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Today we’re covering the testy primary fight in Kentucky, Trump’s China trip, and some DC-related updates.
BLUEGRASS BRAWL
The GOP civil war over Kentucky’s 4th District is coming down to the wire, with President Donald Trump’s effort to oust Republican Rep. Thomas Massie turning into one of the party’s marquee primary fights.
Massie is facing former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, whom Trump endorsed after months of blasting Massie as disloyal over his support for releasing the Epstein files and his opposition to the war with Iran.
The race has increasingly become a proxy fight over Trump, foreign policy and Israel. Massie recently claimed “the Israeli lobby” was spending heavily to defeat him, and then he introduced legislation to force AIPAC to register as a foreign agent.
The Daily Caller has reported several wrinkles complicating the anti-Massie push. Gallrein raised $1.2 million in the fourth quarter after Trump backed him, but a Caller review later found that 85% of his max-out donors had a history of giving to Democrats. The Caller also reported Sunday that there are inconsistencies in Gallrein’s claims about his military service and that he went through a weird, messy divorce that involved basically paying his ex-wife “child support” for her two cats.
Team Trump sent in the big guns Monday, with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth appearing in his “personal capacity” at a pro-Gallrein rally. Sources on the ground in Kentucky tell us Tuesday night’s outcome is up in the air.
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