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Massie vows Trump’s threats to primary him will ‘backfire tremendously’
The Hill ^ | 07/22/25 3:43 PM ET | by Filip Timotija

Posted on 07/22/2025 9:11:45 PM PDT by RandFan

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) vowed that President Trump’s threats to primary him will “backfire tremendously” and ultimately lead to Republicans losing their House majority in the 2026 midterms.

“Well, they’ve spent $1.8 million against me so far in my congressional district. I think it has had very little effect, but they are trying to beat up on me to keep everyone else in line here and I think it is not working. I think what’s going to happen, this will be a referendum on whether the executive branch controls the legislative branch,” Massie said during a Tuesday interview with NBC News.

“I am going to prevail. What they are going to find out is it will embolden members of Congress here to go with their heart, with their minds, with their constituents and not just toe the party line,” Massie told NBC’s Sahil Kapur.

Trump’s political operation has launched a targeted campaign seeking to oust Massie, who has regularly criticized the administration and refused to support its legislative agenda.

Kapur asked Massie if he thought the president’s effort “will backfire in the next two years.”

“I think it’s going to backfire tremendously,” Massie said. “Number one, I think they are wasting millions of dollars against me and they are going to lose the majority because of that, but number two, I think it will embolden Republicans who are right now quietly agreeing with me, but saying ‘I am afraid of winning my primary, let’s see if you can win yours, Massie.’”

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To: NoLibZone

Barrons of New York thinks Kentucky is a bad bad place.

Barrons... of New York. LOL


21 posted on 07/22/2025 10:26:50 PM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: Owen
Oh, please... Massie is an attention whore... He bootlicked everything Biden ... and now he pretends to be above the rest. Something is messed up in Kentucky...
22 posted on 07/22/2025 10:28:54 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thi)
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To: RandFan

He stands with Democrats and h
Hamas, not his “constituents.” Or they may be gullible enough to fall for his lies. We shall see.


23 posted on 07/22/2025 10:29:12 PM PDT by montag813
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To: pissant

There’s something very wrong with Kentucky... Oh, and F**k you Massie.


24 posted on 07/22/2025 10:30:11 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
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To: Words Matter

Most likely.


25 posted on 07/22/2025 10:32:09 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Please learn to size your pics. It’s really quite simple. Look it up.


26 posted on 07/22/2025 10:32:55 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
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To: NoLibZone

He’s a Huckster. He Voted and passed Joe’s crazy spending.

Probably Chi-com funded. He voted against a bill banning Toxic Chinese Solar Panels. Joined the Dems. Loves the Squad. He’s protected Schiff (China connection).


27 posted on 07/22/2025 10:35:31 PM PDT by OakOak (Misinformation Campaign on your TV)
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To: RandFan

Massie>Trump. I’d side with Massie over Trump any day and believe most voters in his district feel the same way.


28 posted on 07/22/2025 10:39:08 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: Bullish
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He’s always there for Dems.






29 posted on 07/22/2025 10:40:04 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (She hails from the Slave Masters - A family of Sugar Plantation Oligarchs)
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To: All
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Joe was talking to Dead people and Massie never uttered a Peep.



30 posted on 07/22/2025 10:44:55 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (She hails from the Slave Masters - A family of Sugar Plantation Oligarchs)
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To: No name given
He’s a RINO.

No, he is a classical liberal like John Stuart Mill and Adam Smith. He is for economic and personal liberty, limited government, a fiscal responsibility.

31 posted on 07/22/2025 10:51:19 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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To: montag813

Stop it you have no clue

He’s 100% authentic. He doesn’t stand with Hamas or terrorists what a load of baloney. He opposes foreign aid etc.


32 posted on 07/22/2025 11:11:34 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: OakOak

He is funded by a lot of small donors on twitter. Go look it up

Funny isnt it

And he’s breaking records for fundraising


33 posted on 07/22/2025 11:13:42 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

The keyword battle in this thread is worth reading. According to Wiki Massie is a Methodist. I see him as a male version of Ayn Coulter. Doing counter wise things to remain the center of attention.


34 posted on 07/22/2025 11:14:21 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Nateman

The keyword abuse should stop. I have a thick skin most of it is aimed at me!


35 posted on 07/22/2025 11:15:55 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: DesertRhino
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36 posted on 07/22/2025 11:31:54 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Trump failures: leaving Antifa off Terror list,Market chaos, Bondi. )
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To: RandFan

Kentucky Republicans will send this ego-tripping clown, maverick, packing. As long as they are given a better Republican to vote in the primaries.


37 posted on 07/22/2025 11:36:02 PM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity)
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To: jimwatx

If you were on instagram or tiktok, I’d call you ragebait. Here you’re simply misguided.

CC


38 posted on 07/22/2025 11:51:54 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (*This is a test of the emergency tagline system. This is only a test*)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Well I guess we’ll see when the election rolls around.


39 posted on 07/23/2025 12:03:06 AM PDT by jimwatx
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To: CarmichaelPatriot

Pretty sure his western district boundary stops at the eastern edge of the Jefferson County border which is metro-Louisville. The 3rd congressional district is almost to the boundary, Jefferson County/Louisville, which has Kentucky’s only leftwing Democrat congressman, Morgan McGarvey.


40 posted on 07/23/2025 12:40:37 AM PDT by MachIV
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