{"id":74559,"date":"2026-06-07T05:01:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T10:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/gop-firebrand-lashes-out-at-reporter-over-massie-allegation-f-you-first-of-all\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T05:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T10:01:26","slug":"gop-firebrand-lashes-out-at-reporter-over-massie-allegation-f-you-first-of-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/gop-firebrand-lashes-out-at-reporter-over-massie-allegation-f-you-first-of-all\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP firebrand lashes out at reporter over Massie allegation: \u2018F&#8212; you, first of all!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., cursed out a Fox News Digital reporter after he began asking about allegations of a sexual relationship between her and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., that were recently raised by a woman identifying herself as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/massies-ex-girlfriend-alleges-he-arranged-her-capitol-hill-job-offered-5000-drop-termination-suit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massie&#8217;s ex-girlfriend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;F \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 you, first of all!\u2019 Boebert said to a Fox News Digital reporter when bringing up claims from Massie\u2019s alleged ex-girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re gonna bring me into this, like, the sexist stuff is like out of control,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;So there&#8217;s your clickbait that you were looking for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/five-other-times-nancy-pelosi-lost-her-cool-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FIVE TIMES NANCY PELOSI LOST HER COOL WITH THE MEDIA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boebert then declined to discuss the allegations further.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange came after Boebert had been discussing President Donald Trump&#8217;s efforts to unseat Republican incumbents and Massie&#8217;s political future.<\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">congressional staffer<\/a> Cynthia West, who previously worked for Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., accused Massie of bragging to her about an alleged sexual encounter with Boebert within weeks of his wife&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>West also accused Massie of offering her $5,000 to drop a wrongful termination lawsuit she was pursuing against Spartz, an ally of Massie. The allegations surfaced just a week before Massie lost his House seat in the May 19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican primary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to talk about anybody&#8217;s exes and their crazy s\u2013 \u2013 \u2013 that they do,&#8221; Boebert said to the reporter.<\/p>\n<p>Before the exchange turned contentious, Boebert was answering questions about whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump&#8217;s<\/a> strategy of backing primary challengers against Republican incumbents is backfiring on the GOP agenda.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/thomas-massie-primary-loss-ed-gallrein-mtg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MTG SAYS GOP&#8217;S FUTURE &#8216;DESTROYED&#8217; AFTER TRUMP-BACKED PRIMARY CHALLENGER DEFEATS THOMAS MASSIE IN PRIMARY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>I think most of the folks that have lost their primaries, they were backfiring on the GOP agenda<i> <\/i>\u2014 Cassidy, Cornyn,&#8221; Boebert replied.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, obviously Thomas Massie is the only one that I&#8217;m a little sad about,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Boebert was also asked about Massie\u2019s recent announcement that he is filing for re-election in 2028. Many are speculating that Massie could make a 2028 presidential run as he said he is unsure which position he will be seeking re-election for.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I haven\u2019t made a final decision about which office to seek, if I run,&#8221; he wrote in a post on X announcing his re-election filing with the Federal Election Commission.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-calls-rep-thomas-massie-kentucky-get-loser-politics-tuesday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP CALLS OUT REP THOMAS MASSIE: &#8216;KENTUCKY, GET THIS LOSER OUT OF POLITICS&#8217; TUESDAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boebert shared that she was unsure of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/m\/thomas-massie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massie\u2019s<\/a> next move, before she reprimanded the reporter for shifting the conversation to allegations raised by West.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He filed for something,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He didn&#8217;t specify what and I don&#8217;t know if he&#8217;s going to move forward with that or not. I don\u2019t know.&#8221; &#8220;Hopefully he leaves here and makes some money,&#8221; Boebert added.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, the reporter began asking about the allegations from Massie\u2019s alleged ex-girlfriend, prompting Boebert&#8217;s expletive-laced response.<\/p>\n<p>Boebert declined to discuss the allegations further and walked away from the interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., cursed out a Fox News Digital reporter after he began asking about allegations of a sexual relationship between her and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., that were recently raised by a woman identifying herself as Massie&#8217;s ex-girlfriend. &#8220;F \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 you, first of all!\u2019 Boebert said to a Fox News Digital &#8230; <a title=\"GOP firebrand lashes out at reporter over Massie allegation: \u2018F&#8212; you, first of all!\u2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/gop-firebrand-lashes-out-at-reporter-over-massie-allegation-f-you-first-of-all\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about GOP firebrand lashes out at reporter over Massie allegation: \u2018F&#8212; you, first of all!\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}