Ep. 2430 - BRAINROT DEFEATED: Massie Loses In Kentucky

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🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Thomas Massie goes down in flames in the most expensive House primary ever… and we examine just what happened to the seven-term Congressman; President Trump endorses Ken Paxton over Senator John Cornyn in Texas; and we delve the perverse minds of the Islamic Center of San Diego shooters. Ep. 2430 - - - Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://dwplus.watch/BenShapiroMemberExclusive - - - Today's Sponsors: PureTalk - Make the switch in as little as 10 minutes and start saving today! Visit https://PureTalk.com/SHAPIRO Helix Sleep - Visit https://helixsleep.com/ben for this exclusive offer. Shopify - Sign up for your $1-per-month trial and start selling today at https://Shopify.com/shapiro Kalshi - Visit https://kalshi.com/shapiro to see live prediction markets and sign up today to trade on the outcomes that matter most to you. - - - DailyWire+: Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. 📰 Follow Ben on the Daily Wire app or DailyWire.com to read his daily articles and receive his Friday newsletter. 📘 Ben's book "Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics)" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/LionsandScavengers 👕 Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://dwplus.shop/BenShapiroMerch - - - Socials: YouTube — https://youtube.com/@BenShapiro Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/officialbenshapiro Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/officialbenshapiro Snapchat — https://www.snapchat.com/officialbenshapiro TikTok — https://www.tiktok.com/@real.benshapiro X — https://twitter.com/benshapiro - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, the future of the GOP, the Republican Party, was up for grabs in Kentucky's fourth congressional
0:05.2	district last night. It was the most expensive House primary race in history and a bellwether
0:10.8	for what comes next inside the GOP. Thomas Massey versus President Trump, online versus reality,
0:18.1	woke right versus traditional Trump right.
0:21.4	And Trump won.
0:22.9	And reality won.
0:25.9	Turns out the future still belongs to the rational right.
0:30.4	It belongs to President Trump inside the Republican Party so long as President Trump is president. We'll get into every spicy detail in just one moment.
0:33.7	This is the Ben Shapiro Show.
0:47.6	So it turns out that this race was not particularly close. Ed Galrine, who was the former Navy SEAL opponent of Thomas Massey. Massey, of course, has been in Congress since 2012.
0:52.2	He's a 14-year seven-term congressman.
0:54.9	Massey was destroyed by Galrine last night.
0:58.1	By 7.45 p.m. Eastern time, it was over.
1:01.3	Galrine ended up winning about 55% of the vote.
1:04.1	Massey ended up at 45% of the vote.
1:07.5	So let's begin at the beginning because there's a lot of stories,
1:09.9	a lot of tales being
1:10.8	told about what defeated Thomas Massey. The Thomas Massey was defeated by APEC money. The Thomas
1:16.3	Massey was defeated over his strong opposition to Israel and all the rest. That is not what happened.
1:23.0	Thomas Massey lost his seat. Again, he'd held that seat since 2012. He was very popular in his district,
1:29.2	and that district happens to have gone for President Trump by 35 to 40 points in the last
1:33.7	several election cycles. Massey lost that seat because he decided that he wanted to go to war
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