{"id":2499193,"date":"2025-10-15T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massie-brings-in-record-breaking-fundraising-haul-after-bucking-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T13:01:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:01:40","slug":"massie-brings-in-record-breaking-fundraising-haul-after-bucking-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massie-brings-in-record-breaking-fundraising-haul-after-bucking-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Massie brings in record-breaking fundraising haul after bucking Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fmassie-brings-in-record-breaking-fundraising-haul-after-bucking-trump%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=2499193&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>Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) has achieved a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-announce-104-million-off-year-record-breaking-fundraising-haul-in-2021\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans Announce 4 Million Off-Year Record-Breaking Fundraising Haul in 2021\">record-breaking fundraising haul<\/a> of nearly $800,000 in the third quarter, surpassing his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >previous single-quarter record<\/a>. With over $2 million cash on hand, Massie&#8217;s campaign spent around $506,000, largely on early media buys. Known for opposing much of the House republican caucus&#8217;s legislation,including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-unveil-government-funding-debt-ceiling-bill-that-gop-has-vowed-to-oppose\/\" title=\"Democrats Unveil Government Funding, Debt Ceiling ... That GOP Has Vowed To Oppose\">government funding bills<\/a> and former president Trump&#8217;s policies,Massie has faced criticism and threats from Trump,whose aides have launched a super PAC to target Massie in the 2026 midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Massie garnered attention by aggressively advocating for the full release of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He introduced legislation and a discharge petition to force a House vote after GOP leaders blocked the measure. The petition is expected to gain enough support to compel action,tho the swearing-in of a supportive newly elected representative has been delayed amid allegations this is linked to her backing of the petition. massie&#8217;s efforts highlight his independent stance within his party and spotlight ongoing controversies regarding transparency about Epstein-related documents.  <\/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\">Massie brings in record-breaking fundraising haul after bucking Trump<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2202140\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thomas-massie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rep. Thomas Massie<\/a> (R-KY) surpassed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fundraising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fundraising<\/a> record in Q3, bringing in nearly $800,000 after pushing a massive pressure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">campaign<\/a> for a full release of the files related to the late sex offender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Massie hauled in $782,155, besting his previous single-quarter record of $648,142, with a little over $2 million on hand. His campaign has spent around $506,000, with over half of this being early <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">media<\/a> buys.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3851150\/massachusetts-democrat-seth-moulton-senate-bid-against-ed-markey-its-time-for-change\/\">Seth Moulton launches Senate bid against Ed Markey: &lsquo;It&rsquo;s time for change&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3851012\/vance-dismisses-young-republicans-messages-jay-jones-texts\/\">Vance dismisses &#8216;pearl clutching&#8217; response to Young Republicans messages in wake of Jay Jones texts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3850013\/republicans-launch-crime-focused-ad-buy-in-new-jersey\/\">Republicans launch six-figure crime-focused ad buy in New Jersey as election day looms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Massie is known for going against the grain of the House Republican caucus, often voting against large pieces of legislation such as government funding bills and President Donald Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;Big, Beautiful bill.&rdquo; The Kentucky Republican has continuously been slammed by the president, who has threatened to unseat him.<\/p>\n<p>Trump aides launched a super PAC earlier this year that will aim its efforts at unseating Massie in the 2026 midterms. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Massie is weak, ineffective, and votes &ldquo;NO&rdquo; on virtually everything put before him (Rand Paul, Jr.), no matter how good something may be. He is disrespectful to our great military, and all that they stand for, not even acknowledging their brilliance and bravery in yesterday&rsquo;s attack, which was a total and complete WIN,&rdquo; Trump wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114728311939211877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TruthSocial<\/a> post.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3842179\/hillary-bill-clinton-house-oversight-committee-jeffrey-epstein-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HILLARY AND BILL CLINTON DELAY HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE DEPOSITIONS: WHAT TO KNOW ON THEIR EPSTEIN TIES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aside from voting against Republican-led legislation, Massie joined Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) in introducing legislation to force a full release of the Epstein files as the issue has heated up in recent months. Massie later introduced a discharge petition to force a vote on the bill after GOP leadership refused to put it on the House floor. <\/p>\n<p>After winning a special election, Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) is expected to sign the Epstein discharge petition and reach the necessary 218 signatures to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-keeps-house-in-recess-to-pressure-schumer-on-shutdown\/\" title=\"Johnson keeps House in recess to pressure Schumer on shutdown\">compel floor action<\/a>, but Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has delayed Grijalva&rsquo;s swearing-in, a move some&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3832741\/democrats-tie-mike-johnson-delay-adelita-grijalva-swearing-in-to-jeffrey-epstein-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats have said<\/a>&nbsp;is due to her support of the petition to release files related to Epstein.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Massie&rsquo;s office and the White House for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>Massie raises nearly $800K after challenging Trump stance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2499194,"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\/09\/AP25246685915929.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[15467,4850,5894,11451,3634],"class_list":["post-2499193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-fundraising","tag-massie","tag-politics","tag-record-breaking","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25246685915929.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499193","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\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499193"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499197,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499193\/revisions\/2499197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2499194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}