Can someone explain the Trump vs Massie feud? Massie seems like staunch conservative in the clips I've seen. At face value they should be friends and allies.
According to 2025 House voting analysis (covering the first year of the 119th Congress), Massie voted against his Republican party majority 22.3% of the time. This made him the Republican most likely to break ranks that year, ahead of others like Rep. Chip Roy. In a party-line vote context, this 22.3% rate largely reflects instances where he sided with Democrats (or a bipartisan group including them) when the GOP leadership pushed a bill. Massie's rate is unusually high for a Republican, driven by votes on spending bills, foreign aid/intervention, and certain Trump/MAGA priorities (e.g., the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" reconciliation package in 2025, where he was one of only two Republicans to vote no alongside the entire Democratic caucus).
According to a scorecard from the Center for American Progress Action Fund tracking votes aligned with the Trump White House positions (published in September 2025), Massie voted in agreement 84.2% of the time (32 out of 38 votes).
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This means he voted against the administration's position on 6 occasions. Specific divergences included:Votes against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), a major MAGA-aligned reconciliation package that included tax cuts, border wall funding, and a ban on taxpayer-funded gender-affirming care for minors (opposed both the House version on May 22, 2025, and the final Senate version on July 3, 2025). Massie cited concerns over adding trillions to the national debt, despite supporting similar elements in past legislation like the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
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Vote against the HALT Fentanyl Act.
Vote against the March continuing resolution (CR).
Vote against the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, arguing it lacked fiscal conservatism.
Can someone explain the Trump vs Massie feud? Massie seems like staunch conservative in the clips I've seen. At face value they should be friends and allies.
According to 2025 House voting analysis (covering the first year of the 119th Congress), Massie voted against his Republican party majority 22.3% of the time. This made him the Republican most likely to break ranks that year, ahead of others like Rep. Chip Roy. In a party-line vote context, this 22.3% rate largely reflects instances where he sided with Democrats (or a bipartisan group including them) when the GOP leadership pushed a bill. Massie's rate is unusually high for a Republican, driven by votes on spending bills, foreign aid/intervention, and certain Trump/MAGA priorities (e.g., the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" reconciliation package in 2025, where he was one of only two Republicans to vote no alongside the entire Democratic caucus).
According to a scorecard from the Center for American Progress Action Fund tracking votes aligned with the Trump White House positions (published in September 2025), Massie voted in agreement 84.2% of the time (32 out of 38 votes).
americanprogressaction.org
This means he voted against the administration's position on 6 occasions. Specific divergences included:Votes against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), a major MAGA-aligned reconciliation package that included tax cuts, border wall funding, and a ban on taxpayer-funded gender-affirming care for minors (opposed both the House version on May 22, 2025, and the final Senate version on July 3, 2025). Massie cited concerns over adding trillions to the national debt, despite supporting similar elements in past legislation like the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
factcheck.org
Vote against the HALT Fentanyl Act. Vote against the March continuing resolution (CR). Vote against the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, arguing it lacked fiscal conservatism.