President Donald Trump attempted to hurl an attack on a rebel Republican foe on Monday, but his accusation was actually incorrect.
Trump was complaining about Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a vocal critic of Trump, and his new wife in an accusation and was called out for missing a key detail about her.
Trump wrote the following on his Truth Social platform:
"People are saying that Thomas Massie became a Liberal because his new wife, blessed be their marriage, is supposedly a Radical Left 'flamethrower.' This new union all went so fast that maybe he didn’t know what he was getting into but, nevertheless, he is an absolutely terrible and unreliable 'Republican' — Perhaps a RINO, or maybe even worse! Ed Gallrein, a Farmer and War Hero, is running against Massie. He is a HIGH QUALITY individual, and there is no Candidate for Congress that could be better. He is running because he realizes Thomas Massie has been totally disloyal to the President of the United States, and the Republican Party. He never votes for us, he always goes with the Democrats. Thomas Massie is a Complete and Total Disaster, we must make sure he loses, BIG!"
Eric Michael Garcia, Washington Bureau chief at The Independent and MS NOW columnist, posted on Bluesky to set the record straight.
"Trump blames Thomas Massie’s wife for him becoming 'Radical Left ‘flamethrower.' Carolyn Grace Moffa worked for Rand Paul," Garcia wrote.
This wasn't the first time Trump had tried to send Massie a venomous message. After Massie, a widower, announced his new marriage in October, Trump attacked him, rather than congratulate him or send flowers.
At the time, Trump wrote this on Truth Social:
"Did Thomas Massie, sometimes referred to as Rand Paul Jr., because of the fact that he always votes against the Republican Party, get married already??? Boy, that was quick! No wonder the Polls have him at less than an 8% chance of winning the Election. Anyway, have a great life Thomas and (?). His wife will soon find out that she’s stuck with a LOSER!"
Massie, a Libertarian-leaning Republican congressman from Kentucky, has frequently clashed with Trump over various policy issues, including foreign aid, military spending, and government oversight, despite generally supporting Trump's anti-establishment rhetoric. He has been critical of Trump on specific issues such as the spending bills and foreign military assistance, positioning himself as a fiscal conservative who prioritizes constitutional limits on executive power and government spending regardless of which party controls the White House.
Massie, along with his co-sponsor Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), helped pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the legislation that forced the DOJ to release the Epstein files.
He has accused Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of lying about an effort of several lawmakers to review unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files, an alleged lie that Massie subsequently provided “receipts” to disprove.