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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Don't play innocent. It's your 24/7 anti-Trump/sow division agenda that you're getting called out for, you lying pice of crap. What are you MI6?
Would not break out your champagne until the votes are counted.
And a winner is declared.
You are an awful human being.
To say that you are “Tasteless” is an understatement for the level of contempt you have so richly earned from almost everyone here.
Revolting.
I’m disappointed.
Is this twitter circa 2020 where people get banned based on someone not “liking” their content or posts?
Hope not because I’m sure you were against all that
Take a break you TDS prick. FOAD. ESAD.
Probably not the best article to post.
Years ago, FReepers used to debate when articles were posted that came from The Atlantic. Those days are long gone, and based on the replies you are getting never coming back. I also see posts grayed out via my FF extension, so you’ve got poster(s) of that ilk as well.
Anyways, you’re just not going to get rational discourse when you post articles like this.
******BARF ALERT******
Well I think if they have a problem with that source they should ask management to not permit it (like some others) with a friendly reminder that it’s not welcome
She made Massie look like a pompous pratt to my mind, but she ain’t cheap.
Who owns the rights to that photo?
If it’s Massie, who paid for her services?
If it’s the shutterbug and/or the rag, then Massie got quite the gift, didn’t he.
BTW, I wonder how much that spiffy suit cost, the makeup artist, the stylist.
And who paid for that.
I’ve never tried to get you banned. You know that and are hiding behind pretense.
When I see your posts, I point out what you do, who you are, and my opinion of you.
You’re a divisive phony who posts lies for the left. Awfl, ugly, deranged stuff.
Congrats
The Atlantic.
Enough with this ridiculous rag.
BTTT
A common FR abbreviation, back in the day. If you know, you know.
I liked the picture. I didnt care much for the pre-amble and the article is paywalled but thanks to an enterprising Freeper we can actually read it
For the true believing ideologues saying that Massie isn’t a Republican, I offer this.
Massie is more in align with reality of the Republican Party than Trump.
Massive is a true blue Mitch McConnell Republican.
Trump won an election in 2016 the Republicans thought he’d never win.
Trump won on the popular mandate that we build a wall.
Popular don’t play among Republicans and China Mitch as the REAL leader of the Republican Party declared the wall was dead on arrival with the assent of Mitten’s butt boy Paulie Ryan.
Republicans could care less about what is popular or the will of the electorate.
Voter ID is to Trump’s second term what building a wall was to his first term.
Thune is simply representing what I’m sure is the majority of the Senate Republican caucus just as McConnell was representing a majority of the Republican Senate caucus in 2016.
STOP it with this Republican Party BS.
There is ONLY ONE political party in America and Trump ain’t a member, at least a welcome one.
Hubby, peering over my shoulder to see what had me muttering, looked at the pic and says Massie is giving off House of Lords vibes in that pic.
Only a Trump hating prick like you would post this article the day after a lunatic tries to shoot the President.
Don't even try to bullshit your way out of this mess you created for yourself.
Get off of FR randfan.
See my reply #55. :-)
BTW, would you still like it if taxpayers paid for it or the pic is a quid pro quo...?
Didn’t know POSes came two to the pod.
I think you need to be calm.
The article was published today/yesterday and also a permitted source.
If you dont like the source ask the management to stop it from here like some others. They might oblige I dont know
Just making you aware, if you didn’t know ready.
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