Congressman Thomas Massie

"I do not understand what the CONTRARIAN house republicans think they will gain by opposing Speaker Mike Johnson. They have no one who can get more votes." ~Newt Gingrich

After having a conversation with a friend whose opinion I value about Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie, I did a little digging into him and his background.

Despite President Trump’s endorsement of Mike Johnson for Speaker of the House, Representative Massie posted on X that he will not vote for Mike Johnson. He said that he hopes his colleagues will join him because history will not give America another “do-over.” I wish I knew what he means by “do-over.” If the majority doesn’t vote for Speaker Johnson, I’m confident the majority of Democrats will vote for Hakeem Jeffries. In that case, we probably won’t get a do-over to elect another Speaker during this Congress. Is Speaker Johnson perfect? Probably not. Will he support President Trump’s agenda more than Hakeem Jeffries? Probably.

To be fair, I didn’t know a lot about Thomas Massie prior to the blind rage I felt when I read that he wouldn’t support Mike Johnson for Speaker even after President Trump posted his support. Although I wasn’t necessarily surprised, I once again felt betrayal by the GOP. Will we ever experience unity in the Republican party the way the Democrats do? I’m all for individual thought and voting on your principles, but there are times when I think it’s important to put your feelings aside for the greater good.

My first order of business was to watch the Tucker Carlson-Thomas Massie interview that my friend recommended to me. This interview took place in June of 2024. Thomas Massie is a likable man and it’s obvious he’s very intelligent. He also appears to have a good sense of humor. He was elected to represent Kentucky’s 4th District in 2012 and is described as a libertarian Republican who believes in limited government and fiscal responsibility. These are qualities that I can agree with.

If you take the time to watch the interview, just know that the first hour you’ll learn a lot about his political beliefs, as well as learn a few things about the dirty side of Congress and lobbyists. The second hour is Massie talking about the Kentucky home he and his wife built themselves. It’s a very impressive story and worth the time to watch.

Over the summer, I recall hearing stories of a congressman’s wife passing but didn’t realize it was Mrs. Massie until my friend mentioned it. I’m so sorry for his loss and the loss his children have suffered. Mrs. Massie sounds like she was a brilliant woman with a beautiful family. She passed away shortly after his interview with Tucker Carlson.

I don’t personally know Thomas Massie, I don’t live in his district or his state, so any opinion I have of him is based purely on the Tucker Carlson interview, reading news reports of him, and his congressional record.

The first thing I noticed in the interview was a trait in his personality that gives the impression he prefers to be the outsider. You know that saying, 4 out of 5 dentists….? He’s the fifth dentist. Although he may say he’s sticking to his principles, he strikes me as the type of person who likes to disagree for the sake of argument. Politico refers to Massie as ‘Mr. No,’ due in part to his voting record, which you can find here.

During the interview, he tells a story of returning to Congress to force a quorum on the vote for the CARES Act. The bill was backed by President Trump and he was not pleased with Massie for delaying its passing. According to Massie, President Trump called him a “third-rate grandstander.” Looking through his voting record and the things he has chosen to take a stance on, you might understand where President Trump was coming from.

In fairness, it’s difficult to know what is real and true in our government and what is not. Thomas Massie has been in Congress for 12 years and stirred the pot for many years before President Trump came along. At times during the interview I wondered if Massie is a rogue actor trying to be difficult to attract attention, or if he attracts attention to highlight important issues.

Ukraine funding is one example. Since most everything has been a psyop for the last eight years I look at the Ukraine funding as a way to wake people up to money laundering and corruption in our government. Of course we shouldn’t be sending money to other countries. The stories of money going to Ukraine are bordering on ridiculous, and quite honestly, I’m skeptical. Massie talks to Tucker about Speaker Johnson allowing funding to Ukraine. He also says that he was the person who videotaped his fellow members waving Ukrainian flags in Congress when the bill was passed. When that video was released, I thought it looked staged, as though it was meant to enrage us, which it did. Was Thomas Massie in on the psyop to record and release that video? Maybe. Was it an actual event where ignorant politicians waved non-American flags in our Congress? Maybe. That’s the problem with psyop after psyop. What is real and what isn’t?

In addition to the Ukraine funding, Massie also talks about Speaker Johnson allowing the continuation of the FISA Act. Hopefully, no one outside of our intelligence community supports the FISA Act, but – we were told that “FISA works both ways.” If we believe that corrupt members of our government were spying on President Trump and the people surrounding him, shouldn’t we use that same intelligence to then spy on them? Wouldn’t it be necessary to maintain FISA to gather intelligence and evidence against them? Since Massie is a proponent of civil liberties, it makes sense that he would be opposed to the continuation of FISA. So maybe he isn’t part of the psyop? It’s confusing, but the longer I watched the interview, the less I felt that Massie is working with President Trump and the more I felt that he is working against him.

In the book The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump says, “good publicity is preferable to bad, but from a bottom-line perspective, bad publicity is sometimes better than no publicity at all. Controversy, in short, sells.” Part of this quote is the subtitle to The Art of Distraction and it stayed in my mind while watching Massie and Tucker. Early in the interview Massie mentions a lobbyist group running ads throughout Kentucky rather than just in his district. The lobbyists were worried that Massie would attempt to run for Senate to replace Mitch McConnell. Despite this, Massie tells Tucker that he isn’t interested in running for the Senate. Later in the interview Tucker asks Massie if he thinks Trump would support him if he ran for Governor of Kentucky. At that moment it occurred to me that maybe Representative Massie would like to move on from Congress. Controversy, in short, sells.

In April 2024, Representatives Massie and Paul Gosar co-sponsored a motion to vacate filed by Marjorie Taylor Greene in an attempt to remove Speaker Johnson. President Trump did not support this action and asked the Republicans to table the motion. Massie tells Tucker the goal was to expose the Uniparty, which he felt they did. Never before had Democrats voted for a Republican Speaker, yet Nancy Pelosi and Hakeem Jeffries voted for Speaker Johnson. Hakeem Jeffries has announced that Speaker Johnson will not receive support from the Democrats on January 3rd, and I believe him. They smell blood in the water.

Who’s really working with the Democrats? Speaker Johnson or Representative Massie?

During the motion to vacate in April, 11 Republicans voted to fire Speaker Johnson. Those republicans were:

• Andy Biggs of Arizona

• Eric Burlison of Missouri

• Eli Crane of Arizona

• Warren Davidson of Ohio

• Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia

• Paul Gosar of Arizona

• Thomas Massie of Kentucky

• Alex Mooney of West Virginia

• Barry Moore of Alabama

• Chip Roy of Texas

• Victoria Spartz of Indiana

The motion failed and Speaker Johnson remained, yet Massie is again trying to derail him. If these 11 Republicans vote against Speaker Johnson on Friday, without offering an America-First candidate capable of winning the majority vote, be prepared to start referring to Hakeem Jeffries as Mr. Speaker. President Trump’s agenda will again be stalled. This Speaker vote is very important.

Thomas Massie may be great for his district and for the people of Kentucky. But we need him to be great for America right now. Sometimes you may have to go against your principles for the greater good. A lot of us held our nose and voted for Mitt Romney because we thought he was the lesser of two evils. Many people probably voted for President Trump with that same attitude. You can’t agree on everything all the time, but at some point, you have to do what’s right for the majority.

Many members of Congress, including Thomas Massie, have been in office for years, if not decades. They have done nothing to clean out the corruption in our government. President Trump has done more in the short time he’s been a politician than all of them combined. Anyone going against his wishes deserves to lose the privilege of representing us.

While I applaud Representative Massie for trying to stay true to his beliefs, I also urge him to support President Trump’s wishes and get behind Speaker Johnson. The citizens who voted to put the Republicans in office do not want Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker of the House.

Please take a moment to contact your local representative and urge them to support Mike Johnson for Speaker of the House, just as President Trump has. You can find your local representative at this link.

You can find a list of all GOP members here.

Keep this list handy on January 3rd during the Speaker of the House vote. Anyone who is unable to offer an America-First candidate capable of receiving the majority vote and who doesn’t support Speaker Johnson will reveal their RINO status. We should then work to primary those members. Speaker Johnson may not be perfect, but he’s our best option at the moment, and he will support President Trump’s agenda far more than Hakeem Jeffries.

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