Shortly after Rep. Thomas Massie’s loss in the Kentucky House GOP primary on Tuesday night, White House director of communications Steven Cheung posted on social media, “Do not ever doubt President Trump and his political power. F— around, find out.” CBS News’ Caitlin Huey-Burns and Nikole Killion join with analysis. Source link
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An ex-girlfriend of Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., alleges he extended a $5,000 offer to drop a wrongful termination lawsuit against one of his top congressional allies. Cynthia West, a social worker and school board candidate in Okaloosa County, Fla., said she began dating Massie several months after … Read more
Outside groups are already spending more than $5 million in hopes of unseating GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky in a May primary after President Trump called for his defeat. So far, federal campaign finance records show that anti-Massie forces have dominated much of the outside spending picture in the Kentucky contest where the congressman … Read more
If Rep. Thomas Massie is right, Republicans in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District are more loyal to Trumpism than to President Donald Trump — and think he is, too. “People support Trump, but they also support what he campaigned on,” Massie said in a phone interview with NBC News on Tuesday. “When people support me, they’re … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump is taking his feud with Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., to the libertarian lawmaker’s home turf on Wednesday. Trump is expected to hold an event in Hebron, Kentucky, on Wednesday, the Republican Party of Kentucky announced on social media Monday. It’s located in the northern … Read more