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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who was defeated by a Trump-backed primary challenger earlier this year, made a visit on Sunday to Iowa \u2014 a traditional destination for candidates exploring a presidential run.<\/p>\n

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Massie, who broke with Donald Trump in opposing the Iran war and defied the administration through his sponsorship of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, has emerged as a leading figure, alongside former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, of a new anti-interventionist, populist faction challenging the GOP.<\/p>\n

Addressing Gun Owners of America\u2019s annual gathering in Des Moines, Massie thanked the organizers \u201cfor having this event in Iowa,\u201d adding, \u201cThere\u2019s no place I\u2019d rather be \u2014 maybe New Hampshire or South Carolina. Just kidding.\u201d<\/p>\n

The remark was met with only tentative applause as Massie laughed at his reference to other early-primary states, hastily adding, \u201cSome people got my joke.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Massie\u2019s presidential tease received a muted reaction in Iowa, it\u2019s not the only indication that he\u2019s laying the groundwork for a potential presidential run.<\/p>\n

A photo posted by Greene on X on Aug. 1 \u2014 and re-posted by Massie \u2014 shows the two seated around a table with Carlson and Joe Kent, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, at Carlson\u2019s cabin-studio in Maine. Greene\u2019s post accused Trump of betraying MAGA by pursuing foreign wars, while concluding, \u201cThe movement has begun.\u201d<\/p>\n

After he and Greene both announced they were breaking with the Republican Party, Carlson told the Columbia Journalism Review <\/em>last month that he\u2019s committed \u201cto help build a third party,\u201d while stipulating that he doesn\u2019t intend to be a candidate.<\/p>\n

Massie could not be reached for this story, but Kent described discussions among the group at Carlson\u2019s cabin during an appearance on \u201cPiers Morgan Uncensored\u201d on Monday as \u201cthe initial phases\u201d of a movement to give voice to a growing bloc of voters across the political spectrum who are \u201csick and tired\u201d of both political parties and \u201cwant us out of these foolish wars.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kent, who resigned from the Trump administration over his opposition to the Iran war, said during a podcast interview last month that Republican candidates face bleak prospects in the November midterm elections \u2014 in part, he said, because many Trump voters feel betrayed by the war.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of people who I think really kind of, you know, crawled through broken glass for President Trump who are pretty frustrated right now,\u201d Massie told Brandon Straka, an election denier who volunteered for the Stop the Steal campaign to overturn the 2020 election and was convicted of misdemeanor disorderly conduct at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. \u201cI think November\u2019s going to be rough, just to be honest.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of people who were really inspired to vote for President Trump in 2024, they were already low-propensity voters who probably don\u2019t participate in primaries, they don\u2019t participate in midterms,\u201d Kent continued. \u201cTo get them to come out now, because Trump endorsed somebody or they have an R next to their name, I just think that\u2019s going to be a very, very hard sell.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking forward to 2028, Kent predicted that the political fight within the right will \u201cbe MAGA versus America First,\u201d with someone like Secretary of State Marco Rubio representing the new MAGA \u201cestablishment.\u201d<\/p>\n

But even outsider candidates who tell voters they are \u201cAmerica first, but I mean it this time,\u201d will face a credibility challenge, Kent said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my big concerns is that we had so many low-propensity voters, people who had never voted before, younger people who came out and voted for President Trump and then they feel like they\u2019ve been betrayed,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd they have good reason to feel that way. Now, they\u2019re going to say, \u2018I don\u2019t care. I don\u2019t even want to hear it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018Strong signal\u2019: Voters choose drop-out over Trump\u2019s congressional candidate<\/a><\/p>\n

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