Massie Says Trump Is Wrong About DeSantis | RealClearPolitics
Another member of Congress has called on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to challenge former President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination. This time it is Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie.
Endorsements are not unusual, but the move by Massie could undercut recent Trump attacks that DeSantis was once a disciple of RINO loser former House Speaker Paul Ryan.
The most outspoken libertarian in the House, it was Massie, not Trump, who opposed Ryan. He was the only Republican to vote against him for speaker, a move Massie worried would attract the wrath of President Trump because, at the time, that s how strongly Trump had endorsed him.
Go back and roll the tape, Massie told RealClearPolitics, noting how Trump s endorsement effectively quelled all opposition from the speaker s right flank. A perennial thorn in the side of GOP leadership, he tried assuaging the anger of the populist president by cribbing his vocabulary. On the floor, Massie said his opposition stemmed only from a desire to drain the swamp.