<p>President Donald Trump urged Republicans on Monday to get behind a Navy SEAL who he hopes will oust Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie in the 2026 midterm elections.</p>
<p>Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115844769291604784">wrote</a> on Truth Social that Captain Ed Gallrein has his &#8220;Complete and Total Endorsement&#8221; in a bid to replace Massie in Kentucky&#8217;s 4th Congressional District. Massie has been a thorn in Trump&#8217;s side for most of his second term, criticizing the president&#8217;s handling of the Epstein files and voting against his &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The incredible people of Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District, who want desperately to get rid of Thomas Massie, the Worst &#8216;Republican&#8217; Congressman we have had in many years, gave us a mandate to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;The person that will help us do the job, and do it right, is Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, Fifth Generation Kentucky Farmer, and American Hero, Captain Ed Gallrein, a true Patriot.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Captain Ed Gallrein has my Complete and Total Endorsement against &#8216;Congressman&#8217; Thomas Massie — He only votes AGAINST the Republican Party, making life very easy for the Radical Left,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;Unlike &#8216;lightweight&#8217; Congressman Massie, a true hater of Israel, and a totally ineffective LOSER who has failed us so badly, CAPTAIN ED GALLREIN IS A WINNER WHO WILL NOT LET KENTUCKY DOWN!&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump urged Republicans considering a run against Massie to stand down and &#8220;rally behind&#8221; Gallrein, arguing that Gallrein is in the best position to defeat the GOP congressman. Trump praised Gallrein for his service to the United States and said that the Navy SEAL &#8220;is a big fan of our recent attack on Nicolas Maduro, the Dictator of Venezuela.&#8221;</p>
<p>Massie <a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/2008533475893104878">responded</a> to Trump&#8217;s lengthy statement on Gallrein, writing on X, &#8220;i ain’t reading all that. im happy for u tho. or sorry that happened.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Daily Wire reached out to Massie&#8217;s office and campaign for comment.</p>
<p>Trump&#8217;s relationship with Massie has been a roller-coaster ride. In March 2020, Trump <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-kentucky-thomas-massie-1a75ba7b28a5f889210e703a72b85630">called</a> Massie a “third rate Grandstander” and urged the GOP to throw him out of the party after the Kentucky congressman tried to stall a $2.2 trillion COVID aid package. Two years later, Trump endorsed Massie in his Republican primary, referring to him as a “Conservative Warrior” and a “first-rate Defender of the Constitution.”</p>
<p>Massie, who espouses libertarian views, regularly criticizes Trump&#8217;s foreign and domestic policies, including his major spending plan in the &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill.&#8221; Massie was one of just two Republicans in the House who voted against Trump&#8217;s signature piece of legislation.</p>
<p>Earlier this week, Massie condemned the Trump administration&#8217;s strikes in Venezuela and capture of Nicolás Maduro, <a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/2007855570447913358">arguing</a> that the operation was only &#8220;about oil and regime change.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;This is not what we voted for,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>In a Christmas Day post calling out some of his enemies, Trump slammed Massie as &#8220;one lowlife &#8216;Republican'&#8221; who continues to focus on the Epstein saga, which Trump has called a &#8220;hoax.&#8221; Massie sent out a fundraising <a href="https://x.com/MassieforKY/status/2004577779640365204">message</a> in response to Trump&#8217;s Christmas Day criticism, writing on X, &#8220;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!&#8221;</p>

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