In response to Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) declaring he won’t vote on the new stop-gap funding bill, President Trump has released a second message calling for Massie to be primaried.
On Sunday, night Trump compared Rep. Massie to Liz Cheney and called for a challenger to step up to run against Massie.
On Monday afternoon, Trump once again called out Massie and wrote, “Congressman” Thomas Massie voted to delay the Debt Ceiling Bill from the Biden Administration to the Trump Administration (from September before the Election, to June after the Election!), without getting anything for this horrendously stupid move .”
He added, “Now, and virtually on every other vote, he’s a very simple, “NO.” He can’t even approve a Continuing Resolution when he approved them many times during his career as a “Congressman.” Thomas Massie is a GRANDSTANDER, and the Great People of Kentucky are going to be watching a very interesting Primary in the not too distant future!”
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Here’s what Politico reported:
President Donald Trump is increasing pressure on Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) to align with House Republicans and vote yes on the government funding bill.
In a Truth Social post Tuesday, Trump labels Massie as a “Congressman” and a grandstander. It follows a message Monday where Trump suggested Massie should be primaried — saying he would “lead the charge” against Massie in the upcoming midterm election and comparing the Kentucky Republican to former Rep. Liz Cheney.
“He additionally voted to delay the current Budget Disaster from the Biden Administration to the Trump Administration. I was running for Office at the time, doing my thing, and when I heard about this, it was, quite simply, hard to believe — A catastrophic mistake!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Massie has been adamantly against the CR and has vowed to vote against it. “Unless I get a lobotomy Monday that causes me to forget what I’ve witnessed the past 12 years, I’ll be a NO on the CR this week,” Massie wrote on X on Sunday.
His no vote alone won’t stop the CR from passing, but combined with any other defections, it poses a risk to Speaker Mike Johnson’s razor-thin margins. It’s also a defiance of Trump’s orders for the Republican Party to fall in line.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also stressed Trump’s urging for every Republican to back the bill.
“The president has made it very clear he believes it is critical for conservatives and Republicans and frankly all members of Congress to get behind this continuing resolution to keep the government funded,” Leavitt said at a press briefing Tuesday. “He has been active in this process and making calls to get this over the finish line, and we are urging every Republican — and Democrats, too — to do what is right for the American public to prevent a government shutdown.”
ADVERTISEMENTMassie said the threat of Trump challenging his election hasn’t fazed his vote.
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