Rep. Thomas Massie made his final pitch to voters on Tuesday morning just hours before his closely watched Kentucky Republican primary.
During an interview on Fox’s “America’s Newsroom,” Massie was asked about running a campaign amid his differences with President Donald Trump.
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“No, I’m not running against President Trump,” Massie said.
“Most of the people voting for me support President Trump like I do,” he added, citing support from pro-lifers, pro-Second Amendment groups, and the local leaders, state representatives, and members of Congress backing his reelection bid.
Trump has endorsed Ed Gallrein, the former Navy SEAL aiming to unseat Massie in the GOP primary.
When asked how to defend voting against the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Massie said, “That’s the problem in D.C. They put everything in one giant bill.”
“What they’re doing is they’re taking these big giant bills, which everybody hates back in America, and they’re trying to blame you for anything that’s in there. But guess what? I’m the only guy up there that didn’t vote to fund Planned Parenthood this last time,” Massie added.
“I’m the only guy up there that didn’t vote to fund that immigrant welfare fraud. They put the money back in. They’ve actually taken all the [Department of Government Efficiency] cuts out, but I’m the only one that’s sticking with DOGE and sticking with the people back home,” he continued.
He added that “if you ever vote against it, they can say that you voted against everything. The reality is, I voted for the Save Act when it comes up individually. I voted for border control, DHS, the wall, all of the things that the president wants.”
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The news comes as Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters revealed this week that Republicans may outspend Democrats in this election cycle, a dramatic reversal from past campaigns, when Democrats often held the fundraising advantage.
Speaking on Breitbart, Gruters argued Republicans are entering the midterm cycle with significantly stronger financial positioning and unprecedented coordination across the conservative movement.
Host Mike Slater asked Gruters to put the reported $70 million Democrats spent in Virginia’s recent redistricting battle into perspective.
“How much money is that for the parties?” Slater asked.
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Gruters responded by painting a bleak financial picture for Democrats.
“The DNC has minus 4 million [dollars], and it wasn’t the DNC that plowed $70 million: It was the collective,” Gruters said.
“So, if you look at the collective on the right, we may have $800 million,” he continued.
“The collective on the left may have $350 million, and when you have the court, there’s gonna be a court case that is ruled on in the next week or two, coordinated campaign limits, which will magnify that, which will allow full coordination and allow the parties to spend at the candidate rate, which is massive for us,” he said.
Gruters said the financial landscape could mark a historic break from previous election cycles.
“When you have that financial advantage, people, you know, people don’t know that the Democrats routinely spend more than us on election cycles, because they have more massive donors and that will write massive checks,” he said.
“But this time, this cycle [we] will either spend a parity or will outspend them, and that’s never happened before,” he added.
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According to Gruters, the RNC itself is in far stronger shape than the Democratic National Committee.
He said the RNC currently has “about $125 million” on hand compared to what he described as negative cash reserves at the DNC.
Gruters also pointed to allied Republican organizations as part of a broader coordinated effort.
“Our Republican National Senatorial Committee, let’s say, has $80 million. House committee has $80 million,” he said.
“Then you have conservative groups out there like MAGA Inc. … you got to think about, we are completely united in our efforts to hold the majority,” he added.
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