Trump campaign unleashes PAC to oust GOP congressman who questioned authority to strike Iran

President Donald Trump's governmental squad has launched a governmental enactment committee (PAC) targeting GOP Rep. Thomas Massie's legislature spot successful 2026, Fox News Digital has confirmed. 

Chris LaCivita, a seasoned Republican strategist who was co-campaign manager for Trump's 2024 statesmanlike bid, and Tony Fabrizio, longtime GOP pollster and Trump's apical pollster successful 2024, volition steer the "Kentucky PAC."

It is the archetypal clip the Trump run apparatus has straight targeted an incumbent Republican done a ace PAC, and the determination signals an assertive caller strategy to clasp legislature Republicans accountable for thwarting Trump's legislative agenda. 

The quality was first reported by Axios connected Sunday night.

As the president considered whether to onslaught Iran's atomic facilities, Massie emerged arsenic the starring Republican dependable consenting to situation Trump's law authorization to usher the U.S. into the burgeoning struggle betwixt Israel and Iran. When Trump announced palmy strikes connected 3 atomic sites successful Iran connected Saturday night, Massie was wide successful his rebuttal, "This is not constitutional."

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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., leaves a gathering of the House Republican Conference successful the Cannon Building connected Jan. 7, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"FAFO ….working connected the FO …" LaCivita responded to Massie connected Saturday, which means, "F--- astir and find out."

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By Sunday night, LaCivita confirmed the Axios report, responding connected X, "Here’s the FO" – a wide connection to Massie, and immoderate Republican who undermines the president, that Trump's governmental limb is prepared to respond. 

Massie was elected U.S. typical for Kentucky's 4th legislature territory successful 2012. The fiscal firebrand, 1 of the fewer remaining House GOP members consenting to disagree with Trump, staved disconnected Republican superior challenges successful heavy reddish Kentucky successful 2020 and again successful 2024. 

Last week, the Republican co-sponsored the War Powers Resolution on with 48 Democrats, trying to forestall Trump from striking Iran without legislature approval. Congress has the sole powerfulness to state warfare nether Article I of the Constitution. 

From near to right, Vice President JD Vance, President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth look connected during an code to the federation successful the East Room of the White House successful Washington connected June 21, 2025. (Carlos Barria/Reuters/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The War Powers Resolution seeks to "remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities successful the Islamic State of Iran" and directs Trump to "terminate" the deployment of American troops against Iran without an "authorized declaration of warfare oregon circumstantial authorization for usage of subject forces against Iran."

When Trump announced America's palmy strikes connected Iran – without legislature support – Massie and his Democratic co-sponsors, including Rep. Ro Khanna, were speedy to knock the president connected societal media and during a associated quality connected CBS News' "Face the Nation" Sunday. 

"I consciousness a spot misled," Massie told Fox News Digital successful a Sunday day interview. "I didn't deliberation helium would fto neocons find his overseas argumentation and resistance america into different war." 

The Kentucky Republican has breached from Trump connected respective different occasions and has been 1 of the fewer GOP officials to openly clash with the president — peculiarly connected authorities spending and overseas intervention.

Chris LaCivita, erstwhile Trump run advisor, is seen present walking successful the Albanian superior up of Sunday's predetermination against Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama successful Tirana, Albania, connected May 9, 2025. (Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

Trump threatened to superior Massie for his unwillingness to crook connected the House GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill negotiations, comments Massie subsequently utilized successful fundraising messages for his 2026 re-election campaign. 

Massie was 1 of conscionable 2 House Republicans who voted against Trump's megabill past month, arguing it did not bash capable to tackle the country's tremendous nationalist debt, which sits astatine well implicit $36 trillion. 

In a lengthy Truth Social post Sunday afternoon, Trump signaled helium had capable of Massie's dissent, claiming "MAGA doesn't privation him, doesn't cognize him, and doesn't respect him," and erstwhile again called him a "grandstander."

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"MAGA should driblet this pathetic LOSER, Tom Massie, similar the plague! The bully quality is that we volition person a fantastic American Patriot moving against him successful the Republican Primary, and I’ll beryllium retired successful Kentucky campaigning truly hard. MAGA is not astir lazy, grandstanding, nonproductive politicians, of which Thomas Massie is decidedly one," Trump said Sunday. 

Massie did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's enquiry astir the Kentucky PAC.