00:00Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massey lost his bid for re-election last night.
00:03The libertarian-leading Republican has been on the president's bad side for a while now.
00:08There were his fiscal hawk votes. He was one of only two Republicans to vote against the big,
00:13beautiful bill. And then there was his push, along with Democrat Ro Khanna, to make all the Epstein
00:18files public. The president threw his support behind Massey's primary challenger, Edgal Ryan,
00:24the farmer and former Navy SEAL who Trump called a, quote, true American patriot.
00:28And voters responded. Gal Ryan sailed to victory in Tuesday's primary, 54 to Massey's 45 percent.
00:34Now, the reliably red Kentucky 4th District is almost certain to send Gal Ryan to D.C. after
00:40November's midterms. This may not bode well for the incumbent in the next big primary race,
00:45the Texas Senate primary. Senator John Cornyn is up against state attorney general and MAGA loyalist
00:51Ken Paxton. The president took a while with his endorsement, but he awarded it to Paxton just
00:56yesterday, one day after early voting in the state began. Now, primary day in the Lone Star
01:02state is next Tuesday.
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