Ep. 2430 - BRAINROT DEFEATED: Massie Loses In Kentucky
5/20/20261 hr 1 min
Thomas Massie goes down in flames in the most expensive House primary ever… and we examine just what happened to the seven-term Congressman; President Trump endorses Ken Paxton over Senator John Cornyn in Texas; and we delve the perverse minds of the Islamic Center of San Diego shooters. Ep. 2430
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First 90 secondsBen Shapiro· Host0:00
Well, the future of the GOP, the Republican Party, was up for grabs in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District last night. It was the most expensive House primary race in history, and a bellwether for what comes next inside the GOP. Thomas Massie versus President Trump, online versus reality, woke right versus traditional Trump right, and Trump won, and reality won. Turns out, the future still belongs to the rational right. It belongs to President Trump inside the Republican Party, so long as President Trump is president. We'll get into every spicy detail in just one moment. This is the Ben Shapiro Show. [upbeat music] So it turns out that this race was not particularly close. Ed Gelrein, who was the former Navy SEAL opponent of Thomas Massie. Massie, of course, has been in Congress since 2012. He's a 14-year, seven-term congressman. Massie was destroyed by Gelrein last night. By 7:45 PM Eastern Time, it was over. Gelrein ended up winning about 55% of the vote. Massie ended up at 45% of the vote. So let's begin at the beginning, 'cause there's a lot of stories, a lot of tales being told about what defeated Thomas Massie. That Thomas Massie was defeated by AIPAC money. That Thomas Massie was defeated over his strong opposition to Israel and all the rest. That is not what happened. Thomas Massie lost his seat. Again, he had held that seat since 2012. He was very popular in his district, and that district