Yesterday was a sad day for me. My dear friend and fellow principled American, Congressman Thomas Massie from Kentucky, lost the Republican primary for his seat. It is now on record as the most expensive primary congressional seat campaign in American history.
Why was it this important, this pivotal? Because Massie, like Congressman Ron Paul before him, could not be bought. And Washington, both Republicans and Democrats, cannot abide partners who refuse to be bought.
During his gracious concession speech, Massie mentioned a list of things he stands for:
1. Quit fighting other peoples’ wars.
2. Quit sending ANY money oversees and meddling in other countries’ affairs.
3. End the Department of Education
4. Open the Epstein files–after passage 6 months ago, his transparency bill took out two dozen CEOs, including the CEO of the World Economic Forum, an ambassador, a prince, prime minister “and I still have seven more months.”
5. Bill of Rights, including the 7th amendment which is under attack with a litigation “Get out of Jail Free” card.
6. Cutting spending–“they ran DOGE out of town; Elon Musk discovered it was easier to land a rocket backwards than get anyone in Washington to cut $100 of spending.” (That was a good line.)
7. MAHA–we’re tired of eating poison; we need food freedom and medical freedom
8. Basic decency. Massie is a class act, and as vituperative as his opposition was, he never resorted to name calling and gutter language.
In a most gracious affirmation, he said “what happened today was God’s will; it couldn’t have happened otherwise. Now we have to figure out the purpose of our loss.” Let me parse this theology a bit: a difference exists between permissive will and interference will. Many things happen within God’s permissive will that God doesn’t like and certainly didn’t initiate.
This is why in the Lord’s prayer, Jesus prays “thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Too often, God’s will is NOT done on earth; therefore to pray that it would be done is a profound recognition of the difference between permissive and proactive will. Think about a child who earns some money and wants to blow it on something stupid. Good parents will let the child spend it on stupidity within permissive will in order to learn lessons that couldn’t be learned if the parent intervened in every decision.
So I would say God permitted this loss even though He may have wished for a different outcome. Lots of times we aren’t privy to God’s roadmap; we know the destination, but the route there is often fuzzy. But back to Massie.
In invoking God’s will, he admonished his fans to not get mad or try to get even. He noted “we were not running against Trump; we were running for what we believe in.” That’s a powerful contrast. The question before us is are there enough Americans left who believe in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and a Republic as originally envisioned by a 28-year-old Thomas Jefferson?
He wrapped up his cheerful concession speech with a raw milk toast–gotta love it–to his late wife, whose social media lit up when Massie introduced a raw milk bill. In the midst of the storm, she texted her husband: “OMG, I didn’t realize the lactose lobby was so intolerant.” That’s classic Massie humor and I can’t wait to see his next steps. He guzzled the glass of raw milk as representative of freedom and personal agency.
I’ve been friends with extremely few politicians. As a class, I find them generally repulsive. But Massie is cut from different cloth. We’ve become true friends and I’m dismayed that he was despised so vociferously by his fellow Republicans and especially Trump. Most people don’t like bullies. Most people would be happy with someone who agreed with them 91 percent of the time. Right now, I’m excited and enthusiastic about where the Massie movement goes next. I’m with you, my friend.
What do you think of Congressman Thomas Massie?
Reprinted with permission from The Lunatic Farmer.
