President Donald Trump trashes Rep. Thomas Massie on Truth Social again
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President Donald Trump continued to tear down GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky on Monday, targeting the incumbent lawmaker for impeachment in a Truth Social post while trying to boost challenger Ed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL he backed for the congressional seat last year.
Calling Massie “the worst ‘Republican’ Congressman we’ve had in years,” the president said Gallrein “officially filed for candidacy for Congress” on Monday.
“I’ve heard there are other Candidates to run for this seat, but I’m asking all the MAGA Warriors, from far and wide, to get behind Captain Ed Gallrein, a Thin and Pathetic RINO from a place I love, the State of Kentucky, who is best positioned to DEFEAT Third Class Congressman Thomas Massie,” the President said.
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Left: U.S. President Donald Trump at a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., USA, on Saturday, January 3, 2026; Right: Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., attends the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Left: Nicole Combeau/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Right: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Massie criticized Trump’s move to impeach Venezuelan Nicolás Maduro.
“WAKE UP, MAGA. VENEZUELA is not about drugs; it’s about oil and REGIME CHANGE. That’s not what we voted for,” Massie said in a speech. to mail In X.
However, Trump noted in his Truth Social post that Gallrein “is a big fan of our recent attack on Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro.”
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Nicolás Maduro is seen in handcuffs after landing on a helipad in Manhattan; He boards an armored vehicle, escorted by heavily armed Federal agents, en route to the Federal courthouse in Manhattan in New York City on January 5, 2026. (XNY/Star Max/GC images via Getty Images)
The President argued that Massie “only voted AGAINST the Republican Party, which makes life very easy for the Radical Left,” claiming: “Unlike ‘mild’ Congressman Massie, a true hater of Israel and a completely ineffective LOSER who has failed us so much, CAPTAIN ED GALLREIN IS A WINNER WHO CANNOT SURVIVE KENTUCKY!”
Massie solicited campaign donations while highlighting Trump’s attack on her.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky. and Rep. Ro Khanna, California, at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“It happened again today! Why am I being attacked every week? Because I’m the only Republican who refuses to put a stamp on foreign aid, endless deficits, and unnecessary wars. I also expose sex traffickers. My primary is in May. Please help if you can,” she wrote. to mail By adding a link in X where people can donate.
