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Trump Presses Primary Challenge Against Massie as Kentucky Rep. Embraces Feud

Trump is funding a PAC to support a primary challenger after Massie refused to back his budget plans or the strikes on Iran

Thomas Massie (R-KY) can be seen speaking to reporters as he leaves a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on June 04, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., listens during a joint subcommittee hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill, April 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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Overview

  • Trump has launched the MAGA KY super PAC and vowed to campaign in Kentucky to unseat Massie in next year’s Republican primary
  • Massie voted against Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” and denounced the president’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites as unconstitutional
  • Speaker Mike Johnson declined to endorse Massie’s reelection bid, citing his role in protecting incumbents while recognizing Trump’s frustration with Massie’s voting record
  • Massie leveraged Trump’s attacks to raise $140,000 from more than 1,600 donors in 24 hours and affirmed he will remain in the race
  • Massie co-sponsored a bipartisan war powers resolution with Rep. Ro Khanna to block further intervention in Iran and publicly mocked VP Vance by referencing Mike Pence’s Jan. 6 ordeal