Washington, D.C. – Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) came to the defense of fellow fiscal conservative Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Tuesday after Massie’s refusal to support the House GOP’s government funding bill drew a sharp rebuke from former President Donald Trump.
Speaking in an interview on NBC News, Roy addressed Trump’s threat to unseat Massie over his confirmed “no” vote on the Republican spending package. “First of all, Thomas is a great friend,” Roy said. “And you know, having been the recipient of some similar tweets, you know, the sun comes up tomorrow.”
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Roy continued, praising Massie’s dedication to his principles. “We’ll all be moving forward to try to deliver what we came to Washington to do for our constituents, and I think that’s what Thomas does every day. That’s what I do every day.”
However, Roy made it clear that he disagreed with Massie’s position on this particular vote, especially with the GOP currently holding power in both the White House and Congress. “I just disagree with Thomas,” Roy told CNN’s Kasie Hunt. “I think that where we are at this moment, where we’ve got the president in the White House, we’ve got Russ Vought at OMB and Elon at DOGE doing what they’re doing.
We have the opportunity to have this administration do what we’ve been asking to be done for a long time, which is actually root out the waste, fraud, and abuse, the ridiculous expenditures – identify them – and do the job that the American people sent us here to do in November.”
Roy also addressed his own stance on continuing resolutions (CRs), acknowledging that while he is “not a huge fan,” he does not entirely rule them out. “This kind of differentiates me from both ends of the political spectrum in my conference. Where there’s strategically beneficial, I’m for them,” Roy explained.
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“I’ve never found them that strategically beneficial under the Biden regime, because I didn’t agree with what Joe Biden was doing.” He clarified that, in this case, he supports the current GOP strategy. “I generally agree with what President Trump is doing.”
The debate over government spending continues to highlight the fractures within the Republican Party, as lawmakers navigate their loyalty to fiscal conservatism while also aligning with Trump’s broader political agenda.
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