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@RepThomasMassie The day after I vote against @SpeakerJohnson, AIPAC announces a $300,000 ad buy against me. I hope Americans see what’s happening here.

AIPAC super PAC set to run TV ads blasting Thomas Massie

@justinamash The Antisemitism Awareness Act is flagrantly unconstitutional under the First Amendment, and the members of Congress who vote for it are shamelessly violating their oath to support and defend the Constitution. @justinamash The First Amendment exists to prohibit the government from abridging speech that others disagree with or find disagreeable, as well as speech that others hate or find hateful. @justinamash “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech…”

@RepThomasMassie There’s a bipartisan effort in Congress to equate criticism of the secular state of Israel to violence toward Jewish people in America. The latter is illegal and the former is protected speech, but if a false equivalency is established, it will be forbidden to criticize Israel.

@justinamash The GOP field is now set for U.S. Senate in Michigan, and the choice is clear. I’m the only candidate with a record of following the Constitution, cutting spending, protecting free speech, fighting the surveillance state, and opposing the forever war. On August 6, we win big.

George Galloway on the lions of Britain’s armed forces and the donkeys in charge of them. The politicians who are stuck in the 19th century and don’t realise the empire can now strike back.

Newly elected Rochdale MP George Galloway hit out at both Labour and the Conservatives in his first speech on returning to Parliament. The leader of the Workers Party of Britain opened his speech by saying: “As I was saying Madame Deputy Speaker, even in Parliament you can’t be a maiden twice.”

@Snowden One of the strongest defenders of your 4th Amendment Right to Privacy, Justin Amash, is running for office. If you're in Michigan, you should vote for him and not his opponent—who personally backed surveillance programs so extreme that our courts had to declare them illegal.

It's very early doors up at the count in Rochdale, but already George Galloway's team say they have taken the seat. A source close to the former Labour MP said they have won "comfortably". Given the polls closed less than an hour ago, there is still a lot of time left before we get an official result. But the confidence of the Galloway team to make this call shows how successful the campaign has been in their view. Speaking after the polls closed, Mr Galloway said: "Thank you to every voter who took the time to send a message to...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said in a Sunday interview he’s not afraid of facing backlash from former President Trump for backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) campaign against the former president. “I’ve got the Trump antibodies,” Massie, a surrogate for DeSantis’s campaign, told “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream when she asked whether he’s worried about the “price” he “might pay” for backing DeSantis over Trump. Massie pointed to his opposition to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law under Trump on March 27, 2020, to aid in the pandemic recovery early on. Massie said...

@justinamash I’ve been humbled in recent weeks by the many people who have urged me to run for Senate in Michigan and to do so by joining the Republican primary. They see what I see: contenders for the seat who are uninspired, unserious, and unprepared to tackle the chief impediment to liberty and economic prosperity—an overgrown and abusive government that strives to centralize power and snuff out individualism. The people of Michigan and our country deserve better. Today I’m launching the Justin Amash for Senate Exploratory Committee as I consider entering the race. We need a principled, consistent constitutional conservative...

Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI) said Saturday on MSNBC’s “Alex Witt Reports” that she agreed with the Colorado Supreme Court decision to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the state’s ballot. Dingell said, “We’re in such a time of stress test of our Constitution. This ruling is a part of that. That stress test to our democracy.” She continued, “I have not gone through the entire opinion. I will say, I believe the Colorado opinion is right. It holds two things. It affirms with the lower court said, which is that Donald Trump acted in an insurrection. He participated, he supported...

@RonDeSantis Special thank you to my friend @MassieforKY for traveling to Iowa to campaign with us today. As Thomas told Iowans tonight, you can have faith that I will never waver in defense of your Second Amendment rights! I’ve stood up for law-abiding gun owners in Florida — and I’ll do the same as president.

Massie says: - AIPAC spent $100k on advertising in his district on Fox News and local conservative talk radio in the last few weeks. - They're actively trying to recruit a primary challenger despite the fact that he tends to win his primaries and election easily. - They're using church pastors to lobby him or something. - Support for Israel is not a top 5 issue or motivating factor among the voters in his district. - He thinks they wont beat him and they're wasting money.

Rep. Thomas Massie was condemned by top Democrats and the White House Tuesday for sharing a Drake-inspired meme that suggested Congress embraces Zionism more than American patriotism. The Kentucky Republican’s post on X showed one photo of the rapper holding his hand up and looking away with the captions “Congress these days” and “American patriotism.” In another photo, Drake is seen smiling and pointing toward another caption that reads: “Zionism.” The meme, which has been viewed more than 3 million times, earned the scorn of the Biden administration. “All Americans – including @HouseGOP leadership – should condemn this virulent Antisemitism...

@SenSchumer Rep. Massie, you’re a sitting Member of Congress. This is antisemitic, disgusting, dangerous, and exactly the type of thing I was talking about in my Senate address. Take this down.

@RepThomasMassie I agree with the title “Reaffirming the State of Israel’s Right to Exist” and much of the language, but I’m voting No on the resolution because it equates anti-Zionism with antisemitism. Antisemitism is deplorable, but expanding it to include criticism of Israel is not helpful.

@RepThomasMassie Lobbyists for Israel are running hit pieces against me this week on TV. “Jewish Insider” asked me to comment on the ads, but won’t show me the ads they have in their possession unless I promise to keep the hit pieces confidential. Folks, you can’t make this stuff up!

@RepThomasMassie Yesterday Congress passed a resolution (354 to 53) that claims Iran possesses all it needs for a nuclear weapon. The same resolution says the U.S. should “use all means necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.” Seems like a call for war on Iran. I voted No. @RepThomasMassie We should remember the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which midwifed the disastrous Vietnam War. Yesterday’s Congressional Iran Resolution is eerily reminiscent of that resolution as well as the claims of WMDs that were used justify the second Gulf War.

@MLiamMcCollum Former Rep. @justinamash is sitting next to @RepThomasMassie on the House floor right now.