Massie Claps Back at GOP Colleague With Five-Word Zinger
The Daily Beast • • nation
Key Points:
- Congressman Thomas Massie conceded his Kentucky primary race to Donald Trump-backed candidate Ed Gallrein, who was praised by Indiana Congresswoman Erin Houchin for the victory.
- Massie had been a persistent critic of Trump, opposing party spending and foreign interventions, and co-authoring bipartisan legislation that pressured Trump to release Jeffrey Epstein investigative files.
- Despite the law mandating the release of Epstein documents, Trump faced criticism for delaying and diluting the files, which Massie highlighted as an attempt to shield himself from scrutiny.
- Massie criticized Trump and the MAGA movement on his way out, calling the idea of always siding with the president akin to having a king and accusing Fox News of banning him for 18 months during his feud with Trump.
- Massie expressed pride in his bipartisan campaign and lamented the decline of bipartisanship in the country.