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Trump calls out Rep Thomas Massie: 'Kentucky, get this LOSER out of politics' Tuesday
Fresh off helping oust Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., from Louisiana’s GOP Senate primary, President Donald Trump turned his attention to Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., urging Republicans to vote him out Tuesday and warning other GOP critics to fall in line.
Trump blasted Massie on Truth Social as “the worst and most unreliable Republican Congressman,” tying him to Cassidy, who failed to advance Saturday after Trump repeatedly attacked him over his impeachment vote.
Massie faces Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein in Kentucky’s 4th District Republican primary, now one of the cycle’s highest-profile House races. Trump praised Gallrein as a “Kentucky farmer” and “Military Hero,” while calling Massie a “grand-stander” and “negative force.”
The feud intensified after Massie opposed Trump-backed legislation and criticized his actions on Iran and the Epstein files. Trump also targeted Rep. Lauren Boebert and Sen. Rand Paul for campaigning with Massie, warning Boebert he could reconsider his endorsement.
This is an excerpt from an article by Eric Mack.
Jon Ossoff silent on SPLC indictment after taking more than $700K from affiliated group
A federal indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center is reverberating in Georgia’s 2026 Senate race, with Republicans targeting Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., about past ties to the organization.
The Department of Justice charged the Southern Poverty Law Center in April with allegedly defrauding donors by secretly transferring money to extremist groups to infiltrate and monitor them. Ossoff, viewed as the most vulnerable Senate Democrat up for reelection in 2026, is endorsed by the law center’s 501(c)(4) arm, which contributed more than $700,000 to his 2020 campaign, according to FEC filings.
Federal prosecutors allege the Southern Poverty Law Center paid more than $3 million between 2014 and 2023 to informants tied to the KKK, Aryan Nations and other neo-Nazi groups, concealing the payments through fictitious bank accounts.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the group was “manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose.”
The Republican National Committee blasted Ossoff over his ties to the organization.
SPLC interim CEO Bryan Fair slammed the charges as politically motivated and has argued the since-defunct program "saved lives."
Ossoff has not commented on the grand jury indictment. His campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
This is an excerpt from an article by Adam Pack.
Thomas Massie flaunts past endorsement in Trump's face as president targets his seat
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., defiantly reposted a 2022 endorsement from President Donald Trump even as the president thundered for it be taken down.
“Is this the one?” Massie posted to X, on Tuesday, responding to Trump’s demands.
The image, a screenshot from a “SAVE AMERICA” email, contained a description of Massie where Trump described the Kentucky maverick as someone who “fights hard to protect your liberties, especially the first and second amendments, which are under siege by the radical left.”
“Thomas Massie has my complete and total endorsement!” the screenshot read.
The post is just the most recent tension between Massie and Trump as the two Republicans struggle to see who has the upper hand in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional district – a primary race in which Trump has opposed Massie.
Massie has bashed the second Trump administration for what he sees as a failure to curb government spending, a reversal of promises to engage in foreign military entanglements and reluctance to deliver on promises of government transparency on issues like the Epstein files.
In return, Trump has endorsed Massie’s Republican challenger, Ed Gallrein, a veteran closely aligned with the administration's views.
“I endorsed Ed Gallrein, a true American patriot which Massie knows full well, so the statement that he put out is fraudulent just like HE is fraudulent. WITHDRAW YOUR FAKE STATEMENT MASSIE RIGHT NOW!” Trump wrote in a post to X on Tuesday.
Senate Democrat requires voter ID for his campaign events — but not federal elections
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., asked attendees to present a government-issued photo ID at a campaign event Saturday, even while opposing similar standards for voters in federal elections.
Email confirmation information for an Ossoff rally in Atlanta detailed that "a matching government-issued ID will be verified against the RSVP list by name to enter."
Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., who is running against Ossoff for a Senate seat in 2026, blasted what he called a double standard.
"Typical Jon Ossoff to say one thing and do another,” Collins said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “It’s ridiculous that Jon Ossoff would require a government ID to listen to him speak about why you shouldn’t need a government ID to vote.”
The criticism comes after Republicans across Congress have worked to pass the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — which would tighten voter registration and U.S. citizenship standards — which is currently stalled in the Senate.
Democrats like Ossoff have blasted the legislation, arguing it would only make it harder for people with limited access to photo ID to participate in elections.
Ossoff’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
This is an excerpt from an article by Leo Briceno.
In first post to X since March, Trump demands Massie stop circulating old endorsement
In his first post to X since March 2, President Donald Trump demanded Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., stop circulating an old endorsement the president had previously made of the Kentucky maverick.
“Horrible congressman Thomas Massie put out an old endorsement from many years ago of him by me long before I found out that he was the worst congressman in the history of our country,” Trump said.
The post highlights the special ire Trump has reserved for Massie as he looks to unseat GOP rebel amid Tuesday’s Kentucky primaries.
Massie has been one of the administration’s loudest critics on topics like government spending, foreign entanglements and government transparency on issues like the Epstein files.
In return, Trump has endorsed Massie’s Republican challenger, Ed Gallrein, a veteran closely aligned with the administration's views.
“I endorsed Ed Gallrein, a true American pariot which Massie knows full well, so the statement that he put out is fraudulent just like HE is fraudulent. WITHDRAW YOUR FAKE STATEMENT MASSIE RIGHT NOW!”
In response to Trump’s demands, Massie replied with a screenshot of the 2022 endorsement in an X post of his own, asking “is this the one?”
“Thomas fights hard to protect your liberties, especially the first and second amendments, which are under siege by the radical left. Thomas Massie has my complete and total endorsement!” the screenshot read.
Trump threatens to pull Boebert endorsement, calls ally ‘weak minded’ over Massie support
President Donald Trump blasted Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., a longtime ally of the president, Saturday, threatening to back a primary challenger after she campaigned for one of his top Republican rivals.
Trump lashed out on Truth Social against Boebert, whom he previously endorsed for reelection, just hours after she campaigned with Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., one of Trump’s most vocal GOP critics in Congress.
"Is anyone interested in running against Weak Minded Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s Fourth Congressional District?" Trump wrote.
Boebert initially declined to comment directly on Trump’s post when questioned by Fox News, saying she did not want to "elevate" it. She later defended her support for Massie in a post on X.
"Yes, I saw the President’s post. No, I’m not mad or offended," she wrote. "I knew the risks when I agreed to stand by my friend Thomas Massie. I was, and will be, America First, America Always, and MAGA."
When asked about Trump’s post following a campaign rally Saturday in Kentucky, Massie told Fox News it was too late to challenge Boebert because the filing deadline had already passed.
"I think he should be mending fences with these folks, not trying to burn bridges," Massie said.
This is an excerpt from an article by Michael Sinkewicz.
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