'Get This Loser Out': Trump Now Demanding Massie Primary Defeat

Kentucky's Republican, libertarian Representative Thomas Massie (KY-04) has been a thorn in President Trump's side throughout both of President Trump's terms, often bucking the Republican Party's mainstream positions on things like Operation Epic Fury. Now, Rep. Massie is facing a tough primary fight, and President Trump, never one to suffer in silence, is urging Kentucky Republicans to show Massie the door.

Fresh off his work to oust Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., in a Louisiana primary, President Donald Trump made a call to action against Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., urging his backers to vote out another one of his GOP critics and warning the rest of the party to align with him or risk Cassidy's fate.
"Tom Massie of Kentucky, the worst and most unreliable Republican Congressman in the history of our Country, is an even bigger insult to our Nation than Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who suffered an unprecedented loss tonight by not even being allowed to run in the Republican Primary," Trump wrote on Truth Social shortly after midnight.
"This is the first time such a thing has ever happened to a sitting U.S. Senator!" the president continued. "That’s what you get by voting to Impeach an innocent man, especially one who made it possible for Cassidy’s Senate win."

The Kentucky primary election is scheduled for Tuesday, May 19th.

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President Trump's wishes may well come true. The recent polling has Massie's primary opponent, Republican Ed Gallrein, with a slim but not invisible lead. Have a look at the numbers:

SoCal Strategies, May 15 - May 16: Gallrein 49, Massie 42
Big Data Poll, May 12 - May 14: Gallrein 49, Massie 51
Quantus Insights, May 11 - May 12: Gallrein 53, Massie 45
Big Data Poll, April 3 - April 7: Gallrein 48, Massie 52
Quantus Insights, April 6 - April 7: Gallrein 38, Massie 47

Things are still close, but it looks like the momentum is with Ed Gallrein.

President Trump has endorsed Ed Gallrein in his usual style:

Trump used Cassidy’s defeat as a warning shot against Massie, who Trump has called a "grand-stander" for having voted against his agenda in the House since 2020.
"Very disloyal, but Tom Massie, a major Sleazebag, is even worse!" Trump's scathing post continued. "Kentucky, get this LOSER out of politics in Tuesday’s Election. He is nicknamed Rand Paul Jr., another real 'beauty,' because of his absolutely terrible voting habits.
"Vote for Ed Gallrein, a successful Kentucky farmer, and American War Hero, who only ran because he thought that Massie was so disloyal and disrespectful to your President, ME!

President Trump also loosed a broadside at Colorado's Representative Lauren Boebert (CO-04) who is seen as a Massie ally.

Trump also targeted Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., for supporting Massie, calling her "Weak Minded" and suggesting he would consider withdrawing his endorsement if a challenger entered the race against her in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District.
"Boebert is campaigning for the Worst "Republican" Congressman in the History of our Country, Thomas Massie, of the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky, and anybody who can be that dumb deserves a good Primary fight!" Trump wrote in an earlier Saturday night Truth Social post.

President Trump has pulled his previous endorsement of Rep. Boebert and is calling for a primary challenger for her seat in Colorado's 4th Congressional district, which encompasses much of (conservative) eastern Colorado. Whatever happens, CO-04 will likely remain in Republican hands; the district has an R +9 rating in the Cook Partisan Voting Index. Kentucky's 4th congressional district, as well, should remain in Republican hands; President Trump won in 2024 in Kentucky by a nearly 2-to-1 margin over Kamala Harris, and Rep. Massie, in 2024, won re-election unchallenged except for an independent, write-in candidate, Benjamin Middendorf, who appears to have mostly drawn the support of friends and family. The last Democratic candidate for the seat in 2022 was trounced by Massie by more than a 2-to-1 margin. No matter who wins the primary, it looks like KY-04 will remain a safe GOP seat.

Will President Trump's urging cost Representative Massie his House seat? Soon enough, we'll know.

Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress.

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