Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Cannon Building on Jan. 7, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
"FAFO ….working on the FO …" LaCivita responded to Massie on Saturday, which means, "F--- around and find out."
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By Sunday night, LaCivita confirmed the Axios report, responding on X, "Here’s the FO" – a clear message to Massie, and any Republican who undermines the president, that Trump's political arm is prepared to respond.
Massie was elected U.S. representative for Kentucky's fourth congressional district in 2012. The fiscal firebrand, one of the few remaining House GOP members willing to disagree with Trump, staved off Republican primary challenges in deep red Kentucky in 2020 and again in 2024.
Last week, the Republican co-sponsored the War Powers Resolution along with 48 Democrats, trying to prevent Trump from striking Iran without congressional approval. Congress has the sole power to declare war under Article I of the Constitution.
Chris LaCivita, former Trump campaign advisor, is seen here walking in the Albanian capital ahead of Sunday's election against Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama in Tirana, Albania, on May 9, 2025. (Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)
Trump threatened to primary Massie for his unwillingness to bend on the House GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill negotiations, comments Massie subsequently used in fundraising messages for his 2026 re-election campaign.
Massie was one of just two House Republicans who voted against Trump's megabill last month, arguing it did not do enough to tackle the country's enormous national debt, which sits at well over $36 trillion.
In a lengthy Truth Social post Sunday afternoon, Trump signaled he had enough of Massie's dissent, claiming "MAGA doesn't want him, doesn't know him, and doesn't respect him," and once again called him a "grandstander."
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"MAGA should drop this pathetic LOSER, Tom Massie, like the plague! The good news is that we will have a wonderful American Patriot running against him in the Republican Primary, and I’ll be out in Kentucky campaigning really hard. MAGA is not about lazy, grandstanding, nonproductive politicians, of which Thomas Massie is definitely one," Trump said Sunday.
Massie did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's inquiry about the Kentucky PAC.
Deirdre Heavey is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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