(The Daily Signal)—President Donald Trump promised to primary Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., on Sunday, saying he would campaign against him in Kentucky.
“MAGA should drop this pathetic LOSER, Tom Massie, like the plague! The good news is that we will have a wonderful American Patriot running against him in the Republican Primary, and I’ll be out in Kentucky campaigning really hard,” Trump said in a Truth Social post on Sunday afternoon, appearing to endorse a challenger to the popular Kentucky legislator.
“Massie is weak, ineffective, and votes “NO” on virtually everything put before him (Rand Paul, Jr.), no matter how good something may be,” the president continued.
Massie and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., have each raised objections to the spending of the Republican-led budget reconciliation bill that seeks to enact much of the MAGA agenda, but also is projected to raise the national debt by trillions of dollars. In the House, Massie cast the sole Republican no vote on the bill. He also was quick to elevate Elon Musk’s critique of the bill as well, agreeing with the tech magnate’s characterization of the legislation as “a disgusting abomination.”
Massie, who has served as the 4th congressional district of Kentucky’s representative since 2012, is known to occasionally buck the GOP party line with his fiscal conservatism and foreign intervention skepticism. That has served him well representing his district, where he won 75% of the vote in the 2024 Republican primary. But Massie may have finally worn out Trump’s patience by declaring on X that his weekend bombing of Iran was not constitutional.
The president appeared to allude to Massie’s media posts about the attack on Saturday writing, “He [Massie] is disrespectful to our great military, and all that they stand for, not even acknowledging their brilliance and bravery in yesterday’s attack, which was a total and complete WIN.”
Massie for his part critiqued the president by saying that he is not following through on his campaign promise to keep the U.S. out of endless wars.
“This is not America First folks,” Massie wrote in reply to another Truth Social post where the president said, “It’s not politically correct to use the term, ‘Regime Change,’ but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change??? MIGA!!!”
Massie has also introduced a bipartisan War Powers Resolution with colleague Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., that would direct “the President to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran or any part of its government or military, unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or specific authorization for use of military force against Iran.” Because of the nature of the legislation, it can be voted on just 15 calendar days after being introduced without going through the full committee process.
A spokesman for Massie referred The Daily Signal to the congressman’s interview on WBT 1110 AM.
