Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) indicated Wednesday that he is “ready and willing” to accept a role on agriculture in President-elect Trump's administration, although he has already accepted a role as Secretary of Agriculture. He denied the rumors.
“President Trump's landslide victory secured power for big ideas like reversing chronic disease, conserving land, and empowering America's farmers. His campaign is focused on growing healthy food. “It united many neglected constituencies, from the Amish who just wanted to be left alone to parents who wanted more access to nutritious food for their families,” Massey said. stated in a statement on social media site X.
“I am willing and ready to collaborate on any part of the President's bold policy to focus on the health and well-being of the American people, but I have not received any commitments or offers from President Trump's team and the administration Any discussion of transition is premature,” Massey said.
His statement comes in the wake of remarks by Joel Salatin, a self-described “Christian liberal environmentalist capitalist crazy farmer” who runs Polyface Farms in western Virginia. be. wrote on his blog Massey would become Secretary of Agriculture in the Trump administration.
“I have been approached by the Trump transition team to serve in a position within the Department of Agriculture and have accepted one of six “Advisor to the Secretary'' positions. “My favorite Congressman, Thomas Massey from Kentucky, has agreed to be Secretary of Agriculture,” Salatin said.
Massey has a checkered history with former presidents. In March 2020, he forced lawmakers to return to Washington in an attempt to force a recorded vote on the new coronavirus relief bill, which Trump had hoped would quickly pass, angering President Trump. However, Mr. Trump and Mr. Massey have since repaired their relationship and supported each other in the election.
Massey himself owns an off-grid home in Kentucky, where he raises chickens and grows food on the property. Despite recent warnings from government health authorities about the risk of food poisoning, Ms Massey extols the benefits of raw milk compared to pasteurized milk.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to inquiries about Massie's potential position in the incoming administration of the former president and the president-elect.
