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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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José Olivares

Trump has ‘alienated’ voters ahead of midterms, warns ousted Republican Thomas Massie

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Thomas Massie speaks with supporters after his concession speech on 19 May in Hebron, Kentucky. Photograph: Jon Cherry/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s Republican party is on course for a damaging rejection at the ballot box in November, according to a maverick US congressman ousted by a challenger handpicked by the president.

Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, became the latest of Trump’s targets to be defeated in the party’s primaries this week. He had repeatedly broken with the president over military action against Iran, government spending and the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

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