President Donald Trump and his top messengers took a victory lap on Tuesday night after Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-KY) primary loss to Republican Ed Gallrein, who had the president’s backing.
“He was a bad guy,” Trump told reporters when asked about Massie’s primary loss. “He deserves to lose.”
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With 74% of votes counted, Gallrein was leading with 54.4% of the vote compared to Massie’s 45.6% when the Associated Press called the race at 7:54 p.m. Tuesday.
“Who’s next?” the Trump War Room, the messaging account for Trump’s political operations, posted to X after the primary.
Chris LaCivita, Trump’s 2024 co-campaign manager, tagged Massie in a post on X and attached a photo of Trump taken earlier this year in which he flashed his middle finger at a heckler who accused him of being a “pedophile protector.”
Massie’s loss is the latest in Trump’s efforts to oust members of the party who stymie his agenda.
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