Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) made a rare appearance on Fox News in a final push to hold on to his House seat.The interview aired on Tuesday, as Kentucky voters head to the polls to choose between the seven-term incumbent and Trump-backed primary challenger Ed Gallrein in the state’s Republican primary.Massie’s appearance on the conservative cable news outlet was his first in 14 months. Massie recently claimed Fox had “blacklisted” him, presumably due to his intraparty feud with President Donald Trump.
“They’re afraid that if they give me a venue to speak, that the White House will shut them out,” the congressman said of Fox on Cincinnati Public Radio. “And they want access more than anything.”
Despite the supposed blacklist, Massie spoke with a Fox host on America’s Newsroom on the final day of his contested primary. Massie spent much of his airtime attacking his primary opponent and arguing that his constituents should reelect him.
“I’m the conservative running against an AI candidate without the I,” he said of Gallrein, who has been criticized for seemingly posting an artificially generated campaign message on social media before deleting it.
Massie also accused Gallrein of skipping eight head-to-head debates.
