We Went To Kentucky. What We Found Will Shock You.
The MAGA split over the Epstein files and Iran is playing out in Kentucky.
Pro-Israel Super PACs and three billionaire donors have spent over $12.2 million to unseat incumbent Thomas Massie, a Trump critic.
We talked to Trump voters defying the President’s endorsement.
Host
John Russell
Producer
Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen
Editor
Ian McKenna
Videographers
Isabel Atalaya
Ian McKenna
Video Production Manager
Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator
Jodi Clemens
Video Production Fellow
Astrid Dong
Video Editing Fellow
Daria Nastasia
Supervising Producer
Meg Herschlein
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@miorfaizulsabki6667
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Don't matter who you vote they still evil..you have been occupied and brainwashed for a long time
@mikebose-kf3xu
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
the usa is a criminal construct It's time for it to end……..i give it less than 5 years
@erebostd
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
2:25 This people that call you trader because you can think are the reason American is the only first world country without healthcare and decent social security. It’s absolutely bonkers…
@DonnaMSkidmore
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
If the voters of Kentucky's 4th district vote Massie out then they deserve what they get with an AIPAC supported guy who refuses to even debate Massie because he knows he can't beat him in a debate.
@beverlyd3464
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Vote for Classy Massie!
@stupidsays
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
What can l make and sell to exploit low intelligence peoples, they'll buy anything, kinda serious.
@splender88
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
I live in Kentucky, and it's not so black and white. We vote Democratic quite a bit; our big city mayors are usually Democrats, and so is the governor.
@Alex_N_Lowe
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Wow. This is the first time I've seen Massey without a beard. He looks like a baby without it.
I think that the PDF files and the Iran war mean this is going to be a bloodbath for orange nation. If even Tucker Carlson is giving up on orange man, then the orange man's campaign is dead. Gas prices have ruined an incredible number of politicians That's one thing that's never changed.
Recent examples show that Elon's repeated attempts to overfund specific political opponents have massively backfired in all the recent elections. Average people are incredibly upset at oligarchs. Seeing that level of funding being poured into an election is powerful fuel for grass roots movements. Especially when one of the literal most important issues for anyone who lived through 9/11. That's what, still 80% of the voting population, and 95% of the voting blocks that matter (older voters).
@muppetb.lansing8374
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Unfortunately I'd say Massie's days on the planet are numbered, like anyone who speaks up against fascist Israel, just like Charlie Kirk
@Thee_Sinner
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
"Everybody and their brother's on it. What are you going to do?"
Bag em all.
@pendremacherald6758
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Massie isn’t MAGA. Despite what Trump wants, MAGA≠Republican.
@isrealdontexist
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
United state of amerika is a sad place
@noahkirkeide5797
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
2022 was the last off year Republican primary in KY-4 and only 66,000 people voted. $26 million spent to influence such a small group of voters is wild. Almost $400 per voter.
@AsheraEmilySky
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Massie seems like he would make a great president!
@dprcontracting6299
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Jeez don't you just love the older man with the goatee beard? Had to scratch my head a bit on how his thought processes work. Or maybe when you are head over heels in love with someone thinking ain't the done thing.
@bethconey8421
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
These voters are incredibly uninformed.
@laurenshute4829
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
The ads are insufferable, and I live in a completely different part of Kentucky from Massie’s district
@stantillmanphotostudio3935
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Good work. Keep it up. Thank you.
@jimmyice
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
“Anyone against trump is a trader to this country” the Irony of that statement
@dieter5220
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
that insecure guy with confederate belt …. just precious
@lindajohnson7675
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Trump did not make a regie change in Venezuela or Iran!
He may ha w changed the INE LEADER. But he didn't change the whole regime.
Now the leaders are younger, and more radical. That is not REGIME CHANGE!
@Tricknologyinc
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Blind loyalty to a TRAITOR/PEDOPHILE is a TREASONOUS thing to do. Media validating TREASONOUS POLITICIANS AND WANNABE TRILLIONAIRES, is a TREASONOUS THING TO DO!
@azeez8399
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Thomas Massie is the real deal.
#StandWithMassie
@icydawn9727
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
I did not vote for Bibi or Iz-ri-el wars around the world
@icydawn9727
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
The fact that he has started wars & calls his most loyal supporters Low IQ & kissing up to Bibi makes me absolutely sick, I’ve even tucked my make America great again hat & shirt in the back of the closet
@Sockdarner007
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
I was a trump supporter since 2016. Now I think he’s a demon and I hate all sides of politics.
It’s depressing considering I can’t see a way through to sanity and honesty anywhere.
@Oddstories
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Massie is simply doing all the stuff Trump SAID he was going to do… And then didn't
@Juiczey
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Trump's a "Jew" supremacist.
@jjsterling3
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Massie is an American hero.
@kaykaymishka5548
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
I'm in Texas and we have a big problem with rhinos here too… we didn't vote for war…we didn't vote for our money to leave America! He promised to put America 1st.. I don't see it anymore.
@drippnjimmy1033
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
KY needs to protect and platform Massie more and more. As a born and raised Kentuckian, I was so disappointed in 2016 when the party of “fiscal responsibility” passed the largest budget in US history. I wrote off the DNC over propping up a candidate that had to cheat to beat an elderly, socialist, Jewish man in the Midwest. And I wrote off the RNC after 2016’s budget. I entertained the Trump base against Kamala, but anyone That followed Trump after he backtracked on Epstein is straight up RETARDED.
@alvinthechipmonk
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
I hope America wins, Israel mustn't be able to buy Kentucky, it's wrong
@jtwilliams8895
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
MAGA is dead. But just watch some interviews with remaining Trump supporters, they’re not exactly America’s best and brightest. People who can speak intelligently feel betrayed by Trump. People who sound foolish on camera still remain loyal to Trump.
@SurrealSurrender
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
12:07 That is all I needed to hear. Nope, nope, nope…..not falling for this Massie bs.
@danielloder1461
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Trumps biggest threat is a better man running against him, and as he slips up on his promises this threat is showing to be a lot easier to accomplish.
@kennethcarney5874
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Tired of fighting wars for isreal. Like trump but like Massie more. Sent him money to fight the Zionist interference
@jamieb.9681
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Isreal needs to stay the hell out of our elections and we need to shut down the dark money pacs.
Republicans, Enough with the Gerrymandering. Try to actually win an election with good policies and stop just trying to move voting districts to make it easier for you. The American public is done with you!!
@dhsjwwirjfjxkseiwejed
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
10:16 it's nasty for him to cut out the pt2 which is the real reason.
And the real reason is because he slows down the entire GOP.
@kimhunter8395
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Follow the money. Did Trump launder money through Epstein?
@johnnygeneric161
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
I think this is all blown out of proportion – I live in Kentucky. I like Massie and I like Trump. Massie is a libertarian more than a Republican, but they do overlap. So, I'm good. Massie won't be voted out of office.
@mikeboshko2623
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Independent here. Go Massie
@jugeebean
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
He is a constitutionalist…..it is important to support those who fight for the constitution as it was originally intended.
@whatthefluxchuck
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
MASSIE FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!
@mmashortsworld
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
That woman is 😮 was she jew
@geoffbreen2386
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
3 Amigo's for Trump?
@martinlopez7714
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
The Zionist have the knives out for Massie!
@mmashortsworld
May 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
Lady said! What gonna do
She doesn't care? Probably need to investigate her too