WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a primary challenge on Saturday against \u200chardline conservative U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert, until \u200cnow a staunch Trump ally, after she campaigned for maverick \u200bRepresentative Thomas Massie in his Kentucky district.<\/p>\n
\u2022 “Boebert is campaigning for the Worst ‘Republican’ Congressman in the History of our Country, Thomas Massie, of the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky, \u200cand anybody who \u2060can be that dumb deserves a good Primary fight!” Trump wrote on Truth \u2060Social.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Trump has vowed to unseat Massie, a Republican who has defied the president in Congress over \u200bmajor legislation \u200band the Iran war \u200band led his party’s \u200cdrive to release government files on the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The president’s quest to unseat Massie poses a test for his hold on the Republican Party.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Trump’s social \u200cmedia post came hours after \u200bBoebert made campaign appearances for \u200bMassie, who faces \u200bTrump-endorsed challenger Ed Gallrein, a retired \u200cNavy SEAL, in Tuesday’s Republican \u200bprimary in \u200bKentucky.<\/p>\n
\u2022 “Is anyone interested in running against Weak Minded Lauren Boebert in Colorado\u2019s Fourth Congressional District?” Trump \u200bposted. “Just let \u200cme know, or announce your Candidacy, and I \u200bwill be there for you!”<\/p>\n
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