‘Low Class’: House Republican Rips Trump Staff For Disinviting Him From White House Event
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) fumed at the Trump White House in the very early hours of Thursday morning over his tickets for the annual White House picnic being withheld. Massie called the move “low class” in an angry post as he’s being punished for opposing President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful” budget bill, which he argues adds too much to the deficit.
“Incredibly petty & shortsighted of Trump’s staff to exclude Republicans from the annual White House picnic while inviting Pelosi and every Democrat. I always give my few tickets to my staff and their kids, but apparently this year my tickets have been withheld as well. Low class,” wrote Massie on X while sharing a clip of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) fuming about also being disinvited from the event.
“I think I’m the first senator in the history of the United States to be uninvited to the White House picnic,” Paul said in a Wednesday statement to reporters. “I just find this incredibly petty. I mean — I have been, I think, nothing but polite to the President.”
“The level of immaturity is beyond words,” added Paul, who like Massie, is a fervent opponent of Trump’s sweeping tax and budget bill.
Trump responded to Paul on Thursday and claimed the Kentucky Senator is in fact invited, although both Paul and Massie adamantly say that is not the case.
“Of course Senator Rand Paul and his beautiful wife and family are invited to the BIG White House Party tonight. He’s the toughest vote in the history of the U.S. Senate, but why wouldn’t he be?” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“Besides, it gives me more time to get his Vote on the Great, Big, Beautiful Bill, one of the greatest and most important pieces of legislation ever put before our Senators & Congressmen/women. It will help to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! I look forward to seeing Rand. The Party will be Great!” Trump added.
Trump’s budget bill has a steep hill to climb before becoming law in the Senate, as fiscal hawks warn it will add to the deficit by both cutting taxes and increasing spending. A recent Quinnipiac poll found that 53% of voters oppose the bill, while only 27% support it and 20% have no opinion on it.
