Trump, Outside Millions, and Massie: Will Voters Have the Final Say in Kentucky?

by | May 18, 2026

It is the highest spending US House race in history, with more than $10 million pouring into Thomas Massie’s House re-election bid from outside oligarchs. Massie has angered a group of billionaires – the same group that bankrolled Trump’s presidential bid – for adhering to his pro-liberty, anti-interventionist views. Are US elections for sale to outside special interests?

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  • Daniel McAdams

    Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity and co-Producer/co-Host, Ron Paul Liberty Report. Daniel served as the foreign affairs, civil liberties, and defense/intel policy advisor to U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, MD (R-Texas) from 2001 until Dr. Paul’s retirement at the end of 2012. From 1993-1999 he worked as a journalist based in Budapest, Hungary, and traveled through the former communist bloc as a human rights monitor and election observer.

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