Thomas Massie, in the end, refused to bend completely to Donald Trump, which cost him his seat in Congress. Many have praised his hard stance against Trump, despite being a Republican, but now, one can wonder, what's next for him.
The Kentucky Republican conceded defeat on Tuesday after losing the GOP primary in the state's 4th Congressional District to Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein, closing one of the ugliest and most expensive Republican infighting battles in recent memory. For many conservatives, Massie became either a rare principled dissenter or an infuriating traitor, depending entirely on where they stood in relation to Trump.
