Here’s the One Tweet That Sums Up Why Thomas Massie Lost His Primary

Massie’s voters didn’t really change all that much, but he did, and they noticed.

Why did Massie lose tonight?

Massie went from principled libertarian during COVID, to GOP leadership lapdog under McCarthy, to anti-Trump Epstein obsessive in 2025 after tweeting about that issue a whopping three (3) times in the decade prior. The nail in the coffin for him was…

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 20, 2026

During Massie’s watch party, supporters were chanting “2028.” If you can’t win a congressional primary, you’re unlikely to win the White House. Also, Liz Cheney made a similar comment after being ousted from Wyoming and didn’t do didley.