Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., waved off President Donald Trump’s threats to back a primary challenger against him next year, asserting that he will still prevail, but Republicans will lose the House majority as a result by “wasting millions of dollars against me.”
“I think it’s going to backfire tremendously,” Massie said outside the Capitol on Tuesday, a day after Trump said he was looking for a Republican that he “can endorse and vigorously campaign for” ahead of the 2026 midterms in Kentucky.
“Well, they’ve spent $1.8 million against me so far in my congressional district. I think it’s had very little effect, but they are trying to beat up on me to keep everyone else in line here, and I think it’s not working,” Massie told NBC News.
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