Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) fundraised donations from supporters Friday after President Trump blasted him on social media and called him a "lowlife Republican" for his role in bringing the Jeffrey Epstein files to light.
"Imagine celebrating a blessed Christmas with your family... suddenly phones alert everyone to the most powerful man in the world attacking you... for fulfilling his campaign promise to help victims!" Massie wrote on the social platform X.
He followed this by quoting Trump's reference to him in a Truth Social post: "plus one lowlife Republican, Massie."
Trump took to Truth Social to wish a "Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein," later adding that "When their names get brought out in the ongoing Radical Left Witch Hunt (plus one lowlife 'Republican,' Massie!), and it is revealed that they are Democrats all, there will be a lot of explaining to do."
Massie has been a longtime critic of the president. Their feud came to a head when Massie was one of a handful of Republicans to force the House to vote on compelling the Justice Department to release all of its files related to Epstein. Trump urged Republicans to not support it, before he eventually relented and signed Massie's bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), into law.
At the time of Trump's reversal, Massie told Politico that the president "got tired of me winning," a reference to a phrase Trump used in 2018.
The Kentucky Republican has frequently lambasted the Trump administration's rollout of the Epstein files, which started with an initial rollout of some documents on Dec. 19, the deadline for the Justice Department to release all the files.
"Unfortunately, today's document release by [Attorney General Pam Bondi] and [Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche] grossly fails to comply with both the spirit and the letter of the law that @realDonaldTrump signed just 30 days ago," Massie posted on X on Dec. 19.
Massie followed this the next day with a statement accusing Bondi and the Justice Department of "flaunting" the law. He shared the text from the Epstein Files Transparency Act and compared it with a letter the administration sent to Congress, asserting their privilege to redact some identifying materials.
Massie and Khanna are threatening to fine Bondi until the full collection of documents is released. Khanna even suggested Bondi should be impeached.
"Impeachment is a political decision, and is there the support in the House of Representatives?" Khanna told CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Dec. 19. "I mean, Massie and I aren't going to just do something for the show of it, but my sense is, just looking at the initial reactions from people in MAGA, from survivors, is that this release is going to cause as much grief for Pam Bondi as the earlier releases. Susie Wiles said she whiffed. This isn't building more trust."