Buck Brief - Can Trump Send Wacko Massie Packing in KY?
The Buck Sexton Show
Premiere Networks
4.7 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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One of the biggest MAGA battles in America is happening in Kentucky. Will Thomas Massie survive the challenge from Trump-backed Navy SEAL veteran Ed Gallrein, or is this the moment the America First movement sends a message to Republicans who stand in the way of Trump’s agenda?
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.6 | Will Maga, will Trump kick Massey to the curb? |
| 0:10.8 | Election primary day is upon us in a whole bunch of places all over the country. |
| 0:16.3 | And May 19th, 2026 could go down as the day that Massey has got to figure out something else for his career. |
| 0:25.1 | We'll see. |
| 0:26.4 | Big, big battle in Kentucky's fourth congressional district. |
| 0:31.2 | And it's deciding something bigger than just one primary. |
| 0:34.5 | It's really, at some level, a referendum on whether the Republican Party |
| 0:38.4 | stands with President Trump and the America First Agenda, or it's going to keep tolerating |
| 0:43.6 | these political insiders who grandstand, obstruct, and undermine the commander-in-chief, |
| 0:52.8 | who tens of millions voted to lead this comeback starting in |
| 0:57.5 | 2024. |
| 0:58.5 | So this isn't just politics as usual. |
| 1:00.8 | In some ways, it's a battle for the soul of MAGA in the Kentucky heartland. |
| 1:07.8 | And in places like Hebron, Kentucky, the reinforcements are showing up loud and |
| 1:13.7 | clear. Let's start with the scene yesterday. Defense Secretary Pete Heggseth, |
| 1:18.9 | Defense, I'm sorry, Secretary of War Pete Heggseth, stepped on to the campaign trail in his |
| 1:24.7 | personal capacity. There's a rare move here. |
| 1:30.9 | Pete's a very talented guy when it comes to politics, though. |
| 1:37.6 | And he didn't have to do this, but he was there because the message he wanted to get out there was unmistakable. |
| 1:46.1 | President Trump needs fighters in Congress, not philosophers who love the sound of their own voices and have leftists. |
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