President Donald Trump did not hold back in his disdain for Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) by calling him a “moron.”
Trump made that assessment Thursday morning at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, The Hill reported.
“He’s an automatic no. No matter what,” Trump said, as he referenced Massie’s opposition to past legislation supported by the president as well as other Republicans.
“If we did welfare reform, if we did the greatest thing in the history for religion, no matter what we did, no matter how good it is,” Trump continued. “No matter what we do, this moron, no matter what it is.”
“We’ll put [the top five things] in one bill,” he said. “We’ll get a 100% vote, except for this guy named Thomas Massie. There’s something wrong with him. We call him Rand Paul Jr.”
Watch:
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) also many times opposes legislation Republicans support.
Massie is one of the most outspoken Trump critics in the Republican Party and has clashed with Trump numerous times during this administration.
He has led the charge to have the Jeffrey Epstein files released. He also voted against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last summer.
Trump has backed Massie’s GOP primary opponent Ed Gallrein, a retired Navy SEAL officer Trump encouraged to challenge Massie.
