Thomas Massie Asks A Question
The popular Libertarian Congressman from KY has turned pollster:
Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie
Foreign interest lobbying group AIPAC is running $300,000 of ads as part of a pressure campaign to influence my votes in Congress.
The Foreign Agents Registration Act requires agents of foreign principals to register & disclose certain information. Should AIPAC register w/FARA?
Yes, register under FARA
94.9%
Don’t register under FARA
5.1%
67,384 votes·Final results
8:32 AM · May 10, 2024 · 2.3M Views
AIPAC’s obsessive hate affair with Massie is of some time standing, according to Zerohedge (linked below):
Massie has previously suggested that AIPAC's role in US politics amounts to "foreign interference in our elections." Critics called that sentiment an antisemitic "trope." Undeterred, Massie last week posted a poll asking if AIPAC should be forced to register as an agent of Israel under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
The reason for AIPAC’s special exemption from registration under AIPAC is simple: They pay for their privilege. It’s the American Way. They understand that politicians want to be paid for their work—nothing in life is free, and certainly not in politics.
Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie
More details on the ads, AIPAC, and FARA. By the way, AIPAC ran an additional $90,000 of ads against me just a few months ago.
You can read lots more about this in this highly recommended story at Zerohedge:
Pro-Israel PAC Guns For Massie - Did Speaker Johnson Encourage Attack?
A prominent pro-Israel super PAC is gunning for Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, in retribution for his many recent votes against bills that advance Israel's agenda in Washington. The group may have had some high-placed encouragement: Massie says House Speaker Mike Johnson recently threatened to sic the Israel lobby on Republicans who didn't toe the pro-Israel line.
The vaguely-named United Democracy Project -- the independent campaign-spending arm of the mighty American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) -- announced that it's pouring $300,000 into advertisements on Fox television affiliates in Massie's home state of Kentucky.
Massie had a comeback to lickspittle Johnson:
Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie
Listen to this $300,000 hit piece on me by foreign interest lobbyist group AIPAC.
@ 0:12 “15 times in April, Massie was the only Republican voting…”
@SpeakerJohnson, why did the U.S. House of Representatives vote 15 times in April on Israel’s issues, but not on our own?
A real head scratcher, that!
Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy (parody) @VivekRammaswamy
The blatant hypocrisy is infuriating!
Massie is the ONLY congressman I trust. And he isn’t mine. I actually donated to his campaign recently, the only time I’ve ever donated to a congressional campaign. After my R congressman voted in favor of the antisemitic act (don’t you love how they name these ridiculous bills?), I called his DC office and took him to the woodshed. And then I told the aide that if my congressman wants to do the right thing, follow Massie.
Massie is going to take some big hits. He just noted on his twitter feed “Approximately 1% of Gaza’s CIVILIAN population has been wiped out by Israel in 7 months. We should not fund this war.” Massie is up against Trump and Johnson along with all the Ds. Massie was already persona non grata with Trump when he wanted an in person vote on the $5T in COVID relief and said it would ignite inflation. Trump in his typical juvenile discourse agreed with the Vietnam veteran John Kerry and called Massie an a**hole.
Massie is super smart. MIT bachelor’s and master’s in engineering degrees. But he’s in the swamp and they hate him because unlike them he has principles and can’t be bought. He’s a fighter though.
The silver lining in all this is that at least AIPAC is being flushed out into the open - along with all the bought-and-paid-for Zionist GOPers - so that all of America can see what they do. The ground is slowly shifting.