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<p><span style="font-weight:400">President Donald Trump threatened to support a primary challenge against Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) after she hit the campaign trail to support embattled Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">In Saturday night Truth Social posts, Trump railed against Republicans backing Massie for</span> <span style="font-weight:400">“parading around like fools,”</span><span style="font-weight:400"> calling Boebert “weak-minded.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">“Boebert is campaigning for the Worst ‘Republican’ Congressman in the History of our Country, Thomas Massie, of the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky, and anybody who can be that dumb deserves a good Primary fight!”</span> <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116586609402311469" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">Trump said.</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> “Even though I long ago endorsed Boebert, if the right person came along, it would be my Honor to withdraw that Endorsement and endorse a good and proper alternative,” he said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">“Yes, I saw the President’s post. No, I’m not mad or offended. I knew the risks when I agreed to stand by my friend Thomas Massie. I was, and will be, America First, America Always, and MAGA,”</span> <span style="font-weight:400">Boebert said in response.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Before Trump’s threat, the Colorado Republican attempted to thread the needle between her support for both Massie and Trump. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">“Below is my friend Thomas Massie. He loves America and is fighting to save it. Also below is my friend and President, Donald Trump. He’s put his life on the line to save this great country. I support both of these men. I’ve worked with both to preserve freedom and liberty,”</span> <span style="font-weight:400">Boebert posted on social media.</span> <span style="font-weight:400">“And if that makes you angry, bless your heart.” </span></p>
<p>The filing deadline has passed for new candidates to enter the race, and neither of Boebert’s initial primary challengers qualified for the ballot, so she is running unopposed.</p>
<p>Massie, long a thorn in the side of Trump, is currently facing the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thomas-massie-is-a-political-survivor-but-this-time-might-be-different?author=Jacob+Wheeler&;category=News&;elementPosition=9&;row=0&;rowType=Vertical+List&;title=Thomas+Massie+Is+A+Political+Survivor+%E2%80%94+But+This+Time+Might+Be+Different" target="_blank" rel="noopener">toughest challenge of his political career</a> in the most expensive U.S. House primary of all time.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">The Kentucky Republican has emerged as a vocal critic of the administration’s handling of the Epstein files, Iran, and the president’s signature “One Big, Beautiful Bill.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Now, Trump is throwing the full weight of his political machine behind Massie’s primary challenger. In January, Trump endorsed Captain Ed Gallrein, a retired Navy SEAL and farmer opposing Massie in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">“The man running against Massie, Ed Gallrein, is a true American Patriot, a Farmer from Kentucky, and a Military Hero,” Trump said in a Saturday night social media post. “He is loyal, and MAGA all the way — VOTE FOR ED GALLREIN, AND WIPE AWAY THE STENCH OF ONE OF THE WORST CONGRESSMEN IN THE HISTORY OF OUR GREAT PARTY, THOMAS MASSIE. MAY WE NEVER HAVE TO DEAL WITH HIM AGAIN!”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Conventional political wisdom suggests Massie enters Tuesday’s primary with significant structural advantages. The libertarian-minded fiscal hawk has deep roots in the district, riding the Tea Party wave into Congress in 2012 and remaining politically untouchable ever since.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Yet, Massie’s tendency to break with Trump is alienating segments of the MAGA faithful.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">A new Quantus Insights survey</span><span style="font-weight:400"> shows Gallrein leading Massie 53%-45% among likely Republican primary voters, marking the first public poll to show the Trump-backed challenger ahead. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Massie is blaming third-party spending in the race for his slippage in the polls. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">“After months of beating around the bush, one reporter finally writes the true story of my race and when asked, the lobbyists brag about it,” Massie said of a</span> <span style="font-weight:400">Politico story</span> titled<span style="font-weight:400"> “A coalition of Israel’s lobbyists and donors is spending tens of millions of dollars in a blatant attempt to buy a KY congressional seat.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">The home stretch in Kentucky comes after Louisiana Republicans</span> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/voters-decide-fate-of-senator-who-voted-to-convict-trump?author=Jacob+Wheeler&;category=News&;elementPosition=2&;row=0&;rowType=Vertical+List&;title=Voters+Decide+Fate+Of+Senator+Who+Voted+To+Convict+Trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">voted to oust Sen. Bill Cassidy</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">, rejecting the incumbent who voted to convict President Donald Trump on impeachment charges. Trump also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-flexes-political-muscle-against-republicans-who-bucked-him-on-redistricting?row=0&;elementPosition=2&;rowType=Web+Search+Overlay" target="_blank" rel="noopener">successfully ousted</a> several state senators in Indiana who voted against redistricting earlier this month. </span></p>
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