{"id":244563,"date":"2026-05-21T09:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=244563"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:11:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:11:45","slug":"tucker-did-thomas-massie-get-hosed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/tucker-did-thomas-massie-get-hosed\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker: Did Thomas Massie Get Hosed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">4<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tucker Carlson is officially done pretending everything inside the modern Republican Party is normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a long, fiery monologue (see below) reacting to Thomas Massie losing his Kentucky primary, Carlson basically argued the MAGA movement as many voters understood it in 2024 is either dead, hijacked, or something entirely different now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tucker Responds to the Israel Lobby Defeating Thomas Massie and Killing MAGA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JgjThZM8Z8U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And honestly? Even people who completely disagree with Tucker are probably going to admit this thing was gasoline poured directly onto an already raging political bonfire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The core of Carlson\u2019s argument is simple: Massie wasn\u2019t taken out because he was unpopular back home. Tucker says he got bulldozed because he refused to play ball on foreign aid, Israel policy, and the Epstein issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tucker spends nearly an hour hammering the idea that Massie represented the old \u201cAmerica First\u201d promise many voters thought they were getting when <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-weigh-in-on-tv-crew-shooting-in-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tucker-did-thomas-massie-get-hosed\" title=\"Tucker: Did Thomas Massie Get Hosed?\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"5739\">Donald Trump<\/a> returned to office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And he does not exactly sound thrilled with where things ended up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 JUST IN \u2014 REP. THOMAS MASSIE CONCEDES: &quot;I would&#39;ve come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent and concede.&quot;<br \/><br \/>&quot;And it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv.&quot;<br \/><br \/>&quot;I have called and conceded the race.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Y70wGzp36\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tucker-did-thomas-massie-get-hosed\" title=\"Tucker: Did Thomas Massie Get Hosed?\">pic.twitter.com\/8Y70wGzp36<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2056891741161116032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tucker-did-thomas-massie-get-hosed\" title=\"Tucker: Did Thomas Massie Get Hosed?\">May 20, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/lott-1-4-million-new-concealed-carry-permits-issued-last-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tucker-did-thomas-massie-get-hosed\" title=\"Tucker: Did Thomas Massie Get Hosed?\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"5738\">last year<\/a> has not made America great again,\u201d Tucker said. \u201cThe last year has diminished American power at a rate some of us thought was unimaginable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subtlety? Not really part of the package here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlson paints Massie as the last true fiscal hawk wandering through a Republican Party that has completely abandoned its anti-war, anti-establishment roots. He repeatedly points to the massive amount of outside money dumped into the race, arguing it transformed a Kentucky congressional primary into what felt like a geopolitical proxy war with campaign signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-m-amp-p-shield-x-review-better-than-the-shield-plus\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/mp-shield-x-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tucker-did-thomas-massie-get-hosed\" title=\"Tucker: Did Thomas Massie Get Hosed?\">M&amp;P Shield X Review: Better Than the Shield Plus?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>And Tucker being Tucker, he doesn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He goes after media coverage, donor (AIPAC) influence, foreign lobbying, Republican leadership, the Epstein files, and even the bizarrely empty-looking victory party footage from Massie\u2019s opponent. At one point he jokes the room looked so dead that he wasn\u2019t sure whether attendees were relatives, neighbors, or \u201cpaid to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s peak <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/shawn-ryan-tucker-carlson-calls-worlds-greatest-rifle\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tucker-did-thomas-massie-get-hosed\" title=\"Tucker: Did Thomas Massie Get Hosed?\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"5737\">Tucker Carlson<\/a> right there: half political commentary, half guy-at-the-bar rant after three bourbons and a doomscrolling session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, buried underneath all the sarcasm and rhetorical flamethrowers is a real question a lot of conservatives seem to be wrestling with in 2026:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sen. Sanders on Rep. Thomas Massie&#039;s Primary Loss\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/meJYl-h8zio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Even Bernie Sanders thinks Massie got hosed. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What exactly is MAGA now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in 2016 and even 2024, \u201cAmerica First\u201d was largely sold as anti-war, skeptical of foreign intervention, <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/kamala-harris-owns-biden-admins-hostilities-toward-gun-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tucker-did-thomas-massie-get-hosed\" title=\"Tucker: Did Thomas Massie Get Hosed?\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"5740\">hostile toward<\/a> intelligence agencies, and openly populist. Carlson argues Massie embodied that version of the movement better than almost anyone left in Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now? Tucker thinks the party has drifted right back toward the same donor-driven foreign policy politics Trump originally ran against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the more memorable moments comes when Carlson reflects on attending Trump\u2019s inauguration church service alongside Charlie Kirk. Tucker says they genuinely believed the Republican Party was about to become something fundamentally different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MAGA is DEAD.<br \/><br \/>Pass it on. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K6QZf1qSQZ\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tucker-did-thomas-massie-get-hosed\" title=\"Tucker: Did Thomas Massie Get Hosed?\">pic.twitter.com\/K6QZf1qSQZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Travis (@NihiloX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NihiloX\/status\/2057235936870560127?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tucker-did-thomas-massie-get-hosed\" title=\"Tucker: Did Thomas Massie Get Hosed?\">May 20, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, Carlson now says the movement has morphed into something almost unrecognizable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s obviously the death of MAGA,\u201d Tucker claimed. \u201cAnd of course, the end of the Republican party as we thought we knew it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s a pretty massive statement considering Carlson spent years helping shape the populist wing of the modern conservative movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, there\u2019s another side to all this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-safariland-incog-xs-review-fast-iwb-carry\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/safariland-incog-xs-review-glock-19-iwb-holster\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tucker-did-thomas-massie-get-hosed\" title=\"Tucker: Did Thomas Massie Get Hosed?\">Safariland Incog XS Review: Fast IWB Carry<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of Republicans would argue Massie didn\u2019t lose because of shadowy manipulation or donor conspiracies. They\u2019d say he lost because politics is politics, coalitions shift, and voters ultimately decided they wanted someone more aligned with <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/are-we-headed-for-another-trump-slump\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tucker-did-thomas-massie-get-hosed\" title=\"Tucker: Did Thomas Massie Get Hosed?\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"5741\">Trump heading<\/a> into the next election cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s the thing about modern GOP politics: every primary loss now gets treated like either a CIA operation or the fall of Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no middle ground anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Horrible Congressman Thomas Massie put out an old Endorsement, from many years ago, of him by me long before I found out that he was the Worst Congressman in the History of our Country. I endorsed Ed Gallrein, a true American Patriot, which Massie knows full well, so the\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/2056827052851105947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"tucker-did-thomas-massie-get-hosed\" title=\"Tucker: Did Thomas Massie Get Hosed?\">May 19, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Either democracy is alive and well, or somebody\u2019s billionaire donor cabal rigged the matrix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, Carlson\u2019s rant clearly tapped into a growing frustration inside parts of the conservative base that feel increasingly disconnected from where Republican leadership is heading on war, spending, surveillance, and foreign policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether that frustration grows into a real political fracture is another question entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But one thing\u2019s obvious: the Massie race struck a nerve way bigger than one congressional seat in Kentucky.  So what do ya&#8217;ll think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did Thomas Massie get completely hosed by the system? 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