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Rep. Thomas Massie shook off reelection concerns in an interview with Fox\u2019s \u201cAmerica\u2019s Newsroom\u201d on Tuesday, the day of his contentious GOP primary.<\/p>\n

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When the Kentucky Republican was asked if he met his match against a president campaigning against him, he said, \u201cNo, I\u2019m not running against President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the people voting for me support President Trump like I do,\u201d he added, citing support from pro-lifers, pro-Second Amendment groups and the local leaders, state representatives and members of Congress backing his reelection bid.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump has taken an outsized approach in trying to boot Mr. Massie from Congress, labeling him \u201cthe Worst \u2019Republican\u2019 Congressman in History\u201d in a Monday Truth Social post.<\/p>\n

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth jumped into the battle, campaigning \u201cas a private citizen\u201d for Ed Gallrein, the former Navy SEAL aiming to unseat Mr. Massie.<\/p>\n

Mr. Massie, who has become one of the most prominent libertarian and noninterventionist voices in the GOP, has voiced his opposition to military conflicts abroad \u2014 specifically concerning Iran \u2014 creating significant friction in his party.<\/p>\n

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He said all three of his Monday campaign events had more attendees than Mr. Hegseth\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat tells you where the polling\u2019s at,\u201d Mr. Massie said. \u201cThey\u2019re panicked because the president\u2019s done 11 posts about this race in the last 72 hours, and they sent the secretary of war. Their polling shows the same thing as mine. We\u2019re probably going to pull this off.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the seven-term representative was asked how to defend voting against the GOP\u2019s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Mr. Massie said, \u201cThat\u2019s the problem in D.C. They put everything in one giant bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat they\u2019re doing is they\u2019re taking these big giant bills, which everybody hates back in America, and they\u2019re trying to blame you for anything that\u2019s in there. But guess what? I\u2019m the only guy up there that didn\u2019t vote to fund Planned Parenthood this last time. I\u2019m the only guy up there that didn\u2019t vote to fund that immigrant welfare fraud. They put the money back in. They\u2019ve actually taken all the [Department of Government Efficiency] cuts out, but I\u2019m the only one that\u2019s sticking with DOGE and sticking with the people back home.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that \u201cif you ever vote against it, they can say that you voted against everything. The reality is, I voted for the Save Act when it comes up individually. I voted for border control, DHS, the wall, all of the things that the president wants.\u201d<\/p>\n

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