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Thomas Massie
Thomas Harold Massie is an American politician and engineer. A member of the Republican Party, Massie has been the United States representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district since 2012. The district is dominated by the Kentucky side of the Cincinnati area and Louisville's eastern suburbs extending over much of northeastern Kentucky.
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business · American politician (born 1971) · politician · entrepreneur · business executive · engineer · also Thomas Massie, Mr. No, Thomas H. Massie, Thomas Harold Massie, Massie
Born 13 January 1971 · Q2426031
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Congressman Thomas Massie on Epstein Files Transparency Act Release Deadline - 12-18-2025
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Rep. Thomas Massie Delivers Speech on the Anniversary of the Attack on the USS Liberty (June 8, 2026)
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2026· 34 entries
“a socialist militarist globalist science-alarmist. The dark future of the American Democratic Party.”
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“federal efforts to condemn any type of private boycott, regardless of whether or not a boycott is based upon bad motives”
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“make sure our republic doesn”
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“The fact that they brought all of these congressmen here in order to get a quorum shows you that I was right. The Constitution requires a quorum to pass a bill, and they were planning to subvert the Constitution.”
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Radar Online: Rep. Thomas Massie Says Americans Will 'Quit Watching Fox News' When 'Reality' Hits Their Wallets
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The Indianapolis Star: Rep. Thomas Massie says he will sponsor anti-Flock camera bill
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Public attention spiked: 10,501 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.1× the usual 3,422, with 0 article edits.
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Published video “Rep. Massie: "We're Sending More Money To Israel Than We Spend On Homeless Veterans" 7/15/26”.
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Published video “Rep. Massie Introduces Privileged Resolution Exposing House Slush Fund: 6/29/26”.
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Published video “Rep. Thomas Massie: "Transparency is Essential to the Operation of Government" 6/30/26”.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., "confirmed" during a June 2026 congressional speech that Israel attacked the USS Liberty, an American naval ship, with napalm.” Mostly True.
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Published video “Rep. Massie Delivers Speech on the Anniversary of the Attack on the USS Liberty: 6/08/26”.
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Published video “Rep. Massie on Meet the Press: "They Couldn't Buy My Vote, so They Bought This Seat." 5/24/26”.
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Published video “Rep. Massie's "NICS Data Reporting Act" Passes House 5/12/26”.
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Public attention spiked: 11,593 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.4× the usual 3,422, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Thomas Massie Files to Run for Office in 2028 After House Primary Loss” (Newsweek).
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Newsweek: Thomas Massie Files to Run for Office in 2028 After House Primary Loss
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Massie filed paperwork with the FEC for the 2028 House election
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Public attention spiked: 18,695 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.5× the usual 3,422, with 46 article edits. Coverage that week: “Thomas Massie Files to Run for Office in 2028 After House Primary Loss” (Newsweek).
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Massie lost by 10,280 votes and Ed Gallrein received 10,854 mail-in votes while Massie got 50,301 votes in previous primary (out of 66,874) but only 47,539 (out of 105,361) this time.” Each Race Diff.
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Public attention spiked: 218,583 Wikipedia readers in one day, 63.9× the usual 3,422, with 40 article edits. Editors noted: Undid revision 1355264980 by Nonameeditor2019 (talk) like I said last time you made this edit, it's WP:OR / WP:SYNTH
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Massie lost his renomination bid to Ed Gallrein, the Trump-endorsed candidate
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Published video “Rep. Massie Leads Debate Against Warrantless Spying on Americans: 4/30/26”.
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Published video “Kill Switch Compilation”.
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Published video “Rep. Massie Testifies Before Senate Committee About the Right to Keep and Bear Arms: 4/15/26”.
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Snopes rated the claim “In March 2026, Republican U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky exposed senior White House adviser Stephen Miller for funneling $890 million into offshore accounts through the Cayman Islands.” False.
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Published video “Rep. Massie: Founders Understood That the Patent & Copyrights Were Foundation to Economy 3/25/26”.
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Trump visited Verst Logistics, a contract packaging facility in Hebron, Kentucky, within Massie's district, to rally support for primary challenger Ed Gallrein
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Thomas Massie said he has a flash drive with the Epstein files.” Massie: Nope.
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Snopes rated the claim “In February 2026, U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said he had a flash drive with the "complete list of files belonging to Jeffrey Epstein" and that the late sex offender "was far more than just a pedophile; he was an intelligence asset."” Incorrect Attribution.
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“Nothing can justify the number of civilian casualties (tens of thousands of women and children) inflicted by Israel in Gaza in the last two years. We should end all U.S. military aid to Israel now.”
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Campaign: 2026 election.
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2025· 6 entries
And the bill it supported, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, was signed into law a week later
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FactCheck.org rated the claim “Rep. Thomas Massie voted against President Trump’s tax cuts.” Distorts the facts.
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The Supreme Court, in a 7–2 opinion authored by Justice Gorsuch, ruled in favor of the Biden administration's reclassification
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Massie voted against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
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Career landmark: United States representative (2025).
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Opposed the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" Act labeling the bill a "debt bomb ticking" since it would increase the debt limit by $4 trillion
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2024· 2 entries
Co-sponsored a motion to vacate filed by Marjorie Taylor Greene in an attempt to oust House speaker Mike Johnson
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She died at age 51 on June 27, 2024, at home in Garrison, Kentucky; Massie confirmed a local newsperson's report on the autopsy, which determined Rhonda died of "respiratory complications of chronic autoimmune myopathy" and her death was "contributed to by multiple additional autoimmune diseases".
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2023· 2 entries
Massie created the Debt Badge, a wearable device that provides an electronic real-time display of the U
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Career landmark: United States representative (2023–2025).
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2022· 4 entries
Claimed: “Photos show an "IRS recruiting program" involving firearm training” — rated Misleading by AFP Fact Check.
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Was one of three representatives to vote against the similar Emmett Till Antilynching Act
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Claimed: “Says Voltaire said, “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.”” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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To support Sweden and Finland joining NATO, saying he did not want to "subsidize socialist Europe's defense"
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2021· 3 entries
Massie said he and representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Ralph Norman were suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi after they were fined for refusing to wear masks on the House floor
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In voting against $1 billion in funding for Israel's Iron Dome air defense system, saying that he opposed all foreign aid out of concern about the national debt
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Career landmark: United States representative (2021–2023).
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2020· 4 entries
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Massie forced the return to Washington of members of the House who were "sheltering in place" in their districts by threatening a quorum call that would have required an in-person v
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Massie voted against making lynching a federal hate crime
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Stated on Twitter, "There is no authority in the Constitution that authorizes the government to stick a needle in you
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And was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against a measure condemning the Myanmar coup d'état that overwhelmingly passed in 2021
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2019· 9 entries
During former United States secretary of state John Kerry's testimony to the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Massie called Kerry's political science degree from Yale University a "pseudoscience degree" and called K
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Massie was one of 14 Republicans to vote with all House Democrats to override Trump's veto of a measure unwinding Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the southern border
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Was the only Republican House member to vote against condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement
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Massie was the only member of Congress to oppose an act that refused to recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea
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Helped introduce the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act to reform federal asset forfeiture policies
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To clarify that no authority exists for military action against Iran
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To repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001, arguing that it is too broad and that Congress should reclaim its constitutional responsibility to declare war
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Massie signed a letter to Trump led by Representative Ro Khanna and Senator Rand Paul asserting that it was "long past time to rein in the use of force that goes beyond congressional authorization" and that they hoped th
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Career landmark: United States representative (2019–2021).
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2018· 1 entry
After French president Emmanuel Macron spoke to Congress and mentioned his desire that the United States rejoin the Paris Climate Accords to curb climate change, Massie said Macron was "a socialist militarist globalist s
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2017· 3 entries
Massie voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
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Criticized Republicans' efforts to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act, saying the efforts fell "far short of our promise to repeal Obamacare"
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Career landmark: United States representative (2017–2019).
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2016· 1 entry
Massie joined both representatives in writing to Obama urging him to declassify the pages
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2015· 6 entries
Massie introduced the Federal Reserve Transparency Act to "require the Comptroller General to conduct a full examination of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve banks
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Massie introduced the Surveillance State Repeal Act, a bill that sought to repeal the PATRIOT Act and the FISA Amendments Act
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Joined with Representative Justin Amash in an effort to ensure the expiration of certain provisions of the PATRIOT Act
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Massie was the sole member of the House to vote "present" on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Iran nuclear agreement, citing Constitutional concerns that the treaties are not ratified by the Hous
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Massie introduced the Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption (PRIME) Act to ease federal regulations regarding the sale of meat within state borders
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Career landmark: United States representative (2015–2017).
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2014· 3 entries
Massie introduced the Milk Freedom Act and the Interstate Milk Freedom Act, a pair of bills that would allow the transportation of raw milk across state borders
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Sponsored an amendment to stop warrantless "backdoor" searches of U
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Massie joined Representatives Walter B
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2013· 3 entries
Joked that cold weather undercut the argument for climate change, tweeting, "Today's Science Committee Hearing on Global Warming canceled due to snow
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Massie introduced the Justice Safety Valve Act to provide judges with greater sentencing flexibility
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Career landmark: United States representative (2013–2015).
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2012· 5 entries
The Republican Party committee for Kentucky's 4th congressional district voted unanimously to endorse Massie as the party's nominee once a special election was called
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Congressman Geoff Davis resigned from office, citing a family health issue for his abrupt departure
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Massie won the Republican nomination, beating his closest opponents, state representative Alecia Webb-Edgington and Boone County judge-executive Gary Moore, by a double-digit margin
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Career landmark: United States representative (2012–2013).
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Campaign: 2012 election.
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2011· 1 entry
Career landmark: County Judge/Executive (2011–2012).
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2010· 2 entries
Massie was elected judge-executive of Lewis County
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Massie ran for Judge Executive of Lewis County
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1996· 2 entries
His company was reincorporated as SensAble Technologies, Inc
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Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science (1996).
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1995· 2 entries
Awarded Lemelson–MIT Prize (1995).
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Massie won the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for inventors and the $10,000 David and Lindsay Morgenthaler Grand Prize in the sixth annual MIT $10K Entrepreneurial Business Plan Competition
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1993· 3 entries
Studied at MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, Bachelor of Science (1993).
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And a Master of Science in mechanical engineering in 1996 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Massie and his wife founded a company, SensAble Devices Inc
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1992· 1 entry
Massie won MIT's then-named 2
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1990· 1 entry
Was the driver for Galaxy in the 1990 GM Sunrayce, finishing at Churchill Downs after ten days, winning sixth place
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1971· 1 entry
Born 1971-01-13.
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