US EditionTrump Calls for Ed Gallrein to Enter Race to Oust Thomas Massie From Congress
Trump backs Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein to replace Massie, citing Massie’s opposition to key policies; Trump allies have spent $1.8 million to support the primary challenge.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump urged Ed Gallrein, Kentucky Republican, to challenge Rep. Thomas Massie , pressing that Massie must be thrown out of office.
- Tensions trace to Massie's actions on the One Big Beautiful Bill and Epstein files, as he filed a discharge petition last month to compel the Justice Department to release related documents.
- Gallrein, who has not formally entered the race, said earlier this year he is open to running and thanked Trump for his support, while a super PAC launched June has spent $1.8 million on independent expenditures.
- Massie's campaign raised $768,000 last month, marking its best quarter, while House Speaker Mike Johnson said he leads an incumbent-protection program to ensure members' reelection.
- This week, President Donald Trump hailed Ed Gallrein as the person to defeat Massie, while Gallrein said Friday he was "honored by President Trump’s support" and that `He is doing an amazing job securing the border, lowering taxes, and making America great again`.
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President Trump Offers Endorsement In Effort To Unseat Thomas Massie
President Trump offered his endorsement to an individual he hopes will run against Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) in the midterm elections. “Third Rate Congressman Thomas Massie, a Weak and Pathetic RINO from the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky, a place I love, and won big SIX TIMES, must be thrown out of office, ASAP! The incredible people of Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District gave us a mandate to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and the person that wil…
NEW: Trump Endorses Primary Candidate Against 'Third-Rate' GOP Foe
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was endorsing a primary challenger to Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who has become increasingly adversarial with the administration and frequently votes against the president’s agenda. The president first announced that he would be backing a primary opponent against Massie back in July, shortly after the congressman voted against the Trump-backed “Big Beautiful Bill,” which introduced a number of the …
President Donald Trump publicly expressed Friday his full support for Ed Gallrein as a possible contender of Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie in the Republican primaries of that state in 2026. In a post on his Truth Social account, the conservative president not only expressed his support for the retired U.S. Navy captain, but also took advantage of it to attack Massie, who in recent months has become one of the most anti-Trump Repu…
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