Massie blasts Trump’s ‘disrespectful’ Reiner post: ‘I challenge anyone to defend it’

The Hill ^ | 12/15/25 12:19 PM ET | by Lee Ann Anderson

[RandFan]

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) slammed President Trump on Monday over the president’s remarks about the killings of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele.

Reiner, a well-known Democratic donor and activist who had criticized Trump, and his wife were found dead in their home on Sunday in a suspected homicide.

“Regardless of how you felt about Rob Reiner, this is inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just brutally murdered. I guess my elected GOP colleagues, the VP, and White House staff will just ignore it because they’re afraid,” Massie wrote on the social platform X.

“I challenge anyone to defend it,” he added.

[ProgressingAmerica]

Massie picks all of the wrong fights.

[Jan_Sobieski]

In a day of universal deceit, telling the truth…

[conservative98]

Can you take one day off from being a little bitch? https://t.co/5kX8hoKsFG— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) December 15, 2025

[RetiredArmy]

I wish Trump would sometimes just keep his trap shut. I didn’t like “Meathead”, but Trump should have just kept his mouth shut.

[ChessExpert]

So what did Trump say?

[stanne]

What did massie say about any of multiple attempts on trump’s life?

[bort]

I agree with Massie. Trump should have kept his mouth shut. He needs to cut this shit out. It turns off so many people who actually support his policies.

[mac_truck]

Not this time.

[PGR88]

Massie picks all of the wrong fights.

I respect him on so much - super-strong on 2nd Amendment, anti-Covid lockdowns, farm-freedom, etc...

But something in him makes him pick a fight on petty things like this, or drug boats in the Caribbean, which makes his natural allies dislike him as well.

[Candor7]

ASK NOT FOR WHOM THE TRUMP TROLLS, HE TROLLS FOR THEE !

[Da Coyote]

Even I call Trump out for a quite stupid remark. Thanks to that remark, I now regard him only a thousand times better than ANY DemocRAT where I had previously regarded him as ten thousand times better than the party of lies, slime, turds, and the worst two presidents in the history of the multiverse.

[TornadoAlley3]

I challenge anyone to be surprised and outraged for the 30,765th time and cry about Trump in public. You get what you get and you don't throw a fit.

[Fido969]

Right, wrong or indifferent, why did he feel the need to pipe up?

[Alberta's Child]

I don't blame Trump one bit here. If he really wanted to be disrespectful he would have called Reiner "Meathead" in his social media post.

Let's remember that the outrageous and irresponsible public hatred from people like Reiner has not only destroyed civil discourse in this country, but it also damn near cost Trump's life as well.

I'm usually on Massie's side, but ranting about silly sh!t like this makes him look like an ass.

[escapefromboston]

Wow Massie said that !! Amazing !!

[RummyChick]

Something inappropriate for a man who just got his throat slit by his nutjob son

[CodeToad]

Massie always sides against Trump. No surprise here.

[logi_cal869]

Aces!

[bort]

What did massie say about any of multiple attempts on trump’s life?
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What does that matter? I’m not a big Massie fan, but he is right. Trump can’t help himself from acting like a prick sometimes. This crap turns a lot of women off who would otherwise support Trump 100%. Ironically, had Trump been gracious, he would have benefitted politically.