{"id":2604649,"date":"2026-05-19T17:51:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tells-thomas-massie-to-withdraw-old-endorsement-text\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T17:51:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:51:44","slug":"trump-tells-thomas-massie-to-withdraw-old-endorsement-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tells-thomas-massie-to-withdraw-old-endorsement-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tells Thomas Massie to &#8216;withdraw&#8217; old endorsement text"},"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-tells-thomas-massie-to-withdraw-old-endorsement-text%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=2604649&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>President Donald Trump accused Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) of sending Kentucky voters a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signals-support-for-amazon-workers-vote-to-unionize\/\" title=\"Biden Signals Support For Amazon Workers\u2019 Vote To Unionize\">misleading text<\/a> that used Trump\u2019s 2022 endorsement of Massie to imply Trump supports him in the current primary. Trump said Massie is actually the one whom he opposes, saying he has endorsed Massie\u2019s challenger, Ed Gallrein, rather.<\/p>\n<p>Trump wrote on Truth Social that the message Massie distributed was \u201cfraudulent\u201d and urged voters not to be fooled,calling Massie dishonest and desperate. Massie\u2019s campaign did not respond to the washington Examiner, and neither Massie nor his team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-seeks-ruling-from-supreme-court-over-fbi-raid-of-mar-a-lago\/\" title=\"Trump Seeks Ruling From Supreme Court Over FBI Raid of Mar-a-Lago\">addressed trump\u2019<\/a>s comments on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> as of Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly backed Gallrein in the 4th congressional District primary, including having Hegseth stump for Gallrein ahead of the vote. Massie previously claimed on Fox News that Trump and allies are \u201cpanicked\u201d as Gallrein might not be able to defeat him.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> again put Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thomas-massie\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"17668\">Thomas Massie<\/a> (R-KY) on blast, this time for a misleading primary day text sent to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kentucky\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"30\">Kentucky<\/a> voters by the congressman\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The text message featured Trump\u2019s 2022 endorsement of Massie, making it seem as if the president supports the incumbent today when he actually backs primary opponent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4572488\/ed-gallrein-thomas-massie-kentucky\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4572488\">Ed Gallrein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/4575304\/naacp-call-black-student-boycott-southern-college-sport\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>NAACP calls for Black students to boycott Southern college sports<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4574148\/nancy-pelosi-endorses-connie-chan-congress\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Pelosi endorses Connie Chan to succeed her in Congress<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4572471\/dc-restaurant-group-backs-kenyan-mcduffie-mayor-over-janeese-lewis-george\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DC restaurant group wades into mayoral election against Mamdani-style Janeese Lewis George<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cHorrible Congressman Thomas Massie put out an old Endorsement, from many years ago, of him by me long before I found out that he was the Worst Congressman in the History of our Country,\u201d Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116602960667085780\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116602960667085780\">wrote on Truth Social<\/a> Tuesday afternoon. \u201cI endorsed Ed Gallrein, a true American Patriot, which Massie knows full well, so the statement that he put out is fraudulent, just like HE is fraudulent.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cWITHDRAW YOUR FAKE STATEMENT, MASSIE, RIGHT NOW!\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116603236399876536\">similar post <\/a>an hour later, Trump urged voters to see through Massie\u2019s \u201cdeception\u201d and vote for Gallrein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you imagine \u2018Congressman\u2019 Thomas Massie putting out a many years ago Endorsement of him, by me, when he knows that he wasn\u2019t endorsed, but that I proudly endorsed Ed Gallrein?\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe reason is that Massie has turned out to be the Worst Congressman in the Republican Party. This shows what a totally dishonest and desperate guy Massie is, and I hope the Voters aren\u2019t fooled by his deception!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Massie\u2019s campaign has not provided a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As of Tuesday afternoon, neither Massie nor his campaign has addressed Trump\u2019s comments through their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sickening-video-shows-antifa-allegedly-stab-4-trump-supporters-in-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Sickening Video Shows Antifa Allegedly Stab 4 Trump Supporters in Washington DC\">social media accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly endorsed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL officer, to unseat Massie in Kentucky\u2019s 4th Congressional District. Even War Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1991\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> stumped for Gallrein one day before the Republican primary.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4574525\/thomas-massie-fox-news-final-day-kentucky-primary\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4574525\/thomas-massie-fox-news-final-day-kentucky-primary\/\">rare appearance<\/a> on Fox News earlier Tuesday, Massie claimed Trump and his allies are \u201cpanicked\u201d that Gallrein may not be able to defeat him on Tuesday, because the president has posted 11 times about this race in the last 72 hours and sent Hegseth to campaign for Gallrein.<\/p>\n<p>One of Trump\u2019s recent Truth Social posts <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4571925\/trump-thomas-massie-worse-bill-cassidy\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4571925\/trump-thomas-massie-worse-bill-cassidy\/\">compared<\/a> Massie to Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-cassidy\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2103\">Bill Cassidy<\/a> (R-LA), who lost his primary to two Republican challengers on Saturday. Hoping for a similar outcome in the Kentucky primary, the president said Massie was \u201cworse\u201d and an \u201ceven bigger insult to our Nation\u201d than Cassidy.<\/p>\n<p>Massie has drawn Trump\u2019s ire for some time, especially after the Kentucky Republican led the charge to compel a full release of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/epstein-files\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"17582\">Epstein files<\/a>. The congressman has frequently opposed Trump\u2019s agenda in Congress.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4574847\/thomas-massie-campaign-misleading-text-trump-endorsement\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4574847\/thomas-massie-campaign-misleading-text-trump-endorsement\/\">MASSIE CAMPAIGN SENDS MISLEADING TEXT IMPLYING TRUMP ENDORSEMENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the primary race, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >polling locations close<\/a> at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Voters who are still in line at that time will be allowed to cast their ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Recent polls show Gallrein with a slight lead, but the margin between them is too close to call. Earlier surveys had Massie in the lead, but his lead narrowed after Trump endorsed Gallrein earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump blasted Rep. Thomas Massie over a misleading text implying his 2022 endorsement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2604650,"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\/05\/AP26139541060179.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13348,5894,33196,3634],"class_list":["post-2604649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-endorsement","tag-politics","tag-thomas-massie","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26139541060179.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604649","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\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2604649"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2604653,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604649\/revisions\/2604653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2604650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2604649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2604649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2604649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}