Trump Urges Ouster Of Rep. Thomas Massie Ahead Of Kentucky Primary
Trump endorsed Ed Gallrein and urged Kentucky voters to oust Rep. Thomas Massie as polls show Gallrein leading and outside money floods the race.
MEDIAiteTrump Calls For Thomas Massie To Be ‘Thrown Out of Office ASAP!’
Breitbart NewsTrump to Kentucky on Massie: ‘Vote the Bum Out’
TownhallAll of the Worst People Are Coming Out to Support Thomas Massie
Raw StoryTrump calls for 'weak' Republican to be 'thrown out of office' as he stumps for rival
Overview
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social calling Rep. Thomas Massie “the Worst 'Republican' Congressman in History,” urging Kentucky voters to “vote the bum out” and endorsing Ed Gallrein.
Massie has voted against Trump's Big Beautiful Bill and pushed to force the Department of Justice to release Jeffrey Epstein files, putting him at odds with the president.
Massie said on ABC's This Week that he is ahead in polls, blamed AIPAC and wealthy donors including Miriam Adelson and Paul Singer for funneling millions, and said AIPAC “dumped another $3 million.”
Recent polls show Gallrein about 48% and Massie about 43%, with roughly 7.6% to 8% undecided, and one Quantus Insights survey from May 11-12 had 908 respondents and a 3.3-point margin of error.
The Kentucky Republican primary is set for Tuesday, and in a related Saturday primary Bill Cassidy placed third, sending Julia Letlow and John Fleming to a runoff on 27 June.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame Massie as a beleaguered outlier under presidential pressure, emphasizing Trump's active role and punitive reach. Editorial language (for example, 'unusual powers' and 'billionaires launching attack ads'), source selection highlighting allies' silence, and spotlighted anecdotes create a coercion narrative; quoted insults remain source content, not editorial invention.