President Trump is vowing to “lead the charge” to unseat Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.), who has said he will not support the GOP’s short-term government funding bill ahead of Friday’s shutdown deadline.
Trump began a Truth Social post late Monday night by thanking the House Freedom Caucus for backing the stopgap funding package and supporting Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) efforts to keep the government open, and then called on Massie to be primaried.
The president then compared Massie to former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who served on the committee investigating Jan. 6, 201 and was censured by the Republican National Committee. Trump endorsed Cheney’s primary challenger in the 2022 race.
Massie has frequently bucked his party on fiscal matters and has cast doubt on passing the continuing resolution to keep the government funded until the end of the fiscal year.
The president also attacked Massie in 2020, when he called him a “third rate Grandstander” on X and called on him to be thrown out of the Republican Party.
Posted by John3262005
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fight fight fight fight
Literally all it takes is one to make House Republicans worthless.
If Trump actually crashes the economy, I wonder how powerful his primary endorsement is going to be for his opponents. He might not be able to unseat Republicans who resist him if they face enough blowback for stagflation.
That’s future Senator from Kentucky Thomas Massie to you
Certified Massie hater here, have voted against him before. Support him saying he won’t vote for the bill. Fight amongst yourselves, please.
This and the Duterte news really putting a pep in my step this fine morning.
>third rate grandstander
This is one of a very, very few times where I will say that Trump is right. Takes one to know one, I guess.
What’s Massie’s deal? Is he a closet anti-Semite?
Trump backed candidates pretty much always lose when Trump himself isn’t on the ballot. I’m not sure this is a threat.