For the second time in a week, Donald Trump has shown that whatever difficulties he faces in opinion polls, and whatever economic hardships his war against Iran has sparked for American voters, his grip and influence over the Republican Party and his Maga movement remains ironclad.
On Tuesday night, Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie learned the hard way that it is career suicide to cross the US President.
In a stunning result, Massie, who has been in office since 2012, was defeated in the state’s Republican primary by a Trump-backed challenger, former Navy Seal Ed Gallrein.
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Predictions that the race would be tight, possibly even too-close-to-call on election night, were unfounded. Massie’s defeat – effectively his de-selection by Kentucky Republicans – was confirmed before even half the votes had been counted.
