Will Chamberlain

Thomas Massie has engaged in the most reprehensible act imaginable following the sworn testimony of Cynthia West this past Monday. He has made the public statement, through his spokesperson state representative Steve Doan, that "Ms. West has a documented history of making false abuse allegations. Notably, during the very period she claims to have been involved with Congressman Massie." This is despicable. Why? Because Thomas Massie not only knows this is a false and defamatory statement, but in an email he sent to Cynthia, he attached, the details of the abuse himself. These are contained in the transcript of a conversation Massie had with her ex husband's commanding officer. The horrendous attempt to paint Cynthia as merely "claiming" to be involved with Massie, and having made "false abuse allegations" is irrefutably proven false by Massie's own words. And what makes this even more egregious is the fact that his response to her sworn testimony is to lie and shame her! She not only had to suffer this kind of abuse at the hands of her husband, as Massie himself confirms, but now he is perpetrating the same abuse against her himself! And what is jaw dropping offensive is that this is all coming from a man who created a media event railing against men who abuse women, calling for transparency while exploiting real women victims as a backdrop for his stunt. The depth of depravity in this scurry to deflect and defame should be seen by all women as 100% disqualifying. So now, for all the world to see, here are his words, his own confession that he is every bit the deceitful scoundrel he pretends to hate: "He corrected that to say that he was relieved of his command yesterday morning, and this was, according to him, due to social media posts disparaging to Cynthia West ...And he is saying that it's shameful that I would be seeing somebody within three months of my wife passing away.... he is disparaging me, he's making shameful remarks about Cynthia...he's got a pattern here... he used one social media account to harass Cynthia...he had a restraining order placed against him, and it was while he was under the restraining order, he created the new account to cyberbully Cynthia and made over 100 posts in a day... And my concern is that once you tell -- if you tell him to quit doing this, he's going to try to find another venue, to, or medium in which to do the same thing.... one other concern I have is for Cynthia and her family. I'm not sure if there are any resources that you can mobilize to protect her or to give her because he's -- that's the next thing, it's kind of predictable, I feel like. I know that Cynthia's got a firearm now...and she's genuinely concerned for her safety because this is not a stable individual." Mr. Doan is an attorney and has refused to correct these misrepresentations despite repeated requests, as is his ethical obligation under the Kentucky Rules of Professional Conduct. Absolutely sickening.

Deservedly so. Our office isn’t a platform for this performative nonsense.

I'm going to go check to see if she is still there.