Trump’s Endorsements Lead To Impressive String of GOP Primary Wins

either Hudson or Marshall in a runoff election, with the eventual Republican nominee viewed as the favorite heading into November.

In Kentucky, the spotlight was fixed on the 4th Congressional District, where Trump-backed challenger and former decorated Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein defeated Rep. Thomas Massie in what became the most expensive House primary race in American history.

Massie, who had publicly broken with Trump over issues including the Epstein files controversy and the Iran conflict, used his concession speech to criticize both the president and several of Trump’s political allies.

“I got to watch Fox also for the first time in 18 months,” Massie told supporters, “and there was the president talking about, by the way, while gas is almost $5 and diesel’s almost $6, they’re talking about this big ballroom they’re going to build, and … it looks like the Roman Empire, architecture from the Roman Empire. I see a few analogies there.”