Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) denied that he is “running against” President Donald Trump in a rebuttal to Fox News’s Laura Ingraham on X.
Ingraham, host of Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle, asked on X on Wednesday whether Trump or Massie better represents Kentucky’s residents, posting a graphic showing Trump winning the state in 2024 with over 64% of the vote. The president has recently criticized the Kentucky lawmaker, who has stood against Trump’s leadership in his second term.
Massie represents Kentucky’s 4th District. He easily won the Republican Party’s primary election against two challengers in 2024, going on to win the general election in his district. He is seeking reelection this year.
“I’m not running against Trump. We serve in different branches of the government. Our branch makes laws, his branch carries out the laws we make,” Massie said on X.
As of Wednesday morning, Massie’s response had over 40,000 likes, compared to Ingraham’s original post, which had around 2,600.
Ingraham also said “Massie needs to go” on Tuesday, sharing an article saying he was one of three Republicans to join Democrats in sinking House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) bid to block future votes on Trump’s tariffs.
Massie responded, “taxing authority is vested” in the House, and Tuesday’s vote aimed “to subvert the Constitution and the 1976 National Emergencies Act by literally saying a day is not a day.”
Part of Massie’s feud with the Trump administration stems from its handling of the files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Massie sparred with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on X over the redactions in the files.
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Trump is supporting Navy SEAL veteran Ed Gallrein in the primary election against Massie, asking “all MAGA Warriors” to back his pick. The president also called Massie a “moron” while speaking at the 74th National Prayer Breakfast.
The Washington Examiner contacted Massie’s campaign and Fox News for comment.