A Kentucky Primary Has Become a MAGA Reality Show From Hell
The Kentucky primary has become a contentious battleground influenced by former President Trump. Rep. Thomas Massie faces a significant challenge as Trump and his allies launch aggressive campaigns against him. The race has attracted various figures and controversies, turning it into a spectacle of political drama.
- ▪President Trump has orchestrated a primary challenge against Rep. Thomas Massie, who has occasionally opposed him.
- ▪The campaign has become a proxy fight over Trump's influence and other political issues, making it one of the most expensive primaries in US history.
- ▪Massie has garnered support from libertarian followers and notable figures, while facing salacious attacks from Trump's media surrogates.
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freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "motherjones_right_rail_1", slotId: "ROS_ATF_300x600" }); Mother Jones illustration Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Last summer, President Donald Trump orchestrated a primary challenge against Rep. Thomas Massie, who’d become the lone House Republican willing to occasionally stand up to the president—at least the only one who wasn’t retiring. But the race has turned into a proxy fight over, well, just about everything. It’s a referendum on Trump. It’s a fight over Israeli influence in American politics.
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