President Trump stated on Sunday that the Make America Nice Once more (MAGA) motion ought to drop Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) after the his pushback Saturday evening in opposition to the U.S. strikes in opposition to Iran.
In a prolonged publish on his Fact Social platform, Trump known as Massie “not MAGA” and “a easy minded ‘grandstander’ who thinks it’s good politics for Iran to have the best degree Nuclear weapon.”
“Massie is weak, ineffective, and votes ‘NO’ on just about the whole lot put earlier than him (Rand Paul, Jr.), regardless of how good one thing could also be. He’s disrespectful to our nice army, and all that they stand for, not even acknowledging their brilliance and bravado in yesterday’s assault, which was a complete and full WIN,” Trump said in his post.
The president name-checked Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R) as a result of each he and Massie have opposed the president’s “huge, lovely invoice.”
“Massie ought to drop his faux act and begin placing America First, however he doesn’t know easy methods to get there — he doesn’t have a clue! He’ll undoubtedly vote in opposition to the Nice, Huge, Stunning Invoice, despite the fact that non-passage means a 68% Tax Improve for everyone, and lots of issues far worse than that. MAGA ought to drop this pathetic LOSER, Tom Massie, just like the plague!” he added.
On Saturday, Trump announced that the U.S. had bombed three Iranian nuclear websites.
Massie shortly posted on the social platform X that Trump’s bombing of Iranian nuclear websites was unconstitutional.
On Tuesday, Massie launched a war powers resolution to ban U.S. involvement in Iran as its battle with Israel intensifies, signaling they might power a vote on the matter. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) stated he would co-sponsor the measure.
The Hill has reached out to Massie and Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) workplace for remark.