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David Smith in Washington

Trump’s allies in danger of scraping false hope from Maga victory in Kentucky primary

Donald Trump signing a hat at the Congressional Picnic at the White House on Wednesday
Republican candidates backed by Donald Trump generally performed well, or advanced, in primary contests on Tuesday. Photograph: Samuel Corum/EPA

“Thomas Massie caught in a throuple!” screamed the AI-generated attack ad that showed the Republican congressman supposedly dining with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar then checking into a hotel with the two progressives. “Thomas Massie betrayed President Trump!” it added.

Crude but effective, as it turns out. Massie, from northern Kentucky, lost the most expensive House of Representatives primary election in history on Tuesday to Ed Gallrein, a farmer and former US Navy Seal backed by Donald Trump.

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