What To Do With The Donald Trump Blast Radius?
Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater
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🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Thomas Massie lost his congressional seat. This is 3 races in a few weeks where the Trump endorsed candidates beat the incumbents. What does this mean for MAGA moving forward? And, why libertarianism isn't the same as being conservative.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Politics by Faith. It's where we take the news of the day. We bring it to the Bible so we can walk away with peace and perspective. |
| 0:09.2 | It's new headlines every day. But Ecclesiasi says there's nothing new under the sun. So thanks to be in there. And if you could please subscribe to our YouTube page, that are quickly growing YouTube page. Appreciate that. YouTube.com slash at Politics by Faith. Hit subscribe. Help us with the |
| 0:22.5 | algorithm. So the story of the day is Thomas Massey's big primary day. As I'm recording this, |
| 0:31.0 | results are just coming in. And it looks like the Challenger is doing pretty well. Now, |
| 0:35.3 | I can't stay up all night to record this. I apologize. |
| 0:38.7 | I've got to get to bed eventually. So it looks like Massey's going to lose, but I'm leaving |
| 0:43.9 | open the opportunity that we get some late results coming in for Massey and he indeed wins. |
| 0:48.5 | It does not change the main point that I would like to make here in today's episode. |
| 0:55.9 | So this seat in northern Kentucky, Thomas Massey's held it for seven terms. |
| 1:02.0 | It's 14 years. |
| 1:03.3 | Trump doesn't like Massey anymore because he's annoying. |
| 1:08.0 | I think that's what he would say. |
| 1:10.0 | Politically annoying, he's just a no vote all |
| 1:12.1 | the time for things that the president really wants. And when the margins are tight, like a one-seat |
| 1:20.1 | Republican majority in the House, every single vote counts. So he would say no on a bill, and then matter what. I'm like no, no, I'm a no, I'm a no matter what. |
| 1:33.8 | And then Speaker Johnson would have to go to another or a moderate rhino Republican in New York. |
| 1:40.4 | And then they would leverage their vote for some pork or for some dramatic change in the bill |
| 1:46.1 | that benefits them in their district and then the whole bill's worse and if massy just voted yes |
| 1:53.1 | then there'd be something and now it's that thing but worse because he voted no it's still |
| 1:58.6 | ended up passing but they had to give some favors out in order to get it across the finish line so trump wanted him gone |
| 2:05.5 | i don't remember all the back and forth drama exactly but trump warned him a bunch of times |
| 2:09.9 | and massy stood strong and didn't budge and kept saying no and here we are and this is why we |
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