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Sean Davis @seanmdav - Why did Massie lose tonight?
Massie went from principled libertarian during COVID, to GOP leadership lapdog under McCarthy, to anti-Trump Epstein obsessive in 2025 after tweeting about that issue a whopping three (3) times in the decade prior. The nail in the coffin for him was voting against OBBB in 2025 because, according to Massie, it did too much to secure the border.
Trump mercilessly trashed Massie in 2020–calling him a “disaster” for America and Kentucky and saying he should be thrown out of the GOP entirely—but Massie easily swatted that away and won 81-19, so you can’t say he only lost because of Trump. He went toe-to-toe with Trump on COVID in 2020 and won overwhelmingly.
Massie lost because he went from being perceived as a quirky but lovable nerd who seemed to genuinely believe everything he said, to looking like a clout-chasing influencer who cared more about getting TV time with Democrats on an issue he clearly never cared about until five minutes ago than he did about representing his voters.
We’ll never know what caused the apparent personality change—maybe it was the death of his wife, maybe it was the McCarthy race followed by McCarthy’s ouster, or maybe it was a desire for notoriety or media acclaim and a lucrative podcasting career outside of Congress—but the drastic change was undeniable, as was the seeming lack of interest in much of anything happening in Kentucky.
Blame Trump, blame Israel, blame Epstein, blame the tragic death of a spouse, I don’t care. But you cannot just wave away 2020 Massie going face-to-face with the Trump machine and winning in a rout only to get smoked six years later.
Massie’s voters didn’t really change all that much, but he did, and they noticed.
https://x.com/seanmdav/status/2056901201879322812
Sean Parnell @SeanParnellASW - HEADLINE: "Joint Nigeria-US strikes kill 175 Islamic State group fighters, both militaries say"
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260519-joint-nigeria-us-strikes-kill-175-islamic-state-group-fighters-both-militaries-say
https://x.com/SeanParnellASW/status/2057112465066897751
Sebastian Gorka DrG @SebGorka - WWFY&WWKY
@WhiteHouse
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Acting Press Sec Joel Valdez @JoelValdezDOW
Nigeria and the United States said Tuesday that joint air strikes over the past few days killed 175 Islamic State group fighters in the country's northeast, including the jihadist group's global second-in-command.”
https://x.com/SebGorka/status/2057291305991000480
Sebastian Gorka DrG @SebGorka - A message to the oppressed people of Cuba from @SecRubio.
@WhiteHouse
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rjhg19W3rRc
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il Donaldo Trumpo @PapiTrumpo
Video: MAKE EL CUBA GREAT AGAINO!!!
https://x.com/SebGorka/status/2057219714229612645
Sebastian Gorka DrG @SebGorka - Justice will be done.
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FBI Director Kash Patel @FBIDirectorKash
In 1996, four Brothers to the Rescue members, including three U.S. citizens, took off from Florida on a humanitarian mission to help rafters fleeing Castro’s Cuba.
Cuban MiGs shot their civilian planes out of the sky over international waters.
Carlos Costa. Armando Alejandro Jr. Mario de la Peña. Pablo Morales.
For 30 years, their families waited for answers.
This FBI never forgot.
Today’s of superseding indictment charges Raul Castro and five Castro regime co-defendants with conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, two counts of destruction of aircraft, and four counts of murder and is a major step toward accountability.
https://x.com/SebGorka/status/2057206273402097867
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