{"id":2580400,"date":"2026-03-16T14:27:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massie-touts-previous-trump-endorsement-in-latest-campaign-ad\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:29:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:29:05","slug":"massie-touts-previous-trump-endorsement-in-latest-campaign-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massie-touts-previous-trump-endorsement-in-latest-campaign-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Massie touts previous Trump endorsement in latest campaign ad"},"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%2Fmassie-touts-previous-trump-endorsement-in-latest-campaign-ad%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=2580400&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>Rep. thomas Massie is running a Kentucky-focused campaign ad that leans on Donald Trump\u2019s prior endorsement to bolster his reelection bid, while presenting himself as a principled conservative who ofen challenges presidents on spending. He says he shares much with Trump but emphasizes debt reduction as his top priority and notes he voted against a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-still-skeptical-of-infrastructure-reconciliation-bills\/\" title=\"GOP senators still skeptical of infrastructure, reconciliation bills\">large spending bill<\/a>, portraying himself as one of the few Republicans who stands up to every president.<\/p>\n<p>The piece outlines a fraught relationship with Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >including past feuds<\/a> over fiscal policy and foreign policy, and trump\u2019s efforts to back a primary challenger in 2026. It also recounts Massie\u2019s stance against certain trump initiatives on debt and foreign interventions, his criticisms of Israel and some Jewish donors, and his defense of a Trump ally who faced termination over anti-Zionist remarks.  <\/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 touts previous Trump endorsement in latest campaign ad<\/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_2529287\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thomas-massie\/\">Thomas Massie<\/a>&rsquo;s&nbsp;(R-KY) campaign is airing an ad highlighting President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump&rsquo;<\/a>s previous endorsement of the incumbent lawmaker, as he angles to win reelection in the deep red state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Massie and Trump have feuded on and off for years over a range of issues, mostly centered on disagreements about fiscal matters, Israel and Jews, and foreign policy. In lieu of their quarrels, Trump backed efforts ahead of the 2026 election to primary Massie, and endorsed his Republican rival, Ed Gallrein, as someone who would more effectively help implement the MAGA agenda in Washington.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4491134\/immigration-ads-battleground-states\/\">Kayla Hamilton murder spotlights illegal immigration in battleground Senate ad blitz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4492477\/mary-peltola-alaska-senate-ad-dhs-shutdown\/\">Democrat Mary Peltola dinged in Alaska Senate ad over DHS shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4478060\/trump-tariffs-threaten-gop-2026-election-chances\/\">Trump tariffs threaten GOP 2026 election chances<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndrewSolender\/status\/2033562894613241916\">new ad<\/a>, Massie sought to temper the momentum Gallrein might ride from the president&rsquo;s backing. The Kentucky congressman told voters he and Trump share more in common than the president believes, while branding himself as &ldquo;one of the few Republicans in Washington who stands up to every president.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Massie suggested reducing the debt, not single-mindedly endorsing all of Trump&rsquo;s agenda, would remain his top priority, with his positioning coming after he was one of only two House Republicans to vote against Trump&rsquo;s One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year, on the grounds that it raised the national debt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look the truth. I agree with President Trump nearly all of the time. It&rsquo;s why in the past, I&rsquo;ve endorsed him, and he&rsquo;s endorsed me,&rdquo; Massie said. &ldquo;But the other truth is, I&rsquo;m one of the few Republicans in Washington who stands up to every president, including President Trump, when it comes to these big government spending bills. The national debt is now $108,000 for every single American. I&rsquo;m Thomas Massie, and I approve this message, because reducing that debt always has been and always will be my top priority, period.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Massie made a similar argument <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/trump-brings-fight-rep-thomas-massies-backyard-rcna262535\">last week<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People support Trump, but they also support what he campaigned on,&rdquo; he told NBC News. &ldquo;When people support me, they&rsquo;re supporting the things that Donald Trump campaigned on actually getting done. And when they support Donald Trump, they&rsquo;re supporting the man they voted for in the last election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump endorsed Massie&rsquo;s reelection campaign in 2022, two years after the president denounced the lawmaker&rsquo;s 2020 bid for opposing a sweeping COVID-10 pandemic relief bill pushed by the White House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to more recent squabbles over whether the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act was fiscally irresponsible, Massie and Trump have bickered over the extent of executive powers used in foreign conflicts. Massie, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knowles-with-republicans-like-liz-cheney-and-mitt-romney-who-needs-democrats\/\" title=\"KNOWLES: With ...ublicans Like Liz Cheney And Mitt Romney, Who Needs Democrats?\">foreign policy hawk<\/a>, characterizes the more isolationist-leaning fringe of the GOP and has opposed Trump&rsquo;s military intervention in Venezuela and Iran.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Massie has also set himself at odds with large swaths of the GOP over his criticism of Israel and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MassieforKY\/status\/2033259231604818355\">questioning of U.S. Jews<\/a>. On Sunday, Massie attacked several Jewish U.S. citizens, as well as the Republican Jewish Coalition, for donating funds to Gallrein&rsquo;s campaign, suggesting his opponent is being targeted by &ldquo;Israel interests.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4487518\/iran-war-gives-massie-primary-opening-trump-drops-into-district\/\"><strong>IRAN WAR GIVES MASSIE A PRIMARY OPENING AS TRUMP DROPS INTO HIS DISTRICT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Massie was swift to rise <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/2032478341177987535\">to the defense <\/a>of Caroline Prejean Boller, a member of Trump&rsquo;s Religious Liberty Commission who recently suggested she was fired from the position due to her anti-Zionist views, a position considered by many to be antisemitic. Zionism is the belief that the Jewish people have the right to a homeland. Boller <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUBkN4akjlY\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">has said <\/a>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is carrying out an &ldquo;extermination campaign&rdquo; in Gaza. She <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRbHnXWEf0m\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">is allied<\/a> with Candace Owens, an influencer in conservative circles who has spread conspiracy theories about Jews.<\/p>\n<p>Massie said Boller was &ldquo;reportedly removed for making statements that mirror remarks from the Pope&rdquo; and announced he is requesting a congressional review into Boller being terminated.&nbsp;<\/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>Paraphrase:<br \/>\nA Kentucky congressman, Thomas Massie, released a campaign ad that highlights Donald Trump\u2019s earlier endorsement as he seeks reelection in a strongly Republican district. Although Massie and Trump have clashed over various issues-especially fiscal policy, foreign policy, and Israel-the ad frames their relationship as closer than Trump suggests, while Massie pitches himself as a lawmaker who sometimes opposes presidents in pursuit of smaller government. He reiterates that debt reduction remains his main goal, noting he was one of the few Republicans to vote against Trump\u2019s large spending bill last year due to growing national debt. Massie argues voters want both Trump\u2019s agenda and a representative willing to push back against expansive spending. The feuds extend to Israel and Jewish groups, with Massie accusing donors backing his opponent of being influenced by \u201cIsrael interests,\u201d and he defended a Trump ally accused of anti-Zionist remarks, asking for a congressional review of her removal. <\/p>\n<p>55-character headline:<br \/>\nMassie touts Trump&#8217;s endorsement in new ad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2580401,"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\/2026\/02\/WEX_PAM_BONDI-38-e1770846046362.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[35946,6203,4850,5894,39103],"class_list":["post-2580400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-campaign-ad","tag-gop","tag-massie","tag-politics","tag-trump-endorsement"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WEX_PAM_BONDI-38-e1770846046362.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580400","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2580400"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2580404,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580400\/revisions\/2580404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2580401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2580400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2580400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2580400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}