President Donald Trump on Sunday slammed Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) in a social media publish, decrying the lawmaker as “weak,” “lazy,” and “pathetic” for opposing him on Iran, the “large stunning invoice” and extra.
Massie, the president wrote on Truth Social, “will not be MAGA, regardless that he likes to say he’s. Truly, MAGA doesn’t need him, doesn’t know him, and doesn’t respect him.”
Massie has a historical past of incurring Trump’s wrath. He was one in all solely two GOP members of the Home to vote towards the president’s signature invoice final month, and extra lately has been railing towards U.S. army involvement in Iran.
On Sunday, he and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) spoke out towards the weekend’s assault on Iran throughout a joint look on “Face The Nation.” The 2 final week launched a bipartisan decision that might prohibit Trump from striking Iran with out express authorization from Congress.
Massie known as the assault on Iran unconstitutional, whereas Trump dismissed him as “a damaging drive” and “a easy minded grandstander.”
“Massie is weak, ineffective, and votes ‘NO’ on just about every thing put earlier than him (Rand Paul, Jr.), irrespective of how good one thing could also be,” Trump wrote. “MAGA ought to drop this pathetic LOSER, Tom Massie, just like the plague!”
Trump mentioned he would marketing campaign “actually arduous” for a challenger to Massie in subsequent 12 months’s major.
“MAGA will not be about lazy, grandstanding, nonproductive politicians, of which Thomas Massie is unquestionably one,” Trump added.
Trump has urged voters in Massie’s district to reject him prior to now, to no avail.
This time, nonetheless, Trump’s staff is launching a brilliant PAC aimed toward funding a MAGA-approved rival, Axios reported. Trump advisor Chris LaCivita advised the information group that the brand new PAC would spend “no matter it takes” towards Massie.
