By the way, today is the six-month anniversary of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

We've taken out two dozen CEOs, an ambassador of Prince, a prime minister, a minister of culture, and that was just six months.

I got seven months left in Congress.

I have never seen a happier concession speech in my life.

Hi again, everyone.

It's 5 o'clock in New York.

It's a political victory that might get back to bite Donald Trump in the you know where.

That was Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massey conceding defeat last night in a Republican primary.

After being defeated by a candidate, Donald Trump personally recruited to run against him because he was mad at him.

Massey angered Donald Trump by being one of the main drivers in Congress for transparency around the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Massey is hardly alone, though. Republican members of the Indiana State Senate and Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana have all met the same fate after Donald Trump deemed them insufficiently loyal, even though they did all sorts of things that their histories suggest they didn't agree with all in the service of loyalty to Donald Trump.

So while Trump and his allies are celebrating their losses as a sign of the president's

political strength, political strategist Dan Pfeiffer warns of this, quote, yes, the incumbent president

can influence primaries inside his own party.

And yes, Trump is getting rid of people he believes wronged him.

But spending nearly $20 million to defeat a Republican in a district, Donald Trump, won by 35 points, is not the flex people think it is.

At best, this is a parrick victory, and Trump's revenge tour is a big problem for the GOP moving forward.

Trump is on a massive drag on his party, and to win, many Republicans will need to show some independence from the deeply

unpopular president. A smarter, savvier, less megal maniacalical leader would give his party the

room to do what they need to do to win.

Trump is incapable of doing so, and the GOP will pay a price for that.

And Trump's quest for undying loyalty may have blocked his own agenda before the midterms

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