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President Donald Trump continued his trashing of Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky on Monday, targeting the incumbent lawmaker for ousting him in a Truth Social article while seeking to bolster his challenger. Ed Gallreinthe former Navy SEAL he supported for the congressional seat last year.
The president, who called Massie “the worst ‘Republican’ Congressman we’ve had in many years,” said Gallrein “officially filed to run for Congress” on Monday.
“I’ve heard other candidates are considering running for this seat, but I’m asking all MAGA warriors to rally behind Captain Ed Gallrein, the candidate who is, by far, best positioned to defeat third-rate Congressman Thomas Massie, a weak and pathetic RINO from the great Commonwealth of Kentucky, a place I love, and who has won BIG, ALL THREE TIMES,” the president asserted.
HOUSE GOP CRITICISM BREAKS WITH TRUMP’S VENEZUELA OPERATION THAT CAPTURED MADURO
Left: U.S. President Donald Trump during a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, United States, Saturday, January 3, 2026; Right: Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, attends the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Left: Nicole Combeau/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Right: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Massie criticized Trump’s decision to impeach Venezuela Nicolas Maduro.
“Wake up MAGA. VENEZUELA is not about drugs; it’s about OIL and REGIME CHANGE. This is not what we voted for,” Massie said in a statement. job on X.
But Trump noted in his Truth Social article that Gallrein “is a big fan of our recent attack on Nicolas Maduro, the dictator of Venezuela.”
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Nicolás Maduro is seen handcuffed after landing on a Manhattan heliport, escorted by heavily armed federal agents as they walk into an armored car en route to a Manhattan federal courthouse on January 5, 2026 in New York. (XNY/Star Max/GC Images via Getty Images)
The president claimed that Massie “only votes AGAINST the Republican Party, which makes life very easy for the radical left,” saying, “Unlike ‘lightweight’ Congressman Massie, a true Israel hater and a totally ineffective LOSER who has failed us so cruelly, CAPTAIN ED GALLREIN IS A WINNER WHO WON’T LET KENTUCKY TOUCH!”
Massie solicited donations for the campaign while emphasizing Trump’s attack on him.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., during a press conference in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“This happened again today! Why am I being attacked every week? Because I am the only Republican who refuses to approve foreign aid, endless deficits and unnecessary wars. I also speak out against sex traffickers. My primary is in May. Please help me if you can,” he wrote in a message. job on X, adding a link where people can donate.
