Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie faces a tough primary challenge

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Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie faces a significant primary challenge backed by President Trump.

Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie has been a thorn in the side of President Trump, who is backing Massie's primary challenger, making Tuesday's primary high stakes for both prominent Republicans. Support NPR and hear every episode of Trump's Terms sponsor-free with NPR+. Sign up at plus.npr.org . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

Topics covered

• primary challenge
• Republican politics
• Trump endorsement
• Kentucky politics
• elections

Keywords

• Thomas Massie
• Trump
• primary challenge
• Republican
• Kentucky

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