Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has become a frequent target of President Donald Trump's ire, with the president repeatedly singling him out due to his role in advancing the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act. Now, Massie is cashing in on those attacks.
Trump spent much of Christmas Day posting to his Truth Social platform, posting missives against his political opponents and rehashing debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 election loss. But Massie was also included in Trump's posting spree, with the president at one point calling the Kentucky Republican a "lowlife," according to The Hill.
"Imagine celebrating a blessed Christmas with your family… suddenly phones alert everyone to the most powerful man in the world attacking you… for fulfilling his campaign promise to help victims!" Massie wrote on his official X account after including a screenshot of Trump's attack on him.
"Please support me," Massie added, with a link to his campaign website.
The Kentucky Republican followed up his post by announcing that within two hours of him sharing Trump's attack and the donation link, 43 people donated $2,700 to his reelection effort. Massie is running against Trump-endorsed Republican Ed Gallrein in the Republican primary for Kentucky's 4th Congressional District, along with two other opponents.
Massie's bid for an eighth term has attracted an inordinate amount of attention from the president dating back to March, when the Kentucky Republican voted against a spending bill Trump wanted passed. Massie also opposed Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" due to his hard stance against authorizing trillions of dollars in new spending (which the law mostly appropriates in the form of massive tax breaks that primarily benefit the wealthiest Americans).
In July, Politico identified three pro-Trump billionaires who were writing the biggest checks in the effort to drive Massie out of office. Hedge fund billionaires Paul Singer and Hank Paulson, along with Miriam Adelson (the widow of deceased casino magnate and GOP donor Sheldon Adelson) had spent roughly $2 million against Massie as of this summer.
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