In the closely watched primary, Kentucky voters who showed up to vote chose GOP challenger Ed Gallrein over incumbent Massie 55%-45%.
Describing that primary race on American Family Radio, Bob Good said Gallrein defeated Massie for one reason: Trump endorsed him over Massie.
“Nobody knows Ed Gallrein. Ed Gallrein didn't take positions. He didn't do debates,” Good said.
During the GOP race, it is true Gallrein repeatedly refused to debate Massie, according to an article by The Louisville Courier-Journal.
Gallrein’s congressional campaign also relied heavily on Trump’s endorsement and the “America First” theme rather than sharing and describing a specific political platform he would take to Washington.
Much like the now-defeated Massie, Good also witnessed political revenge. During his brief two terms in Congress, Good proved his conservative credentials by leading the House Freedom Caucus, but he lost re-election in 2024 after he targeted two powerful political figures, Trump and Kevin McCarthy.
After he became a target of Trump in 2023 for backing Gov. Ron DeSantis in the primary, Good also made an enemy of Rep. McCarthy (pictured below) that same year. Good voted with seven other GOP lawmakers, and all the House Democrats, to oust McCarthy from the powerful House Speaker role.
Trump got his political revenge in 2024 by endorsing Good’s primary opponent, John McGuire. McGuire would go on to narrowly win by 374 votes.
McCarthy, seeking his own political revenge, reportedly worked with outside GOP groups to spend nearly $7 million to defeat Good in his bid for a third term.
On the radio show, Good accused Republicans in Congress of “surrendering” to Trump out of “fear and obedience” to him. That is why Republicans on Capitol Hill voted to approve FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and have added trillions to the U.S. debt instead of cutting federal spending, Good insisted.
“The president can change the agenda, or redefine what's ‘America First’ or redefine what's conservative, or redefine what's MAGA or the Trump agenda,” Good argued. “And everyone is supposed to just obey and comply and submit.”
Show host Jenna Ellis, who supported Massie and was unhappy at his loss, told her audience she was speaking for many “principled” conservatives who believe in a political ideology.
What they don’t believe in, she added, was “loyalty and fidelity” to one leader, referring to Trump.
Good, who was not done complaining about the current Republican Party, accused Republicans of protecting “wealthy friends” named in the Epstein files, ignoring Trump's work on a central bank digital currency, and taking ownership of private companies.
Good appeared to be referencing Trump's new executive order for crypto currency and the Trump administration investing in corporations such as Intel and rare earth miner MP Materials.
Those are things, he added, “conservatives used to be against.”
