AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - Inside the wild $25 million fight to oust top GOP Trump critic Thomas Massie
The fight between Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and President Trump -backed rival Ed Gallrein is now the most expensive U.S. House primary in history — and it's one of the nastiest, too. Why it matters: The race has turned into an all-out war of inflammatory accusations, savage insults and AI deepfakes. - One pro-Gallrein super PAC ad features an AI-generated Massie dining and holding hands with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), accusing him of being in a "throuple" and "cheating with 'The Squad' on the America First movement." - Pro-Massie groups have attempted to brutally undermine Gallrein's MAGA credentials, labeling him "woke Eddie" and depicting the retired Navy SEAL in one AI-generated ad as a…
The fight between Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and President Trump -backed rival Ed Gallrein is now the most expensive U.S. House primary in history — and it's one of the nastiest, too. Why it matters: The race has turned into an all-out war of inflammatory accusations, savage insults and AI deepfakes. - One pro-Gallrein super PAC ad features an AI-generated Massie dining and holding hands with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), accusing him of being in a "throuple" and "cheating with 'The Squad' on the America First movement." - Pro-Massie groups have attempted to brutally undermine Gallrein's MAGA credentials, labeling him "woke Eddie" and depicting the retired Navy SEAL in one AI-generated ad as a…Open