{"id":229,"date":"2026-05-21T06:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T06:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=229"},"modified":"2026-05-21T06:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T06:36:29","slug":"political-analyst-finds-buried-detail-in-massies-loss-that-should-worry-trump-yikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=229","title":{"rendered":"Political analyst finds buried detail in Massie’s loss that should worry Trump: ‘Yikes!’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A political analyst heard alarm bells on Wednesday after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was defeated by a Trump-endorsed candidate during his primary election.<\/p>\n

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Massie lost the election to former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, who took home more than 57,000 votes, or 55% of the total. While some analysts have described Gallrein’s victory as a show of President Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party, Jonathan V. Last at The Bulwark argued during a new episode of the “Bulwark Takes” podcast that the election results are full of bad news for Trump. <\/p>\n

Last pointed to two factors that he said should concern the Trump camp. First, Massie did well among voters under 40 at a time when the president is trying to win back the young male demographic he courted during his 2024 campaign. <\/p>\n

“Problem is, there aren’t that many voters under 40, which is why Massie lost by 10,” Last quipped. <\/p>\n

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Second, Massie’s supporters seemed aligned with some of the largest MAGA-world media figures, such as Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens. Those two figures have sharply criticized Trump’s war in Iran and the administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. <\/p>\n

“Yikes!” Last said. “Trump’s populist instincts here just seem to be wrong. I can’t understand why he’s lagging this.” <\/p>\n

Massie is the latest Republican that Trump has helped defeat. The president also endorsed a candidate running against Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who previously voted to convict Trump during his second impeachment in 2021. <\/p>\n

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