Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) issued a defiant response on Monday to former Trump co-campaign supervisor Chris LaCivita, signaling he wouldn’t be pressured to again a measure funding the federal government that President Trump helps and the Home will take into account on Tuesday.
“Someone thinks they can control my voting card by threatening my re-election. Guess what? Doesn’t work on me,” Massie wrote in a Monday put up on the social platform X in response to LaCivita, who had written “tick tock Tommie” concerning the invoice.
“Three times I’ve had a challenger who tried to be more MAGA than me. None busted 25 percent because my constituents prefer transparency and principles over blind allegiance,” Massie added.
Massie is the one Home Republican to say definitively that he’ll vote towards a unbroken decision that might hold the federal government funded via the top of September.
Trump has threatened to oust him for his opposition.
“Congressman Thomas Massie, of beautiful Kentucky, is an automatic ‘NO’ vote on just about everything, despite the fact that he has always voted for Continuing Resolutions in the past,” Trump wrote in a Monday Reality Social put up, evaluating Massie to former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).
“HE SHOULD BE PRIMARIED, and I will lead the charge against him. He’s just another GRANDSTANDER, who’s too much trouble, and not worth the fight.”
The Kentucky Republican has continuously proven opposition to Trump’s agenda. He has additionally annoyed Republicans in Congress at numerous instances by voting towards their funding measures.
“I’m not voting for the Continuing Resolution budget (cut-copy-paste omnibus) this week. Why would I vote to continue the waste fraud and abuse DOGE has found,” the Kentucky consultant wrote on X.
