Backfire: Republican 'thorn in Trump's side' raises money using president's insult
A Republican lawmaker who serves as a "thorn in Trump's side" raised thousands of dollars using the president's Christmas insult against him, according to a new report.
Republican congressman Thomas Massie bucked the president with this co-authorship of the Epstein files act, which required the Department of Justice to release all of its files related to the deceased child sex abuser's case. Since that time, Trump has backed a primary challenger to Massie in Kentucky.
But Massie isn't taking that lying down. After Trump called the congressman a "lowlife" on Christmas, Massie used that insult to raise thousands for his campaign within two hours, the Guardian reports.
Under the subheading "Massie uses president's insult to raise funds," the outlet reported Sunday, "On Christmas, Trump posted a rant on his Truth Social platform that dismissed Congress’s interest in Epstein as a 'scam' while referring to Massie – the only lawmaker named in the post – as 'one lowlife ‘Republican'."
The Guardian continued:
"That prompted Massie to reply on X: 'Imagine celebrating a blessed Christmas with your family … suddenly phones alert everyone to the most powerful man in the world attacking you … for fulfilling his campaign promise to help victims!'"
It further reported, "Massie’s account cited the 'one lowlife Republican’ phrase in the post’s text, highlighted it in screenshots of Trump’s tirade – and asked X users to 'please support me' while providing a link to his campaign donations site. More than 40 people had donated nearly $3,000 within the first two hours, Massie’s account said in separate follow-up posts."