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Massie is the closest thing to Ron Paul I've seen. And I'm including Rand when I say that.

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/thomas-massie-says-dual-citizens-elected-to-us-congress-must-renounce-citizenship-in-all-foreign-countries/

Thomas Massie Says Dual Citizens Elected To US Congress Must Renounce Citizenship In All Foreign Countries

Good, but no American should be allowed to have any dual citizenship, ever.

China has the right idea about this.

https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1834233203759997204

https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1839271012304552105

@RepThomasMassie
Yesterday in @Weaponization, I questioned Inspector General Horowitz about the number of confidential human sources who entered the Capitol on 1/6.

Horowitz said the number won’t be known before the election. Biden-Harris doesn’t want the feds’ role on 1/6 known. Why?

https://www.thelunaticfarmer.com/blog/11/6/2024/celebration

My favorite congressman, Thomas Massie from Kentucky, has agreed to go in as Secretary of Agriculture.

He's been the sponsor of the PRIME ACT, which, if pushed through, would be the biggest shot across the bow of the entrenched industrial meat processing system we've seen in a century. Let liberty ring. Wouldn't that be a change of fortune for Big Ag?

We saw Massie vote to protect Adam Schiff

We listened to his words calling Devin Nunes “deep state” after he uncovered spying on Trump

We saw his vote to stop the border wall

We saw his vote to certify election fraud on J6

We are awake now

https://x.com/DC_Draino/status/1671271638938300416
Jun 20, 2023

Patrick says

Well yeah, he participates in "Fiscal Conservative Prinsuhpuls at the Worst Times"

A short time later on Tuesday, Rep. Thomas Massie, a hard-right Republican who had teased he might tank the debt ceiling deal struck between Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Democratic President Joe Biden nodded to the self-made drama in the room. “I’m reluctant to disclose how I might vote on this rule because then all the cameras leave,” said Massie, who coyly added that he needed to read the actual rule before he could commit. (Yes, the committee hearing began without a finalized draft, any printed copies of it, or even the actual cost projections.)

Ultimately, the Kentucky Republican voted just before 9 p.m. in support of the deal, sparing McCarthy a defeat on an early procedural vote. Republicans could afford to lose only two votes on the Rules Committee, and Massie stood to have been the third. “With that, the cameras are dismissed,” he said ahead of the roll call vote.
https://time.com/6283635/debt-ceiling-deal-kevin-mccarthy-republicans-chaos/

In the floor vote in mid 2023, Massie would NOT defect, and voted with McCarthy to pass the Debt Ceiling suspension for Biden.

He now refuses to do so for Trump, and since the GAO counts tax cuts as "Spending", putting Trump's ending double jeopardy Soc Sec, O/T, and Tips taxation is now almost impossible.

Massie is NOT stupid. He KNOWS what he is doing.

https://classythomasmassie.substack.com/p/thomas-massie-puts-america-first

Thomas Massie Puts America First

The Republican congressman is right to care more about conservative principles than popularity.

Last week, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky was one of three congressman who refused to vote for Mike Johnson for House Speaker, who was eventually was re-elected.

Johnson had the support of Donald Trump. Many conservatives were absolutely enraged that Massie or any other Republican would dare oppose the President-elect’s pick, who they believe will help implement the new White House’s agenda.

But putting “America first!” is EXACTLY why Massie opposed Johnson.

Too often, Johnson has worked hard to do the opposite.

A few examples.

Johnson Puts Ukraine First

Trump promises an America First agenda when he re-takes office. He has vowed to stop sending billions in U.S. taxpayer dollars to Ukraine.

Simple enough, right?

Johnson has not only been a cheerleader for this spending - giving President Biden and the Democrats what they ask for…

He has even said he would lose his Speaker position over it.

WHAT?!?

Why?

Johnson Voted to Allow the Federal Government to Continue Spying on Americans

President-elect Trump has been outspoken about the federal government spying on citizens - including him!

But in April, when a FISA court renewal was up and some conservatives vocally opposed it precisely because it allowed the surveillance of private citizens without a warrant, Johnson was the deciding vote to preserve the status quo.

Johnson joined the Democrats to kill the warrant requirement.

That vote was anything but America First. It put Americans most basic liberties last.

It did not go unnoticed.

Trump’s opposition to the secret FISA courts - that, again, Johnson singlehandedly saved - is not new.

Congress did “act” on FISA in the Spring, and led by Johnson, it protected the government’s spying powers.

The SPENDING

Then there is the COLOSSAL spending problem that Massie stresses every day. He wears a debt clock lapel pin.

Massie even gave them away as gifts to his fellow members! ...




Taking lone stances on America First principles is nothing new for Massie.

When Congress rushed through a $2 trillion COVID relief package in March 2020, Massie said the bill was too problematic, that countless dollars would go to people who did not need it and that it was another example of how reckless Congress habitually is.

Massie demanded a roll call vote, angering the entirety of both parties, including President Trump, who called for the Kentucky congressman to be kicked out of the GOP.

The bill passed.

And it only took about three weeks for everyone to begin understanding that Massie had been right about the spending and all of Washington had been wrong.

They should have listened to Massie, who is arguably the most America First member of Congress.