Republican Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie is strongly stating his opposition to the Continuing Resolution budget bill that is coming up for a vote this week. Meanwhile, neocon forces are targeting his political career in general, because Massie is a consistent anti-establishment voice in Congress. Things got heated Tuesday when President Trump slammed Massie on Truth Social and hinted that he’s going to back a primary challenger to Massie.
Though President Trump supports passage of the Continuing Resolution in order to prevent a government shutdown, Massie and many of Trump’s supporters are disappointed to see Republicans sign off on more Swamp spending after getting a lot of budget-cutting conservative wins with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project.
“If it passes this week, the CR obligates Trump (from now until September) to spend the same amounts of money on generally the same things Biden spent money on in his last 15 months in office. We could pass recisions later to undo some things, but there’s no commitment to do so,” Massie recently tweeted.
Prior to Trump’s post, Massie brushed off a threat from former Trump campaign adviser Chris LaCivita, who has been aligned with the neocon wing of the GOP throughout his career. Massie said that no primary challenger to him has cracked 25 percent in his district since he first ran afoul of party leadership. It seems like a bad bet for Trump to try to knock Massie out in his own backyard.
The Republican Jewish Coalition is also targeting Massie’s political career, presumably due in no small part to Massie’s vocal criticism of the GOP’s subservience to the foreign nation-state of Israel.
Trump stated Tuesday:
Massie retorted: “POTUS is spending his day attacking me and Canada. The difference is Canada will eventually cave.”
Thomas Massie’s office door makes it clear where he stands:
