Trump Threatens to Back Challenger to Fellow Republican Boebert After She Campaigns for Massie

Source: US News & World Report/Reuters

May 16, 2026, at 7:29 p.m.


WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald ⁠Trump ⁠threatened a primary ⁠challenge on Saturday for hardline conservative Representative Lauren ​Boebert, until now a staunch Trump ally, after she campaigned for ‌maverick Representative Thomas Massie in ‌his Kentucky district.

• "Boebert is campaigning for the Worst 'Republican' Congressman ⁠in the ⁠History of our Country, Thomas Massie, of the Great ​Commonwealth of Kentucky, and anybody who can be that dumb deserves a good Primary fight!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.

• Boebert, a ​Colorado congresswoman, responded with a post on X: "Yes, I saw ⁠the President’s ⁠post. No, I’m ⁠not ​mad or offended. I knew the risks when I agreed to stand ​by my friend ⁠Thomas Massie. I was, and will be, America First, America Always, and MAGA."

• Trump has vowed to unseat Massie, a Republican who has defied the president in Congress over ⁠major legislation and the Iran war and led his party's drive ⁠to release government files on the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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