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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I have a problem with the source, not the atlantic, but YOU ASSHOLE.
I am asking management to ban RandFan because you are such a lowlife as proven by your screen name.
Also another point: Massie’s election is literally in 2-3 weeks
This is not me posting with an agenda or anything like that it’s me posting the news and an article that was published yesterday.
He’s more hated than you. We come here to get away from creeps like you two.
He’s more hated than you. We come here to get away from creeps like you two.
Yikes.......good insights
She. A UK awfl.
Bullshit.
The ice is cracking below your feet.
👍👍
I know I know.
Thanks for posting the version that is not behind the paywall. I clicked through and read it.
I was puzzled. Why would the Atlantic write a complimentary article about Massie? I came up with the following:
Maybe the Atlantic wants to prompt its readers (i.e. liberals with severe TDS) to donate to Massie’s primary campaign as a way to needle Trump.
Good
Have you ever met anyone from Kentucky? Rand Fan?
If you did you would realise how this guy and rand (ron) paul get voted into office.
Keep digging, jerk.
No you don’t. You are a 💩 stirrer troll. Go back to under your bridge
“The ice is cracking…”
A pre-Zot shot over your bow.
Do you get it yet?
Amen.
I hate bothering Admin Mod. I do it far less than once per year. They have a lot to do, and should largely be left alone. For example, I won’t post back to their well placed warning above.
But I did Report Abuse on this article. This is the worst example of tastelessness I have ever seen here. A person should have enough sense of propriety to wait on an article like this for a couple of days, at least. The lack of judgement of Randfan is just astounding.
Stopping his President from successfully implementing his agenda by voting with leftists isnt smart.
I didn’t find the article the least bit interesting. Complete waste of time.
He’s been zotted several times.
But like a bad case of Herpes, he keeps coming back.
The left tries to give the President or one of his policies a black eye and this clymer amazingly finds a Rand, Massie, MTG or Tucker like agitator that pops off. Immediately posts it and tries to passive aggressive claim "it's an approved source".
Kind of like CNN reporting on Comey informing the Prez of the Russia hoax. Look, it's out there, so let's give it more legitimacy. Disgusting operator.
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