Trump attacks Massie as Republican critic describes ‘desperate’ attempts to oust him from primary

Trump polls dinner guests on GOP succession

The Colorado lawmaker faces intense backlash from the Make America Great Again (MAGA) contingent for endorsing a Republican lawmaker—Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky—who’s earned the wrath of President Donald Trump by repeatedly breaking with him on key issues.

The outcome in Louisiana on Saturday followed losses by a group of Indiana state lawmakers whom the president targeted for political payback.

The post, sent hours after Cassidy's loss in Louisiana's Senate race, links two of the president's highest-profile efforts to purge GOP critics and sharpens a House contest already cast as a test of whether Republican voters will keep a leader who breaks with Trump.