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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Donald Trump targets Thomas Massie as purge of Republican critics intensifies

U.S. President Donald Trump is targeting Representative Thomas Massie in Tuesday's ​Republican primary in Kentucky, backing a challenger to try to purge one of his loudest critics from within the party.

The party contest, the ​most expensive U.S. House of Representatives primary in history, will again test Trump's hold over Republicans after he successfully pushed out another key critic, Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, and scored victories against dissenting incumbents in Indiana.

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