‘WITHDRAW YOUR FAKE STATEMENT,’ Trump tells Massie over old endorsement text
President Trump criticized Rep. Thomas Massie for sending a misleading text to voters that suggested Trump endorsed him. In reality, Trump supports Massie's primary opponent, Ed Gallrein, and called for Massie to withdraw the misleading statement. The primary race is tight, with recent polls showing Gallrein slightly ahead.
- ▪Trump accused Massie of using an old endorsement to mislead voters.
- ▪He has endorsed Ed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL, to unseat Massie.
- ▪Polling shows Gallrein with a slight lead as the primary approaches.
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President Donald Trump again put Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on blast, this time for a misleading primary day text sent to Kentucky voters by the congressman’s campaign. The text message featured Trump’s 2022 endorsement of Massie, making it seem as if the president supports the incumbent today when he actually backs primary opponent Ed Gallrein. Recommended Stories Pelosi endorses Connie Chan to succeed her in Congress DC restaurant group wades into mayoral election against Mamdani-style Janeese Lewis George Spencer Pratt is ‘for the dogs’ in animal abuse campaign “Horrible 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,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Tuesday…
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