Posted on 04/26/2026 4:06:08 AM PDT by RandFan
Rep. Thomas Massie, the renegade Kentucky Republican who fiercely guards his political independence, doesn’t love being on President Trump’s bad side. He would prefer not to have the president’s allies spend millions to defeat him in a primary. In fact, if Massie had his way, he’d be working for Trump right now.
In his telling, in the weeks after the 2024 presidential election, the two men talked about Massie, a farmer who champions raw milk, becoming Trump’s agriculture secretary. Massie had formally endorsed Trump late in the campaign, offering to help him win over libertarians who might be tempted to stay home or vote third party in key battlegrounds. Trump had been appreciative, and the two had chatted by phone to hash out the timing of the endorsement announcement. “Just tweet it. I’ll retweet you,” Trump had told him.
The rollout went smoothly, but Massie’s endorsement didn’t get him the job in Trump’s Cabinet. He was recounting this to me in, of all places, a bridal suite inside a converted barn in his northern-Kentucky district. Massie had just delivered remarks to a friendly crowd in the wedding hall downstairs, part of an acrimonious campaign that, if Trump gets his way, will be Massie’s last. The president’s allies are spending big to defeat Massie in a May 19 primary and prop up Ed Gallrein, a Navy SEAL and a political novice whom Trump personally recruited as a challenger. Massie first won election to the House during the pre-Trump Tea Party era and has handily prevailed in competitive primaries before. But he is also aware of Trump’s unique hold on the GOP: When the president decides he wants a Republican out of Congress, he usually gets his wish. Polls have given Massie a lead over Gallrein
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Changing tagline.
Massie is probably on the same foreign payroll as RPaul — which explains their treasonous behavior.
Libertarians and the Trump haters of The Atlantic find romance.
Very accurate and well said.
Wonder how many here are gonna call for a war on Kentucky when Massie wins his primary?
I’m not the one obviously triggered here, mate!
Sure. Making the point that The Atlantic is pushing Massie is an “obvious” sign of being triggered.
Not hardly. Masshole will lose his seat. Couldn’t happen to a nicer dicknipple.
LOL! No even close.
I pointed out a data point. Never called it a “credential”, etc.
Chalk it up to a blind squirrel finding a nut, etc.
It is a good picture.
I agree Atlantic is a blind squirrel.
I don't agree Atlantic found a nut.
I do think Atlantic was early on fed the nut by the Democrat establishment. I for one, give them no "credit" for doing that.
It’s a data point.
There’s data points from lots of media outlets.
Gather and evaluate, regardless of the source.
The M is silent in Massie.
He’s a worthless RINO, probably elected through fraud. In fact, I suspect that fraud is huge in Kentucky, given that we have a nearly braindead turtle in the senate who is married to a Chinese commie.
Bookmarking for May 19
“Massive is not a Republican. He just plays one on tv.”
Most likely to become the next Liz Cheney and give the Democrats cover if they win the House and impeach Trump for the 3rd time.
Voting for Massie is like voting for no one. Your will get nothing but “no” votes in the House and little else.
If you’re not 100% behind Trump it would be less stressful for both of us if that person were not on this site. Just sayin’
RandFan: “This is not me posting with an agenda.”
Just found the biggest lie told by a Free Republic poster during April.
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