Rep. Thomas Massie warns GOP will be ‘very vulnerable’ in the midterms

2026 ElectionRep. Thomas Massie warns GOP will be ‘very vulnerable’ in the midtermsThe Kentucky Republican, who lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger, said splitting with the president was “absolutely worth it” and did not rule out a White House run.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Add NBC News to GoogleThomas Massie says his ‘biggest crime’ was bipartisanship after primary loss: Full interview13:21Get more newsLiveonShareAdd NBC News to GoogleMay 24, 2026, 10:15 AM EDTBy Megan LebowitzRep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., warned in a Sunday interview on “Meet the Press” that the Republican Party will be “very vulnerable” during the midterm elections.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Asked whether the GOP was starting to break with President Donald Trump, Massie said Republicans were “worried about their own political mortality.”“It’s true, you can take out Republicans in primaries, but Republicans are going to be very vulnerable this fall,” he said.Massie was defeated in a primary last week by former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, who was backed by Trump. The president strongly opposed Massie, repeatedly criticizing the congressman publicly and urging supporters to vote him out of office.Massie, who has broken with the Trump administration on issues including the war in Iran and the administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, said his split with Trump was “absolutely worth it for me.”“I don’t think it’s going to be worth it for the party,” he said. “Look, some people on the left have ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ — they call it TDS. But there’s a growing number of people on the right who have a form of TDS called ‘Trump Disappointment Syndrome.’”“And I think what’s going to happen to the party this fall is they’ve disenfranchised a large portion of that constituency that Trump assembled to get us in the White House, in the Senate majority and in the House majority,” he added.Massie...