Retired Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein is launching a Republican primary challenge to Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie in the commonwealth’s deep-red 4th District with the backing of President Donald Trump.
“This district is Trump Country. The President doesn’t need obstacles in Congress — he needs backup,” Gallrein said in a statement Tuesday. “I’ll defeat Thomas Massie, stand shoulder to shoulder with President Trump, and deliver the America First results Kentuckians voted for.”
Massie has drawn Trump’s ire for opposing key parts of the president’s agenda — and, perhaps more notably, he is the lead Republican on an effort to require the Justice Department to release records related to the late convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
