GOP Rep. Thomas Massie may be out of the running for the 120th Congress, but that doesn’t mean the controversial Kentucky legislator is going to stop rankling his critics — even in defeat.
Afterlosing a Republican primarywhere critics had charged Massie’s anti-Israel sentiment had morphed into anti-Semitism, Massie gave a concession speech where he said he was late because he had to “find” his rival “in Tel Aviv.”
Much of the focus of Tuesday’s race had been on President Donald Trump’sendorsementof Massie’s challenger, military veteran Ed Gallrein, and the fact that Massie had bucked his party on innumerable votes. Massie has represented Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District since 2012.
Along with leftist Democratic California Rep. Ro Khanna, the libertarian-leaning Massie had also been one of the loudest voices in Congress claiming that the government’s files on disgraced and deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein hid something more nefarious than had already been let on.
However, there were also accusations of anti-Semitic dog whistles in Massie’s words and actions, and those concerns were amplified after Gallreinwona convincing 54.9 to 45.1 percent victory over the incumbent. The race was the most expensive House primary in history.
Massie’s seat is considered a safe Republican hold, meaning that Gallrein likely has a seat in the 120th Congress sewn up. Massie was not magnanimous in concession.
“I would’ve come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent and concede. And it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv,” Massie told supporters, before seeming to nod to the following he’d accrued on the anti-Israel left andfringe right.
“People that want somebody that will go along to get along – I’ve never heard of that strategy, but that seems to be what the voters want. But not the young voters,” he said.
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“And it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv.”
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