Siobhan Hughes

Trump had opposed Massey because Massey voted against his $3.4 trillion big, beautiful bill.

Massey didn't like the cost of those tax cuts and spending increases.

Massey also opposed the war in Iran, Trump's tariffs.

And perhaps most personally, Massey led the charge to enact legislation forcing the release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an issue that Trump had initially dismissed as a hoax.

Massey fought back, assembling a coalition of young people opposed to the war in Iran.

Libertarians, fiscal conservatives, Make America Healthy Again moms, small farmers.

But in the end, it wasn't enough.

He faced an onslaught of $19 million in advertising, most of it courtesy of hawkish pro-Israel groups.

In the end, it was the most expensive House primary in American history.

But this may not be the final word.

As Massey addressed a crowd of his adoring supporters who cheered 2028 and Massey for president, Massey said, I started running a campaign and we have ended up with a movement.

We have a deal.

And in fact, the Senate has just passed legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security, or at least most of it, which is on course to end this standoff.

The expectation is the House picks this up in the next few hours before President Trump signs the measure into law.

So what is left out is funding for ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and then Border Patrol, a separate function also within the Department of Homeland Security.

The Republicans said they are going to try to fund those two units separately through a special procedural tactic called budget reconciliation, where they only need a simple majority of the Senate to clear that.

And as for reforms, Democrats did not win any changes to the ways the Trump administration practices immigration enforcement.

And as Senate Majority Leader John Thune told us, that ship has sailed.

And according to him, Democrats can kiss that opportunity goodbye.

Democrats, particularly the progressive wing, I think would see this as a win because Democrats are in the minority in Congress.