I don't know what kind of Congressman Ed Gallrein will be. There's a good chance that he will be yet another Trump lickspittle.
Nevertheless, I am glad that Gallrein ousted soon to be former Kentucky GOP Congressman Thomas Massie in tonight's Republican primary.
Massie came across to me as a guy who only gave a shit about himself. I remember when Massie was the lone Congressman to vote against COVID stimulus package, former Secretary of State John Kerry said that Massie had "tested positive for being an asshole." I have my own issues with Kerry, but in this case, truer words were never spoken.
Massie was one of those fellows who insisted on likening COVID vaccination mandates to the Holocaust. As often happens those who are quick to liken things to the Holocaust have a way of not liking Jews very much like former Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene who compared just about everything under the sun to Nazis except actual Nazis. Like Greene, Massie consistently opposed measures to combat anti-Semitism.
In recent months, Massie has become very vocal in trying to release the Epstein files. Nothing wrong with that. Yet frankly, I somehow doubt that Massie would have been so outspoken if Epstein wasn't Jewish. After all, Massie claimed the Epstein files were being withheld because of his ties to Israeli intelligence. Never mind that Epstein maintained a close friendship with the notoriously anti-Israel Noam Chomsky. Amid Gallrein's primary challenge, Massie let it all hang out insisting that his race was "a referendum on whether Israel gets to buy seats in Congress."
Yet for all his indecency, Massie didn't lose his seat because of Israel, but because he ran afoul of Trump. That is all you need to know. Had Massie been a pro-Israel stalwart, his political career would have been over. Just ask soon to be former Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy. Trump wanted Cassidy gone because of his impeachment vote. Trump wanted Massie gone because of his position on the Epstein files. Trump cares not about the issues, but of his own interests. Like Bill Cassidy, Thomas Massie got in Trump's way. Now he is out of Trump's way.
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