Thomas Massie Campaigns Against Trump's Debt: 'Expanded Spending Beyond Biden's Budget'

Source: MEDIAite

Apr 24th, 2026, 6:04 pm


Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) took a swipe at his own party on Friday as he fights off a Trump-endorsed primary challenger to his Kentucky congressional seat. Massie and Trump have been at odds for most of President Donald Trump’s second term in office, with the feud really heating up after Massie refused to back Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.”

Last May, Massie gave a floor speech denouncing the bill, saying, “I’d love to stand here and tell the American people, we can cut your taxes and we can increase spending, and everything’s going to be just fine. But I can’t do that because I’m here to deliver a dose of reality.”. “This bill dramatically increases deficits in the near term, but promises our government will be fiscally responsible five years from now. Where have we heard that before? How do you bind a future Congress to these promises? This bill is a debt bomb ticking,” he warned.

Almost a year later, Massie is now campaigning against his own leadership in the House and Trump for passing that bill and adding to the debt. “1/20/25 Republicans took control of White House + Senate + House,” Massie wrote on X with a green check mark in front of the sentence. He then added two lines each preceded by a red ‘X’ mark:

They expanded spending beyond Biden’s budget, causing U.S. debt to increase $2.7 trillion since then.

I voted against this excessive spending and that’s why the swamp wants me gone.