Massie Lost because of What he Voted Against

[meaner gene]

LoL!

It's amazing that the MSM and other Democrat activists can keep saying that with a straight face in light of Trump's near 100% record of endorsing GOP candidates into 2026 primary victories, especially challengers over incumbents.

It is the lamest and most obvious attempt at trying to artificially create a self-fulfilling prophesy that i've ever seen.

Are you blind. Trump warns republicans over and over again, to vote as he wants, or he will "primary" them. So even if they're 90% loyal, anything less than nearly 100% and Trump will fund somebody to run against them.

In Massie's case, that meant $33 million (making it the most expensive primary in history) in retribution.

 

[Failzero]

Are you blind. Trump warns republicans over and over again, to vote as he wants, or he will "primary" them. So even if they're 90% loyal, anything less than nearly 100% and Trump will fund somebody to run against them.

In Massie's case, that meant $33 million (making it the most expensive primary in history) in retribution.

Voting against Trump on major issues gets attention , nothing new there in politics

 

[Seymour Flops]

Re: Tax on tips. Under the big beautiful bill people are still paying tax on tips, and tax on overtime. The "No Tax on Tips" policy allows eligible individuals to deduct up to $25,000 of qualified tip income per tax return.

$25,000 more than Massie voted for them to be able to deduct.

RE: double tax under $500K
It was Trump 45 who put the SALT cap of $10,000 in place. The Big Beautiful Bill only raised the cap
For the 2025–2029 tax years, the SALT deduction cap is increased to $40,000 ... up from the previous $10,000 limit.

Massie voted for the SALT cap to stay at $10,000. Massie voted to keep it at $10,000 for the 2025-2029 tax years.

He keeps voting against the interests of his own constituents just to be able to whine about being victimized by Trump.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Are you blind. Trump warns republicans over and over again, to vote as he wants, or he will "primary" them. So even if they're 90% loyal, anything less than nearly 100% and Trump will fund somebody to run against them.

In Massie's case, that meant $33 million (making it the most expensive primary in history) in retribution.

What lesson can be learned from that by nominal Republicans who want to benefit from the support of the GOP while attacking Trump and trying to block the agenda he was elected to carry out?

 

[Seymour Flops]

"loyalty test"

I already covered that.

But, I pay you no mind.

 

[Crepitus]

But, I pay you no mind.

Your loss.

 

[meaner gene]

What lesson can be learned from that by nominal Republicans who want to benefit from the support of the GOP while attacking Trump and trying to block the agenda he was elected to carry out?

Nice talking point, but you got it backwards. Massie and others are trying to carry out the agenda Trump was elected on. Like no foreign wars. Cutting grocery prices from day one.
Trumps tariffs RAISED food prices, so to be loyal to what Trump ran on, you have to oppose the tariffs.
No new foreign wars. was a big campaign promise, so to be loyal to what Trump ran on, you have to oppose his war in Iran. Which is also driving up prices on everything.
Trump ran on cutting spending. So to be loyal to that, you have to oppose Trump's $1 billion, ballroom.
And Trump's $1.776 billion slush fund.
And of course, there's Trump's $1.5 Trillion defense budget, and $200 billion Iran supplement. To be loyal to what Trump ran on, you have to oppose all that.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Nice talking point, but you got it backwards. Massie and others are trying to carry out the agenda Trump was elected on.

Nobody who voted for Trump did so thinking, 'I'm going to write down everything he said on the campaign trail, because I KNOW that no matter how circustances may change or how Democrats and nominal Republicans oppose him, he will do everything he said he wanted to do and do it in his first two years! He will not negotiate and he will not compromise to get most of what he wants. He will sacrifice most of what he wants if he cannot get ALL of what he wants! (known henceforth as "the Massie Doctrine")'

That's absurd. So much so that it could only be a "not Democrat" talking point. Trump has always been and has always presented himself as a negotiator, not a dogmatist.

It's a childish view of politics and governing that very few people over the age of thirty sincerely hold. Since we are mainly old farts on this board, I have to assume that claims to hold such views from members are not sincere.

But if you want to tell me that this is truly how you think politics and governing work, I'm all ears.

Like no foreign wars. Cutting grocery prices from day one.
Trumps tariffs RAISED food prices, so to be loyal to what Trump ran on, you have to oppose the tariffs.

No, I can be loyal to the fact that Trump is constantly working for all of his stated goals, since I am old enough to understand that not everything will happen at once, with no compromise.

No new foreign wars. was a big campaign promise, so to be loyal to what Trump ran on, you have to oppose his war in Iran. Which is also driving up prices on everything.

You seriously think that Iran's war on the U.S. started with Trump's second administration? I remember it starting when I was in High School in 1979.

Trump ran on cutting spending. So to be loyal to that, you have to oppose Trump's $1 billion, ballroom.

After you guys next to the latest attempt on Trump at the WHCD? No, I sure as hell do not oppose the secure events venue.

And Trump's $1.776 billion slush fund.

The fund from which that money will be drawn was already established by Congress and it wasn't and isn't a slush fund. It was a fund requested by the DOJ because they are so prone to inappropriate investigations and prosecutions, due to being so heavily politicized (i.e. weponized).

What the DOJ has agreed to due to its inappropriate prosecutions and investigations is exactly what the fund was set up by Congress for.

And of course, there's Trump's $1.5 Trillion defense budget, and $200 billion Iran supplement. To be loyal to what Trump ran on, you have to oppose all that.

Not at all. If Trump finally ends Iran's war on the "Great Satan," it will save us far more than $200 Billion.

 

[meaner gene]

Nobody who voted for Trump did so thinking, 'I'm going to write down everything he said on the campaign trail, because I KNOW that no matter how circustances may change or how Democrats and nominal Republicans oppose him, he will do everything he said he wanted to do and do it in his first two years!

Wait..... are you saying Trump voters don't even listen to what Trump said he was going to do. And voted purely out of a cult of personality?
Voting for the fictional character they saw on the Apprentice?

That explains a lot.
Congrats.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Wait..... are you saying Trump voters don't even listen to what Trump said he was going to do. And voted purely out of a cult of personality?
Voting for the fictional character they saw on the Apprentice?

I said nothing like that.

Pause your posting to take an adult literacy course. When you finish, I will congratulate you.

 

[meaner gene]

You seriously think that Iran's war on the U.S. started with Trump's second administration? I remember it starting when I was in High School in 1979.

And unless you were seriously into Cheech and Chong, you would know Ronald Reagan ended it in 1981

 

[otto105]

Let's start with the Big Beautiful Bill that Massie voted against at every single opportunity:

First the major tax cuts and reforms that Massie opposed:

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Massie voted with the Democrats for what would have been the biggest tax increase in our history.

He voted to continue to tax the tips of hard working waiter, waitresses, poker dealers, and other who eek out a living by depending on gratuities.

He voted to force people making under $500K per year to be double taxed on money they already paid state and local taxes on.

He voted against tax deductions and tax credits for seniors who are often on fixed incomes and for low-income families struggling to raise children.

In short, he voted to tax those least able to afford it to pay for his Democratic buddies' latest spending spree.

Why would anyone be surprised that Republican voters rejected this enabler of Massie-ive government spending?

The final defeat of the idiot white South has started.

Thanks maga.

 

[Seymour Flops]

And unless you were seriously into Cheech and Chong, you would know Ronald Reagan ended it in 1981

Iran never attacked us again after 1981?

You sure about that?

 

[meaner gene]

The fund from which that money will be drawn was already established by Congress and it wasn't and isn't a slush fund. It was a fund requested by the DOJ because they are so prone to inappropriate investigations and prosecutions, due to being so heavily politicized (i.e. weponized).

The fund was created because the FBI/DOJ occasionally goes after the wrong people, who are then entitled to compensation

Richard Jewell - Wikipedia

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Richard Allensworth Jewell ... was an American security guard and law enforcement officer who alerted police during the Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,

Sometime after midnight on July 27, 1996, Eric Robert Rudolph, a domestic terrorist who would later bomb a lesbian nightclub and two abortion clinics, placed a green backpack containing a shrapnel-laden pipe bomb under a bench. Jewell was working as a security guard for the event. He discovered the bag and alerted Georgia Bureau of Investigation officers

Jewell was never charged officially, but the FBI thoroughly and publicly searched his home twice, questioned his associates, investigated his background, and maintained 24-hour surveillance of him.