{"id":2412322,"date":"2025-03-11T09:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-puts-out-the-call-to-primary-thomas-massie\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T09:11:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:11:47","slug":"trump-puts-out-the-call-to-primary-thomas-massie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-puts-out-the-call-to-primary-thomas-massie\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump puts out the call to primary Thomas Massie"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-puts-out-the-call-to-primary-thomas-massie%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412322&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump has called for a primary challenge against Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) after Massie opposed a continuing resolution \u200dto fund the \u2062government through September.With House Republicans holding \u200ca slim majority, they can afford to lose only one vote if all Democrats oppose the resolution, which is currently at risk due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-biden-struggle-to-quash-party-rebellions-ahead-of-november-rematch\/\" title=\"... and Biden face challenges subduing internal party dissent before their November electoral showdown\">internal party dissent<\/a>. Trump criticized \u200dMassie&#8217;s stance,describing him as a\u200d &#8220;grandstander&#8221; who was traditionally supportive of such \u200cresolutions,and expressed his intention to lead the charge for a primary challenger. Massie defended his \u200cposition,\u2062 stating \u200cthat he prioritizes openness\u200b and principles over party loyalty, and has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">previously overcome challenges<\/a> from more extreme candidates. Other Republicans, including\u200c Sen. Mike Lee, have\u200d come to Massie&#8217;s defense, acknowledging his efforts\u2064 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/klain-reconciliation-bill-will-help-control-federal-spending-thanks-to-things-like-increased-irs-enforcement\/\" title=\"Klain: Reconciliation Bill Will &#039;Help Control Federal Spending&#039; Thanks to Things Like In...eased IRS Enforcement\">control federal spending<\/a>\u2063 despite differing \u200dvotes on some issues.\u200d The controversy underscores the divisions within the GOP regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-signing-the-covid-19-relief-bill-president-trump-redlines-bill-requesting-an-increase-in-benefits-to-2000-section-230-terminated-or-revised-and-an-investigation-into-voter-fraud-be-performed\/\" title=\"In Signing the COVID-19 Relief Bill, President ... Redlines Bill Requesting an In...ease in Benefits to 00, Section 230 Terminated or Revised and an Investigation Into ...r Fraud Be Performed\">fiscal policy<\/a> \u200cand party loyalty.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump puts out the call to primary Massie for being a &lsquo;no&rsquo; on funding bill<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2031875\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> indicated he is looking for someone to take on Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) in a primary challenge next year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Massie said he is a firm &ldquo;no&rdquo; on the House&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3341584\/house-gop-drops-clean-spending-bill-with-trump-blessing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">continuing resolution<\/a> that would fund the government through September. With House Republicans&rsquo; slim majority, they can only afford to lose one vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3342914\/democrats-continuing-resolution-amendment-ensure-trump-appropriates-funds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">should all Democrats<\/a> vote against the resolution, to keep the government open.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3343131\/johnson-faces-unity-test-spending-deal-democrats-promise-not-help-gop\/\">Johnson faces unity test on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-government-crushes-small-business-dreams\/\" title=\"Big ... ...ushes Small Business Dreams\">spending deal<\/a> as Democrats promise not to help GOP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3342986\/dc-officials-decry-cr-plan-strip-district-funding\/\">DC officials decry CR plan to strip district of funding: &#8216;Fiscal sabotage&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3342973\/freedom-caucus-calls-medicaid-reform-boost-democrats\/\">Freedom Caucus calls for Medicaid reform in boost to Democratic narrative<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump has urged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/House-Republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Republicans<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3343131\/johnson-faces-unity-test-spending-deal-democrats-promise-not-help-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">vote in favor of the bill<\/a> and expressed his dissatisfaction with Massie&rsquo;s refusal to support it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congressman Thomas Massie, of beautiful Kentucky, is an automatic &lsquo;NO&rsquo; vote on just about everything, despite the fact that he has always voted for Continuing Resolutions in the past,&rdquo; Trump said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114141533823019998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post<\/a> on Truth Social.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;HE SHOULD BE PRIMARIED, and I will lead the charge against him. He&rsquo;s just another GRANDSTANDER, who&rsquo;s too much trouble, and not worth the fight,&rdquo; the president continued. &ldquo;He reminds me of Liz Chaney before her historic, record breaking fall (loss!). The people of Kentucky won&rsquo;t stand for it, just watch. DO I HAVE ANY TAKERS???&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump called Massie a &ldquo;third-rate grandstander&rdquo; who just wanted &ldquo;publicity&rdquo; for attempting to delay the COVID-19 relief bill in March 2020. Massie has represented his Kentucky district in Congress since 2012. He has won all of his recent elections and primaries with no serious challenge.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Someone thinks they can control my voting card by threatening my re-election. Guess what? Doesn&rsquo;t work on me,&rdquo; Massie <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1899187371314413636\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> in response to Trump. &ldquo;Three times I&rsquo;ve had a challenger who tried to be more MAGA than me. None busted 25 percent because my constituents prefer transparency and principles over blind allegiance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s former 2024 campaign adviser Chris LaCivita responded, &ldquo;Never faced me &hellip; stand by.&rdquo; LaCivita lives in Virginia and was born in Pennsylvania, and it does not appear he has ties to Kentucky&rsquo;s 4th Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans came to Massie&rsquo;s defense after Trump&rsquo;s post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have nothing but profound respect for Massie, who has worked harder than perhaps any member of Congress to bring federal spending under control. He might vote differently on this matter than most, but if he does so, he&rsquo;ll have a really good reason. I&rsquo;m a huge fan,&rdquo; Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Massie said he is against the stopgap funding bill, which will be voted on later Tuesday, because it maintains federal funding at current levels, which were set in 2022, without considering budget cuts ordered by Elon Musk&rsquo;s Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unless I get a lobotomy Monday that causes me to forget what I&rsquo;ve witnessed the past 12 years, I&rsquo;ll be a NO on the CR this week. It amazes me that my colleagues and many of the public fall for the lie that we will fight another day,&rdquo; Massie&nbsp;said on social media on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3251888\/hill-republicans-get-to-know-doge-and-the-business-titans-running-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HILL REPUBLICANS GET TO KNOW DOGE &mdash;&nbsp;AND THE BUSINESS TITANS RUNNING IT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He has oftentimes been the only Republican to break with the party on other votes. Reps. Cory Mills (R-FL) and Tim Burchett (R-TN) have said they are unsure if they will vote in favor of the CR, and Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) also indicated they were unsure but said they were likely going to vote in favor of it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a> will be on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to convince some of the holdouts to vote in favor of the resolution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2031875\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2031875\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump seeks primary challenger for Massie over funding bill vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2412323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Thomas-Massie-opening-day-s1-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6203,4909,33196,3634],"class_list":["post-2412322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gop","tag-primary","tag-thomas-massie","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Thomas-Massie-opening-day-s1-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412322"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412326,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412322\/revisions\/2412326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}