Trump PURGES Massie Over Epstein Files | TMP #1053

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]Trump didn't beat Massie.

[00:00:03]Obedience beat oversight.

[00:00:06]Last night in Kentucky, Thomas Massie lost his Republican primary.

[00:00:12]But don't let anyone tell you this is just a local House race.

[00:00:19]This is not just Ed Gallerin beating Thomas Massie. Is that how you say it?

[00:00:24]Galleran or is it Israel? Or is it Netanyahu? Is that how you pronounce it?

[00:00:31]This was Donald Trump making an example out of a member of Congress who forgot the new rule of the Republican party.

[00:00:39]You are allowed to represent your district. You are allowed to talk about freedom. You are allowed to wave the Constitution around. But the minute Article One oversight threatens article 2 power, you are done.

[00:00:58]That is the story.

[00:01:02]Massie lost to Trump back Ed Galaren.

[00:01:05]Glaren, Glaren, Israel, I don't know how you pronounce it. 45 or 55 to 45 in Kucky's fourth congressional district.

[00:01:14]The results are still listed as unofficial, but all 120 Kentucky counties are reporting.

[00:01:22]And the Israel back candidate got 57,822 votes so far and Massie got 47,539 votes.

[00:01:33]Now listen to what that means.

[00:01:36]Massie is not some liberal. No, he's not some Democrat.

[00:01:42]He's not a squish. He's not one of he's he's not AOC.

[00:01:50]He is one of the most conservative members of the House. He is a libertarian Republican from Kentucky who voted against spending, voted against foreign aid, opposed wars, opposed surveillance, opposed deficits, and annoyed leadership in both parties.

[00:02:11]That was not enough.

[00:02:14]Because in today's Republican party, conservative conservatism is not enough.

[00:02:22]You have to be obedient.

[00:02:26]Obey or else.

[00:02:29]And Massiey's great sin was that he believed Congress still had a job to do.

[00:02:35]He believed Congress was not supposed to be a customer service department for the White House.

[00:02:43]He believed the legislative branch is not supposed to be the cheering section for the executive branch.

[00:02:51]He believed article one still means something.

[00:02:57]That is why the race became national.

[00:02:59]That is why money poured in. That is why Trump went after him personally.

[00:03:06]Reuters reports Trump targeted Massie over the Epstein files. That was pretty clear if you saw any of the ads that were happening, the fake AI and the he's he's some sort of libtard.

[00:03:25]He also targeted Massie over his criticism of the Iran war, his opposition to Trump's big tax and spending bill, and his refusal to fall in line on party party loyalty.

[00:03:39]The race became the most expensive House primary in American history with roughly $32 million in ad spending.

[00:03:50]Think about that.

[00:03:53]$32 million to defeat one Republican congressman in Kentucky. Small old Thomas Massie. Why is the question why you have to ask?

[00:04:10]Because Massie wouldn't clap on command.

[00:04:13]Because he helped force the release of the Epstein Files.

[00:04:19]Because he worked with Democrat Ro Kana on the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

[00:04:26]And that bill did something very simple.

[00:04:28]It told the Department of Justice to release the Epstein related records in its possession in searchable and downloadable form with protections for victims and active investigations.

[00:04:38]That's what it did.

[00:04:40]That bill passed the House 427 to1.

[00:04:46]When is the last time you saw a vote 427 to one? And then it worked its way to the Senate and passed by unanimous consent.

[00:04:58]and became public law on November 19th, 2025 only one vote against it and Trump was forced to sign it.

[00:05:13]So ask yourself the obvious question, if almost everyone voted for it, why did the guy who forced the issue become the enemy?

[00:05:25]Because there is a difference between voting for transparency when you have no choice and fighting for transparency when power does not want it.

[00:05:37]That is the line that Massie crossed.

[00:05:42]Massie used the discharge petition and and this is a house mechanism that lets rank and file members out of leadership go around leadership and force a vote if they gather enough signatures from other Congress people, our representatives.

[00:06:02]Massie filed that discharge petition on September 2nd, 2025. The House clerk list Massie as the sponsor of that petition.

[00:06:13]That is article one power.

[00:06:18]Define it. Say it.

[00:06:21]It's not cable news power. It's not influencer power. It's not dear leader says so power. No, it's congressional article one people power.

[00:06:34]A representative using the rules of the house to force the executive branch into transparency.

[00:06:43]That is what it is. And that is what made Massie dangerous.

[00:06:50]Power.

[00:06:53]This is not really about Thomas Massie as a person. He don't have to agree with his politics. Hell, I I don't agree with him on plenty of his politics.

[00:07:04]That's not the point. The point is whether Congress belongs to the people or to the president, whoever it is, whichever party they belong to.

[00:07:15]The point is whether your representative is supposed to ask questions or take orders.

[00:07:23]What are we sending bootlickers to Washington now? Uh, well, we have been for a while.

[00:07:32]The point is rather a member of Congress can say, "Show us the files without being politically executed by the leader of his own party."

[00:07:45]And look at how they framed it. They did not say Massie was corrupt. They did NOT SAY MASSIE WAS LAZY. They said he was disloyal. There it is. There it is.

[00:07:57]Disloyal.

[00:08:00]not wrong, not unethical, not ineffective, disloyal.

[00:08:06]Well, to whom? To whom is he disloyal?

[00:08:08]And that is the actual real story here.

[00:08:12]Because in a republic, your loyalty is supposed to be the constitution. You take an oath, your constituents, and the oath you take to represent them.

[00:08:27]But in a personality cult, loyalty flows upward. Always upward.

[00:08:34]Never outward to the people. Never downward to the voters. Never across to the Constitution. No. Hail no. Upward to the man.

[00:08:47]Trump's side understood this.

[00:08:51]Trump's candidate, Galleran. Israel's candidate, Galleran, campaigned as the reliable Trump vote.

[00:09:00]Reuters quoted him saying his focus would be advancing the president and the party's agenda.

[00:09:08]That's a transaction.

[00:09:13]Kentucky did not just get a new nominee.

[00:09:16]Trump got a warning label he can slap on every Republican desk in Washington.

[00:09:24]Do what I say or look what happened to Massie.

[00:09:31]Of course, the the internet the internet understood this immediately. Okay.

[00:09:37]And there's these characters we've been talking about. Marjorie Taylor Green, who had also pushed the Epstein release fight, said, quote, "Releasing the Epstein files was our demise." Talking about him and Massie. Her and Massie, excuse me. Oh, I misgendered her.

[00:09:56]Roana said Massie lost because he stood up to the quote Epstein class and against war.

[00:10:05]How dare he?

[00:10:09]Lindsey Graham celebrated Oh, that tells you a lot. By the way, Lindsey Graham celebrated celebrated the result by saying Trump's power is real.

[00:10:21]And and when a Republican member celebrated delivering the news of Massiey's defeat to Trump, Massie answered this quote, "How do his boots taste?"

[00:10:35]Got it all the way down in your mouth?

[00:10:41]This is the internet's reaction in one sentence. If we could put it into one sentence. Holy Can you imagine?

[00:10:49]Some people saw a Trump victory. Other people saw a warning shot against anyone who exposes powerful people.

[00:11:01]That is where we have to be careful and clear.

[00:11:06]This is not about conspiracy.

[00:11:09]Okay? There's going to be there's plenty of the theorists online and you know they're going to do what they're going to do. They got their First Amendment right. Have at it, boys.

[00:11:19]But this is not about conspiracy. This is about accusing every This is not about accusing every person named in the files of a crime.

[00:11:28]This is about transparency.

[00:11:31]It's about power and whether the public gets to know what the government knows about a sex trafficking network that connected to rich, famous, and politically powerful people.

[00:11:43]This should not be a left-wight issue.

[00:11:44]This should not be a MAGA issue. This should not be a democratic issue.

[00:11:50]This should be the easiest issue in American politics.

[00:11:57]Release the records, protect the victims, follow the law, and let the people see.

[00:12:04]But here's the problem, and it's a big one. Concentrated power hates that.

[00:12:12]Concentrated power hates sunlight.

[00:12:15]And when concentrated power gets embarrassed, who?

[00:12:20]It does not just defend itself, it punishes the example.

[00:12:25]And that's what happened here. Massie gave his own constitutional warning in his concession speech.

[00:12:33]AP reported this. He told his supporters, "If the legislative branch always votes with the president, we do have a king." Quote, unquote.

[00:12:45]But if lawmakers follow the Constitution, we have a republic.

[00:12:53]That's the whole show.

[00:12:56]What's your choice? What choice are you going to make? King or republic?

[00:12:59]Obedience or representation?

[00:13:03]One man or the constitution? Cover up culture or constitutional accountability.

[00:13:12]And for working people watching this, here is why this matters. Okay, you're like, "Well, what does this matter about my wallet?" Well, it matters.

[00:13:21]Because if they can spend $32 million to crush a congressman for asking questions about powerful people, what do you think they will do when you ask questions about your wages?

[00:13:33]What about your health care, your rent, your social security, your kids schools, your poisoned water, your busted ass hospital, your union, or your goddamn job?

[00:13:45]This is the same structure every time.

[00:13:49]Power protects power. Money protects money. The executive demands obedience.

[00:13:53]The legislature forgets that it's a se separate branch.

[00:13:58]And working people are told to pick a team and shut the hell up.

[00:14:05]No. No. No. No. Not no more. Hell no.

[00:14:09]We love this country. That is why we do not trust concentrated power.

[00:14:17]I don't trust concentrated power. You don't trust concentrated power.

[00:14:22]And I don't care what name. I don't I don't trust concentrated power with with a Democrat's name on it. And I don't trust it with a Republican's name on it.

[00:14:32]And I definitely do not trust it when the president can point at a member of Congress and say, "Remove him."

[00:14:39]because he asked too many questions.

[00:14:43]Thomas Massie lost a primary.

[00:14:47]But Congress lost something bigger.

[00:14:50]If the lesson becomes never cross the president because the Constitution does not say Congress works for the White House.

[00:15:01]The Constitution says Congress works for us. We the people. It's our body.

[00:15:09]It's our say so. It's our consent.

[00:15:13]And if asking for the Epstein files gets you removed from power, then the problem was never Thomas Massie.

[00:15:25]The problem is the people who needed him removed.