Posted on 06/25/2025 10:29:46 AM PDT by RandFan
..... Members of Kentucky’s congressional delegation say Massie’s sprawling district, which runs along the northern border along Ohio and Indiana and stretches from the southern Cincinnati suburbs to the outer bands of the Louisville metro area, is a unique cross-section of the state that appears to relish Massie’s independent streak.
It’s home to some of the most prominent members of the “liberty faction” of the Kentucky Republican Party, a group that embraces Trump while also gravitating toward libertarian-leaning Republicans like Massie and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. The senator has weathered his own barrage of attacks from Trump for voicing opposition to the megabill and defended Massie to POLITICO on Tuesday.
Massie is “very popular in Kentucky,” Paul said. “I will continue to support him.”
“His district is different,” Rep. James Comer, a fellow Kentucky Republican, said Tuesday on Capitol Hill, though he declined to weigh in on the conflict between Massie and Trump. “That’s a unique congressional district.”
Former Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson believes Trump, as much as he is the undisputed leader of the Republican Party, may be overplaying his hand when it comes to Massie’s district.
“As popular as Trump is in Republican politics, as popular as Trump is in Kentucky, as popular as Trump is in the 4th District, on the substance, on the policy, Thomas wins those arguments over Trump,” Grayson said. “Until you see someone step up, Thomas is still pretty formidable.”
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Maybe Massie can get all of his Pakistani and Qatari handlers/buddies to out raise any challengers.
Remember when we used to buy into to the bs that back stabbing loser Republicans shouldn’t be primaries. I do. Notice we don’t any more and now so much winning compared to before. Next up phony extraordinaire Rand Paul. Yes expendable and replaceable.
“As popular as Trump is in Republican politics, as popular as Trump is in Kentucky, as popular as Trump is in the 4th District, on the substance, on the policy, Thomas wins those arguments over Trump,”
So the district is very heavily in favor of President Trump but the clown who fights against him wins???
Massie is the most pro-2nd Amendment, small government, anti-collectivist politician in DC
Trump going after him will become a self-inflicted wound.
🎯 Totally 💯
Has massie ever actually done anything ?
[I wrote the following.]
The US is headed down the chute of the nation chipper. The expected future isn’t going to be pleasant. I’m in favor of fighting rather than waiting to get chopped to pieces.
RINO ‘Representative’:
You are expendable.
You worry about losing the next election. I can almost certainly make that happen if you don’t support me.
I can raise tens of millions to fund a primary opponent. You probably won’t even get to the general election.
Should you survive my primary efforts, I can tell my people in your district to sit out the general election, which you will probably lose.
The loss of one RINO in the 2026 general election probably won’t tip the majority of the House or Senate.
I can target you and only you, or maybe another cowardly Republican too.
Be brave! With my veto power even loss of one or both houses of Congress will not prevent the laws a Republican Congress can pass from staying in effect to January 20th, 2029.
I need your help to make the USA a better place and you really stand no further risk in providing that help.
After many years of Democratic lawfare targeting me, I’m prepared to be ruthless, but as of now I’m simply asking you to do the right things for America because we both know what ought to be done. Let’s do the jobs the voters asked us to do.
The President
PRESS RELEASE: Representative Massie Introduces Bill to Eliminate Tax on Social Security Benefits
Washington, DC, January 21, 2014
Representative Massie introduced HR 3894, The Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act to eliminate income taxes on Social Security benefits. The bill would boost the retirement income of millions of older Americans.
“Taxing these benefits is an accounting sleight of hand that redistributes portions of the Social Security trust fund to other areas of government”
Original co-sponsors include Congressman Bridenstine (R-OK) and Congressman DeSantis (R-FL).
https://massie.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395140
What exactly have most of the republicans in congress “done”, besides increase the national debt by two trillion dollars a year?
The BBB would increase deficit spending by about $400 billion per year in the next three years:
https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1925494110288331073
The House is currently 220-212. Three seats are vacant and the Special Election to fill them is Sept and Nov. All 3 are Dem
This means 4 votes on the BBB could be lost and the result would be 216-216.
Massie and MTG say they are hard NO. Two more . . . SALT types. Overall Trump is lucking out those three Dems died.
I doubt it could pass at 220-215.
Nope. Hasn’t sponsored one bill that passed in 13 years. Loudmouth loser, who votes Dem. when it count. Because he’s so principled.
You’ve seen it all really?
So you think whomever the Republicans select in a primary won’t win the general really?
So you think Trump doesn’t know he can win with a replacement really?
Gosh you’re a smart guy!
It must be tough being a Surrender Monkey these days.
“To make a true dent in the national debt, [Sen. Rand] Paul said he wants to see the federal portion of Medicaid costs further reduced to an even split with states.”
I don’t care much for them either.
Why is a lowlife, loser troll such as yourself on FR? You and your buddy Massie can both go to hell.
Congress was always bad but now it’s just people trying to get retweets or get an interview on a podcast.
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