A Trump Dissenter Fights for His Political Life

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🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In a Republican primary for a House seat in Kentucky, Rep. Thomas Massie is facing off against Ed Gallrein, who is backed by the president.

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0:00.9	From New York Times, I'm Michael Bobarro.
0:04.0	This is the Daily.
0:05.5	You know what the name is?
0:08.4	He is the worst person.
0:11.1	His name is, what the hell?
0:13.3	How did he ever end up in Kentucky?
0:15.8	In Kentucky on Tuesday, amid his own record low approval ratings, President Trump is asking Republican
0:24.0	primary voters to reject a Republican congressman that they've elected seven times before.
0:30.7	His name is Thomas Massey.
0:34.8	Representative Thomas Massey.
0:36.9	Massey's a complete and total disaster as a congressman and frankly as a human being.
0:43.9	A fiercely proud conservative who is broken with Trump on just a handful of votes.
0:49.3	We got to get rid of this loser.
0:52.0	This guy is bad.
0:53.0	He's disloyal to the Republican Party. He's disloyal to the Republican Party.
0:56.0	He's disloyal to the people of Kentucky.
0:58.6	And most importantly, he is disloyal to the United States of America.
1:04.6	And he's got to be voted out of office as soon as possible.
1:09.0	Instead, Trump wants Kentucky Republicans
1:11.7	to elect his hand-picked challenger, Ed Galrine,
1:15.8	in what has become the most expensive House primary
1:19.2	in American history.
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