Overview
- United Democracy Project, a super PAC linked to AIPAC, is spending $790,000 on broadcast and cable ads across the Cincinnati, Louisville, and Charleston markets to hit Rep. Thomas Massie on Israel and border votes.
- The TV spot says “On Israel, Massie votes with AOC and Ilhan Omar again and again,” and UDP spokesperson Patrick Dorton called him “the most anti‑Israel Republican in Congress.”
- Christians United for Israel Action Fund said it is booking every available billboard for a month across Kentucky’s 4th District to portray Massie as weak on Iran, pairing his image with the Iranian flag.
- President Trump has endorsed Navy SEAL veteran Ed Gallrein to challenge Massie, though recent polling and prediction markets still show the incumbent ahead going into the May 19 Republican primary.
- The outside blitz targets Massie’s record, including his lone no vote in November 2023 on a resolution reaffirming Israel’s right to exist and earlier votes to direct a pullback from hostilities with Iran in a safely Republican district.