imagine a time when this precedent would be used against conservatives? Fortunately it failed.” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida freshman, said Massie was “making misrepresentations about the bill” she authored. A band of pro-Trump political figures went even further, casting doubts about Massie’s reasoning and calling for his defeat. Massie has endorsed Trump rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. “Not only is he being duplicitous, partisan and moronic about his choice – he’s straight up lying about the Constitution to achieve his political end goals. Sick,” wrote Raheem Kassam, a British political activist and editor in chief of The National Pulse.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4368882/posts
Thomas Massie seems to suggest action against Iran was to distract from Epstein
One of the least reliable Republican votes:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-mavericks-defied-own-parties-more-than-anyone-else-2025
“He has voted against a majority of Republicans on 73 occasions or 22.3% of the time in the 119th Congress and was just one of two Republicans to oppose the final passage of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Massie+voted+with+party+77%25+of+the+time+2025&t=h_&ia=web
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In 2025, Representative Thomas Massie voted with the majority of his party 77% of the time, indicating he often aligned with Republican positions but also broke ranks on several occasions. This voting pattern reflects his independent conservative stance within the party.
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Thomas Massie’s Voting Record in 2025
Overview
In 2025, Representative Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, demonstrated a notable voting pattern in the U.S. House of Representatives. He voted with his party approximately 77% of the time.
Dissenting Votes
Despite his overall alignment with the Republican Party, Massie was among a small group of lawmakers who frequently broke ranks. His dissent rate was significant
It doesn’t appear RandFan has any care if Massie has any principles or integrity - he only cares about what may or may not effect his electoral prospects - see here:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4367527/posts#45
As you can see, his response to the article has nothing to do with the revealing remarks about Massie - just “Massie will be fine. He’s hugely popular on twitter and raisng hundreds of thousands”
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