Rand Paul Challenges Trump, Endorses Rep. Critical Of Him In Kentucky: 'Reelect Him'

Republican Sen. for Kentucky Rand Paul challenged President Donald Trump by endorsing Rep. Thomas Massie, a lawmaker from the same state who has also been highly critical of Trump on different matters.

"Proud to serve Kentucky with Thomas Massie," Paul said, praising an endorsement by the Republican Liberty Caucus from late December. "Nobody in Congress fights harder for liberty and the Constitution. Reelect him," he added.

The post is likely a result of Trump holding a rally with Ed Gallrein, who is challenging Massie in an upcoming Republican primary.

Trump, who has criticized both Massie and Greene, took on the lawmaker during the rally, saying "we've got to get rid of this loser."

"He's disloyal to the Republican Party. He's disloyal to Kentucky. And most importantly, he's disloyal to the United States of America. He's got to be voted out of office as soon as possible."

The Republican primary will take place on May 19, with Gallrein challenging Massie then. A former Navy SEAL, he received four Bronze Star Medals and two Presidential Unit Citations. "He said, 'I came back because of the strength and wisdom that Donald Trump displayed,'" Trump claimed of Gallrein during the rally. "I'm going to use that statement in an ad."

Gallrein, on his end, told attendees that they "deserve an authentic true Republican conservative that stands shoulder to shoulder with our president and the Republican Party, and against the Democrats who are trying to destroy our nation."

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene also took on Trump over the rally. In a social media publication, she criticized the ongoing war in Iran, saying that servicemembers are dying and getting injured and the price of oil is climbing.

Greene went on to say that even in this context Trump "spent the day in Kentucky telling approximately 500 Fox News brainwashed boomers (most not even from the district) that Massie is bad because Massie didn't vote for Trump's COVID lockdowns and COVID bailouts and COVID vaccines in 2020 and because Massie (and me) voted to release the Epstein files which embarrassed a bunch of the President's friends."

"Maybe it has something to do with him not believing he's going to heaven, which is extremely concerning by the way! By the time Trump's presidency and wars are over, we will be nearing $60 trillion dollars in debt and the only man in Washington that will have voted NO to all the insanity will be Thomas Massie," she concluded.