Thomas Massie Defies Trump Despite Voting With Republicans 91% of the Time
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Updated · The New York Times · May 14
Thomas Massie Defies Trump Despite Voting With Republicans 91% of the Time
4 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 14
Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie is being cast as a rare GOP lawmaker willing to resist Donald Trump rather than offer unquestioning loyalty.
Massie still votes with his party 91% of the time, but breaks with Trumpism on trade, spending and executive power, making his independence the core of the clash.
Trump has called Massie “a complete and total disaster” and recently branded him “disloyal,” turning a policy and temperament split into a test of personal allegiance.
The dispute is framed as evidence of a shrinking libertarian-conservative wing in Congress, one focused on deficits, foreign wars, surveillance and limits on presidential power.
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