Massie: Trump ‘comeuppance’ will happen on Election Day

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.), who lost his primary to an opponent backed by President Trump, predicted a reckoning for the president and the GOP in the midterm elections.

“I think his comeuppance will happen on Election Day, and the day after I think there’s going to be a reckoning,” the Republican lawmaker said during an interview Thursday with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on “The Source.”

Massie, who was defeated in the GOP primary by Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein, has been an outspoken critic of the president and his administration’s policies.

The Republican lawmaker has crossed party lines to support several Iran war powers resolutions and led a bipartisan push in the House for the release of the Justice Department’s files related to its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Collins asked the Kentucky Republican on Thursday specifically about the decision of several Republicans running for reelection this cycle to criticize tactics used by federal officers in the Trump administration’s nationwide immigration enforcement operations.

“I was the Republican who was speaking out for so long, and they were all whatever Trump wants, they were all for it in their primaries,” Massie said. “They’re about to take a shellacking here in the general election, so they’re running from him on this and other issues, like the war.”

Sen. Roger Marshall (R), who is engaged in a tight battle in Kansas to retain his seat this November, said Thursday he expressed concerns to the Department of Homeland Security about the immigration operations and urged they be carried out in a “responsible and secure manner.”

Massie also criticized the president’s decision to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House for a lavish state dinner Thursday evening, saying it sends a “mixed message.”

“He will invite a communist to the White House, but I can’t even go there for the Christmas party,” the Republican said. “His retribution tour on Republicans, I think, stands in stark contrast to the way he’s treating the communist leader of China and also the mayor of New York.

“But you know, that’s just who he is,” Massie added. “He’s not an ideologue. He doesn’t have a true north, or honestly any kind of beliefs.”