Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie is supposed to be a Republican. He just lost a Republican primary to keep the House seat he’s held since 2012.
The man who will replace him, military veteran Ed Gallrein,wonby nearly 10 points, 54.8 percent to 45.2 percent. Granted, a lot of this had to do with the fact that Gallrein was endorsed by President Donald Trump and Massie has dedicated himself to throwing a wrench into Trump’s agenda, ostensibly under the aegis of isolationist libertarianism.
In reality, his motivations had a lot more to do with presenting himself as the kind of guy who crashes out at a Waffle House at two in the morning, spittle coming from his mouth as he yells incoherently about globalists and chip-tracking conspiracy theories. One might say the miracle is that he held on for this long, but the malignancy seemed to assert itself most strongly in the past few years — specifically, after a certain event we’ll get to shortly.
You’d think this would be a cause for celebration among Democrats and the Very Online™ far left, if you knew nothingabout Massie. Instead, they’re crashing out — and it tells you everything about why Massie’s loss was a cause for celebration.
While some pundits predicted the race was a toss-up, it became clear early in the evening that Massie was doomed. Speaking at a concession speech after the most expensive House primary in American history, according toThe Associated Press, Massie was anything but magnanimous. He was, however, quite direct about who he was.
“I would have come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent to concede, and it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv,”Massiebegan, inauspiciously.
🚨 JUST IN — REP. THOMAS MASSIE CONCEDES: “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.”
“I have called and conceded the race.”pic.twitter.com/8Y70wGzp36
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh)May 20, 2026
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