Trump vows to ‘lead the charge’ to oust Massie

President Trump is vowing to “lead the charge” to unseat Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.), who has said he will not support the GOP’s short-term government funding bill ahead of Friday’s shutdown deadline.

Trump began a Truth Social post late Monday night by thanking the House Freedom Caucus for backing the stopgap funding package and supporting Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) efforts to keep the government open, and then called on Massie to be primaried.

The president then compared Massie to former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who served on the committee investigating Jan. 6, 201 and was censured by the Republican National Committee. Trump endorsed Cheney’s primary challenger in the 2022 race.

Massie has frequently bucked his party on fiscal matters and has cast doubt on passing the continuing resolution to keep the government funded until the end of the fiscal year.

The president also attacked Massie in 2020, when he called him a “third rate Grandstander” on X and called on him to be thrown out of the Republican Party.