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Thomas Massie

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Thomas Harold Massie is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Massie has been an advocate for limited government and individual liberties. He is known for his libertarian-leaning views and has often focused on issues such as fiscal responsibility and government transparency. Throughout his tenure, he has been involved in various legislative efforts and has made headlines for his outspoken positions on a range of topics.

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September 26, 2026

So they’re running from him on this and other issues — like the war.

— Thomas Massie

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  1. I think it’s ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we’re yelling ‘election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections.2 sources2026talkingpointsmemo.com
Sep 26, 2026

Look, I was the Republican who was speaking out for so long, and they were all, ‘Whatever Trump wants.’ They were all for it in their primaries. And now they’re about to take a shellacking here in the general election.

huffpost.com
Sep 26, 2026

And the day after, I think there’s going to be a reckoning.

huffpost.com
Sep 26, 2026

No, if you look at his social media accounts just in the last few hours, he’s unrepentant. He’s in denial. Somebody in the White House needs to get through to him. I think his comeuppance will happen on Election Day.

huffpost.com
Sep 10, 2026

You shouldn’t have to go get a subpoena through a committee to go find this.

rollcall.com
Sep 8, 2026

House Speaker Mike Johnson could 'soon recess the House until after the midterm elections… to avoid the vote?!

salon.com
Sep 8, 2026

We want perpetrators of these crimes to be investigated and prosecuted.

salon.com
Sep 8, 2026

That’s why we’ve introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, to bring the fight to the state courts, accountability to the Department of Justice and closure for survivors.

salon.com
Sep 8, 2026

The government continues to withhold over three million files.

salon.com
Sep 6, 2026

Perhaps hearing these names will shame the Department of Justice into delivering justice.

theguardian.com
Aug 28, 2026

This is great, but it should be a law, not just an executive order. My PRIME Act has dozens of bipartisan sponsors in the House & Senate. A pilot program for it is in the House farm bill. Pass the PRIME Act so consumers can get affordable…

dailycaller.com
Aug 20, 2026

$4,000 per year per American. That’s how much interest we are paying on the debt to banks & foreign countries every year. A family of four owes $16,000 per year for nothing but interest on the debt!

theguardian.com
Aug 19, 2026

I’ll soon be introducing a bill to withhold all federal funding for cameras used to track American citizens.

dailycaller.com
Aug 12, 2026

Privacy is not a loophole for criminals. It is a precondition for a free society, and the Supreme Court just said so in as many words.

oklahomavoice.com
Aug 2, 2026

We should leave the table before any of those cards are played.

tehrantimes.com
Jul 28, 2026

The Trump administration has sought no such Congressional authorization for the war in Iran, and is therefore operating unconstitutionally.

foxnews.com
Jul 28, 2026

Unfortunately, Speaker Johnson has chosen to let the power of our institution atrophy and is doing harm to our constitutional authority by his inaction motivated by political expediency.

foxnews.com
Jul 28, 2026

For the first time since the law was enacted, a concurrent resolution has passed in accordance with 5(c) of the law, but the White House has ignored it.

foxnews.com
Jul 27, 2026

By going more than 90 days without congressional authorization @SecWar IS BREAKING THE LAW and must be held accountable.

reason.com
Jul 27, 2026

The Pentagon is pretending there have been two Iran wars separated by a brief cease-fire.

reason.com
Jul 27, 2026

The reality: By going more than 90 days without congressional authorization, the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, IS BREAKING THE LAW and must be held accountable.

theguardian.com
Jul 27, 2026

This administration depleted our missile defenses, drained our oil reserves, sacrificed our men & women, inflated the price of consumer goods, increased our debt, and neglected our domestic needs… all for Israel.

foxnews.com
Jul 27, 2026

The U.S. has been significantly weakened by the war with Iran.

foxnews.com
Jul 24, 2026

Let me explain this absurd ruse: The Pentagon is pretending there have been two Iran wars separated by a brief cease-fire.

theguardian.com

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