Six states across Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon and Pennsylvania are holding primaries on Tuesday, May 19, marking one of the crucial days for the midterm primary contest of the year.
Trump’s campaign to prevent the development of dissent ideas in his own party tests today as he takes aim at Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky. He was the one who challenged the president on a GOP tax and spending bill last year and led the charge to compel the DOJ to release its files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump was seen accompanied by Rep. Barry Moore, endorsing him for Senate. He introduced Trump at the top of the rally, telling attendees he was “proud to say I was the first elected official in the nation to endorse him in 2015.”
It is crucial to note that Moore is one of six candidates competing for the GOP nomination today. The winning candidate needs to secure 50% of the vote. In such cases when no candidate reaches the majority, a runoff will be held on the “fourth Tuesday following the primary.”
“This is a group, a great group of people, but that’s in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District against a disastrous Thomas Massie. I say, he’s the worst Republican congressman in the history of the country,” Trump said.
“You need to send Ed Gallrein to fight for you in Washington,” Trump said during the call.
Gallrein called the primary a “pick a side moment,” arguing that a vote for Massie — who has previously said he votes with the GOP “90% of the time” — would be “picking the radical Democrats” over “President Trump, the Republican Party and the Constitution.
Massie has gained attention from Trump amid repeated disputes across multiple high-profile issues, which prompted Trump’s political operation to pour resources into the campaign.
In line with his Trump’ s primary endorsement, the president split time during a tele-rally in Kentucky to aggressively advocate for Massie’s challenger.
Andy Barr for Senate, Ralph Alvarado for the 6th Congressional district and Ed Gallrein for the 4th Congressional district. One of the highly anticipated polls in Kentucky, the significant races in Georgia-one for the seat of senator and another for governor have been drawing immense nationwide interest today.
