Ex-Trump Lawyer Slams Trump Attacking Massie For Getting Married After His Wife Died: 'Some Things Are Still Sacred'
Trump criticized Massie for remarrying after the death of his first wife, and Ellis defended him.
SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates Yahoo News, which republished this story. The other scores rate the article itself.
The page is attributed to Yahoo News, but the article identifies itself as first appearing on Mediaite, so the underlying reporting appears to come from that outlet. The attribution is transparent, though the article offers limited independent reporting beyond the quoted posts and background.
- Source type — Yahoo News is an established news platform, but this article is identified as originating at Mediaite.
- Transparency — The page credits the article as first appearing on Mediaite.
- Author attribution — A named author is provided.
- Editorial standards — The article largely reports attributed social-media statements and provides little original sourcing or context.
The article quotes Trump’s post and Ellis’s response and supplies basic context about Massie’s marriages. It relies heavily on those statements and provides no response from Trump or Massie, with limited independent reporting.
HOW WE SCORE ↗Trump’s post is presented in full and Ellis’s criticism is quoted at length, but the article includes no response from Massie and no further perspective on the exchange.
- Counterarguments presented — Trump’s own post is reproduced, but no response from Massie is included.
- Source diversity — The story relies principally on Trump’s post and Ellis’s statements.
- Omitted context — It offers little additional context or response from the people directly involved.
The article reports the posts and responses in mostly straightforward language, without an evident partisan policy framing. Descriptions such as “blasted” and “most personal attack” characterize the exchange but do not establish a broader political lean.
- Language tone — Mostly descriptive, with a few conventional terms characterizing the personal attack.
- Source selection — Quotes Trump’s post and Ellis’s criticism, but does not include a response from Massie or Trump beyond the post itself.
- Framing — Frames the story around Ellis’s objection to Trump’s remarks about Massie’s remarriage.
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1,140 stories · 64.7–65.0 · updated Oct 13, 2026
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Former Trump adviser Jenna Ellis criticized President Donald Trump for mocking Rep. Thomas Massie over remarrying after his first wife died. Trump’s post called Massie a “LOSER” and said his new wife would soon discover she was “stuck” with him.
Trump posted on Truth Social that Massie had remarried quickly after his first wife, Rhonda Howard Massie, died in 2024. He also called Massie “Rand Paul Jr.” and said Massie’s new wife would soon find out she was “stuck with a LOSER.” Massie had recently announced his marriage to Carolyn Grace Moffa, about a year and a half after his first wife’s death.
Ellis, a personal friend of Massie and a former senior legal adviser to Trump, said she was delighted that Massie had remarried and wished him and his bride well. She said some things should remain “sacred” and beyond political mud-slinging. The article also notes that Massie has pushed legislation to release more files related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case.
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