A former MAGA congresswoman slammed Vice President JD Vance for his public criticism of Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY).
Massie is fighting for his political life in Tuesday's historically expensive Republican primary against President Donald Trump-endorsed candidate Ed Gallrein, and Vance criticized the Kentucky congressman as disloyal to the GOP.
"It's one thing to disagree with the party on a particular issue," Vance said Sunday at an event hosted by Turning Point USA. "It's one thing to have, you know, your independent stand on a number of questions, and by the way, some of the stuff where Thomas Massie has been independent against the Republican Party, I've agreed with him."
"Being independent, having your own opinions, is one thing," the vice president added. "Voting against the party on every single issue, you're eventually going to make too many enemies, and that is the problem that Thomas has had. It's not one issue, it's not three or four issues, it's that every time that we've needed Thomas for a vote, he has been completely unwilling to provide it. That is why the president of the United States has trained his ire on Thomas Massie. It's because we can never count on him for some of the most difficult votes."
Those remarks faced criticism from former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who split with the president over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files that Massie pushed to be released.
"This is disappointing," Greene posted on X. "JD Vance attacks Thomas Massie, claiming he always votes against 'the party' and he did it at a Turning Point event of all places."
She then listed three points about the irony of Vance denouncing Massie at the Turning Point event.
"Charlie Kirk supported Thomas Massie and would have been opposed to Trump primarying him with Israel funding," Greene posted. "Massie votes against 'the party' when the party is trying to pass BAD America Last legislation like funding foreign wars, protecting poisons like glyphosate and covid vaccines, violating our second amendment, hurting small farmers and small businesses and creators with patents, and empowering the surveillance state."
"Thomas Massie is not the problem," she added. "'The Party' is the problem. And demanding loyalty to 'the party' is the most repulsive cult behavior we’ve ever seen in American politics."