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.
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