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Just as President Donald Trump appears to have hit pause on a major conflict in the Middle East, he is intensifying one at home.<\/p>\n

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is the chief target of the president’s powerful political operation, which is looking to oust the outspoken congressman in the GOP primary next year.<\/p>\n

The congressman has been a thorn in the president’s side in the past, but Massie\u2019s latest threat to introduce a resolution<\/u><\/a> aimed at reining in presidential war powers comes as Trump was already seething about Massie\u2019s multiple attempts to thwart the \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d ahead of Republicans\u2019 self-imposed July 4 deadline.<\/p>\n

Massie has easily beat back challenges before, including a raft of money from pro-Israel donors. But this time, the six-term Congressman\u2019s strong independent political brand may not withstand the blitz that the president’s allies appear ready to unleash. Not only has Trump vowed to campaign \u201creally hard\u201d against Massie next year, his political operation has launched a super PAC dedicated solely to defeating the Kentuckian.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s probably more vulnerable than he’s been since he first won in a primary because of all this,\u2019 said GOP strategist and former Kentucky state Rep. Adam Koenig. \u201cThere’s money outside of Trump world ready to go after Massie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s political apparatus began ramping up its efforts to boot Massie after the representative voted against the party\u2019s massive tax-and-spending package for the president\u2019s domestic policy priorities when it first went through the House last month. It went public with its plans \u2014 a super PAC dubbed Kentucky MAGA led by two of the president\u2019s most-trusted lieutenants, Chris LaCivita and pollster Tony Fabrizio, first reported by Axios<\/u><\/a> \u2014 as Massie pushed to reassert congressional authority over Trump\u2019s military actions in Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has established himself as a contrarian for contrarian sake,\u201d LaCivita said in a text message to POLITICO. \u201cHe should be a man and switch parties instead of posing as a Republican.\u201d<\/p>\n

The president and his advisers have viciously attacked Massie on social media in recent days, with Trump marshalling his MAGA base to dump \u201cLOSER\u201d Massie and \u201cGET THIS \u2018BUM\u2019 OUT OF OFFICE.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump and Massie have had a contentious relationship dating back to the president\u2019s first term, when he pushed to \u201cthrow Massie out of the Republican Party\u201d after the Kentucky Republican erected a roadblock to Trump\u2019s Covid-19 relief package<\/u><\/a> in March 2020. Trump later endorsed Massie\u2019s 2022 reelection bid and Massie backed Trump in 2024 \u2014 but only after initially supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the presidential primary.<\/p>\n

But now that Trump is back in the Oval Office, Massie has attempted to cripple the president\u2019s legislative agenda multiple times, including becoming the only Republican to vote against<\/u><\/a> a stopgap government funding bill in March. Unlike in the past, the president appears to be making good on his threats to try getting Massie out of office by putting a super PAC on the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s a real opportunity\u2026they\u2019re going to spend upwards of $30 million to defeat Thomas Massie,\u201d said one Kentucky GOP political operative who, like many interviewed for this story, was granted anonymity to discuss sensitive intraparty matters.<\/p>\n

The operative, who did not vote for Trump, also heard rumblings that AIPAC, one of the most prominent pro-Israel groups, is also ready to spend big in the May 2026 Kentucky primary \u2014 suggesting Massie’s anti-war efforts may be met with resistance on multiple fronts. Some Republican strategists estimate combined spending could reach as high as $45 million, an unheard of total for a primary contest in the 4th Congressional District. (The only outside spending against Massie in last year\u2019s primary was about $320,000 from AIPAC\u2019s super PAC, United Democracy Project.)<\/p>\n

Even Speaker Mike Johnson hedged Tuesday on whether he would support Massie next year \u2014 despite acknowledging it\u2019s his job as the top House Republican to protect his party\u2019s incumbents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI certainly understand the president\u2019s frustration\u201d with Massie, Johnson told reporters at the Capitol. \u201cIf you\u2019re here and you\u2019re wearing one team\u2019s jersey and every single time you vote with the other team, people begin to question \u2026 why you\u2019re so consistently opposed to the platform, the agenda of your party.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Massie appears unfazed by Trump and his allies\u2019 electoral threats.<\/p>\n

“In 2020 I got my Trump antibodies from a natural infection when he came after me, and I survived,\u201d Massie quipped to reporters on Tuesday. \u201cIt will deplete his political capital if he doesn’t succeed, and he knows that. So that’s got to be part of his calculus.”<\/p>\n

In fact, Massie is embracing the fight. On Twitter, he teased an interview with podcaster Theo Von<\/u><\/a>, a sign that he\u2019s seeking to widen his exposure in a format that favors Massie\u2019s unique brand of an isolationist budget hawk. He\u2019s fundraising off the social-media sparring with Trump, telling Hill reporters Monday evening that he\u2019d raised roughly $120,000 in 24 hours.<\/p>\n

And he\u2019s still pledging to move ahead with his war powers resolution if the ceasefire between Iran and Israel doesn\u2019t hold, saying in television interviews and to Hill reporters it\u2019s \u201cnot clear the war is over.\u201d<\/p>\n

Overhanging the primary threat is the question of exactly which candidate Trump’s allies have in mind to run against the incumbent. Already, some think first-term state Rep. Aaron Reed, a retired Navy Seal and gun shop owner who is rarely seen without his cowboy hat, would be a possible challenger. Another option is state Rep. Kimberly Moser, who is not thought of as traditionally MAGA, but has over the years made inroads with the Trump wing of the party. There are some potential outsiders who might have the means to self-fund a campaign as well, like political pundit Scott Jennings or former gubernatorial candidate Kelly Craft.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it’s too soon to know if his outright opposition to what Trump has done \u2013 and I think it\u2019s pretty horrible what [Massie\u2019s] done \u2013 will make a difference,\u201d said Ellen Williams, a former chair of the Kentucky GOP. \u201cYou can’t just put anybody up against him and spend a shitload of money. I just think it emboldens him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Sen.<\/p>\n

Members of Kentucky\u2019s congressional delegation say Massie\u2019s sprawling district, which runs along the northern border along Ohio and Indiana and stretches from the southern Cincinnati suburbs to the outer bands of the Louisville metro area, is a unique cross-section of the state that appears to relish Massie\u2019s independent streak.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s home to some of the most prominent members of the \u201cliberty faction\u201d of the Kentucky Republican Party, a group that embraces Trump while also gravitating toward libertarian-leaning Republicans like Massie and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. The senator has weathered his own barrage of attacks from Trump for voicing opposition to the megabill and defended Massie to POLITICO on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Massie is \u201cvery popular in Kentucky,\u201d Paul said. \u201cI will continue to support him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHis district is different,\u201d Rep. James Comer, a fellow Kentucky Republican, said Tuesday on Capitol Hill, though he declined to weigh in on the conflict between Massie and Trump. \u201cThat\u2019s a unique congressional district.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson believes Trump, as much as he is the undisputed leader of the Republican Party, may be overplaying his hand when it comes to Massie\u2019s district.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs popular as Trump is in Republican politics, as popular as Trump is in Kentucky, as popular as Trump is in the 4th District, on the substance, on the policy, Thomas wins those arguments over Trump,\u201d Grayson said. \u201cUntil you see someone step up, Thomas is still pretty formidable.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also warned of repercussions for Trump, who \u2014 constitutionally barred from seeking office again \u2014 is a lame duck. If the representative is able to fend off a primary challenge, it could open the floodgates for others who have private misgivings about the president’s actions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will make a difference if Massie were to overcome this,\u201d Grayson added. \u201cIf he wins, if you\u2019re a member, you\u2019d be more likely to speak out in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Massie\u2019s never been in serious jeopardy in the GOP primary. His closest primary contest was when he first ran for Congress in 2012 when he defeated Alecia Webb-Edgington, a state representative, to succeed the retiring Rep. Geoff Davis by roughly 7,000 votes. In subsequent primary contests, Massie cruised to victory in otherwise low-turnout primaries where he won with no less than 60 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n

Many operatives believe Trump would need to juice primary turnout considerably to succeed in his quest to topple Massie. Some cautioned that Trump’s popularity 11 months from now could shift considerably.<\/p>\n

Massie was matter-of-fact about the challenges before him Tuesday afternoon when addressing reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just have to spend more money if he gets in the race,\u201d Massie said, when asked his thoughts on Trump meddling in his primary. He then laid out a pair of scenarios, one in which Trump endorses someone and then backtracks on the endorsement \u2014 as the president has done before. He floated another in which Trump’s allies lay down a lot of money and groundwork, only to abandon its efforts down the line.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey’re gonna try to talk to somebody in the race…tell them that the Trump endorsement is coming, and then they’ll wait to see if that person can get close. And if that person can get close, then Trump may get in,\u201d Massie said. \u201cIf that person can’t, they’ll leave that person hanging on the bone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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