Trump’s political team will create a PAC to drive lawmakers out of Congress in 2026
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president Donald TrumpThe political team has launched the Political Action Committee (PAC) targeting GOP Rep. Thomas Massy’s Congressional seats in 2026 were confirmed by Fox News Digital.
Veteran Republican strategist Chris Lacivita, who was the co-campaign manager for Trump’s 2024 presidential bid, and longtime GOP poller and Trump’s top voter Tony Fabrizio will pilot the “Kentucky PAC.”
This is the first time Trump’s campaign device has directly targeted incumbent Republicans through the Super PAC, and the move presents a proactive new strategy to hold Congressional Republicans accountable for obstructing Trump’s legislative agenda.
That’s what the news was First reported by Axios Sunday night.
As the president considered whether to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, Massey emerged as the main voice of Republicans willing to challenge Trump’s constitutional authority to lead the United States into the burgeoning conflict between Israel and Iran. When Trump announced his successful strike at three Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday night, Massey was clear in his rebuttal that “this is not the constitution.”
Thomas Massey says he feels “misunderstood” by Trump after Iran attacks: “He’s engaged in war.”
Rep. Thomas Massey, R-KY. will leave the House Republican Conference meeting in Cannonville on January 7, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, Getty Images)
“FAFO… I’m participating in FO…” Lacivita responded to Massie on Saturday. In other words, it means “F —surroundings and discoveries.”
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By Sunday night, Lacivita had checked the Axios report, Respond with x“Here FO” – a clear message to Massie, and the Republicans who undermine the President are ready to respond.
Massey was elected US representative for Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District in 2012. One of the few remaining House GOP members willing to oppose Trump, the Fiscal Firebrand eased key challenges for deep red Kentucky Republicans in 2020 and 2024.
Last week, Republicans co-hosted it Skills Solution In addition to 48 Democrats, they are also trying to prevent Trump from hitting Iran without Congressional approval. Congress has the only power to declare war Article 1 of the Constitution.
From left, Vice President J.D. Vice President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses during their speech to the country on June 21, 2025 in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Carlos Barrias/Ruters/Bloomberg Vitty image)
The forces resolution aims to “eliminate US troops from unauthorized hostilities in Iran’s Islamic state,” and directs Trump to “end” the deployment of US troops against Iran without “an approved or specific approval declaration for the use of the military against Iran.”
When Trump announces a successful strike in Iran in America – without Congressional approval, Massey and his democratic co-sponsors criticize the president on social media, including Rep. Locanna, CBS News ‘Face the Nation’ Sunday.
“I feel like I’m getting a bit misunderstood,” Massey told Fox News Digital. Sunday afternoon interview. “I didn’t think he would decide on his foreign policy on neocons and drag us into another war.”
Kentucky Republicans have been broken from Trump on several other occasions, one of the few GOP officials who have openly clashed with the president, particularly about government spending and foreign interventions.
Former Trump campaign adviser Chris Rashivita is walking through Albanian capital ahead of Sunday’s election against socialist prime minister Eddie Rama in Tirana, Albania on May 9, 2025. (Photo/Hair Slug)
Trump threatened major Massey that he wasn’t trying to bend in negotiations for one big beautiful bill for House GOP, and commented that Massey was later used in a fundraising message for the 2026 reelection campaign.
Massey is one of two House Republicans who voted against Trump’s megaville last month, claiming it’s not enough to tackle the country’s huge national debt. It’s well over $36 trillion.
in A long truth social post On Sunday afternoon, Trump showed Massy’s dissent, claiming that “Maga doesn’t want him, doesn’t know him, does not respect him,” and again called him “ancestors.”
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“Maga should drop this pathetic loser, Tom Massey, like a plague! The good news is that there’s a great American patriot who runs over him in the Republican primary. I’m going out really hard on the Kentucky campaign.
Massey did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s investigation into the Kentucky PAC.