We begin with coverage of the race for the fourth Congressional District.

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth joined Republican candidate Ed Paul Ryan on the campaign trail today in Northern Kentucky, speaking to a crowd of supporters in Hebron.

Paul Ryan told voters he's ready to strengthen our national security and reshape the military.

Secretary Hagel has said northern Kentuckians have an imperative to kick quote obstructionist Thomas Massie out of Congress.

And while.

All this is happening.

Under Joe Biden, Washington's liberal elites decided they wanted to remake the military into a laboratory for woke politics, didn't they?

They focus on pronouns instead of preparedness, climate seminars instead of combat readiness, diversity quotas instead of lethality.

Political correctness instead of the warrior culture.

Recruitment collapsed.

Morale cratered.

Confidence in military leadership fell to historic lows.

And our enemies noticed.

China noticed.

Russia noticed.

Iran noticed.

And the terrorists noticed, didn't they?

Didn't they?

Weakness invites danger.

I saw it all, and the American people knew something was wrong too, because they could see it, couldn't you?

Right before your very eyes was shameful.

Ed, Gail Ryan's record speaks for itself.

Thomas Massey's record speaks for itself to too much grandstanding, too few great votes.

Years of acting like being difficult is the same thing as being courageous.

It's not real.

Courage means stepping up when the mission matters most.

When we need that tough vote to beat left wing lunatic Democrats the most real courage means understanding that this country is facing existential threats and deciding to be part of the solution, instead of constantly trying to position yourself above to fight.

Kentucky has a choice in this race.

You can send a warrior reinforcements for the president in our shared fight against the radical left, or you can send an obstructionist.

In my mind, it's an easy choice.

And we accept that.

Applause.

The Pentagon says Secretary Headset's trip to northern Kentucky was in his own personal capacity, adding that no taxpayer dollars were used for the visit with the president's endorsement.

Ryan's success or failure on Tuesday may be seen as a testament to Trump's power and popularity with Kentucky's fourth district voters.

Appearing on ABC This Week on Sunday, Thomas Massie talked about his test visit to Kentucky to stump for Ryan and why he thinks that, and other efforts by President Donald Trump to unseat him from Congress won't succeed.

You've actually said this week that this, that your vote is a referendum on whether Israel gets to buy seats in Congress.

What did you mean by that?

Well, the RJC, a PAC, and Miriam Adelson and Paul Singer, they're all part of the Israeli lobby.

And that's where all the money comes from.

And it will be a referendum on foreign policy, whether Israel gets to dictate that by, you know, bullying members of Congress.

And I'm the one they haven't been able to bully.

So they're putting all the brunt, the force on me.

But you can tell that I'm ahead in the polls and they're desperate.

That's why they're sending the secretary of War to my district tomorrow.

That's why the president's losing sleep and tweeting about this.

That's why a PAC is dumped another $3 million into my race this weekend.

It's because they're panicked, and they really haven't been able to gain a lead in this race.

You say the president is desperate, but he's got a pretty good record of defeating people he wants to target in Republican primaries.

We saw Bill Cassidy yesterday.

We saw what happened in Indiana.

How are you going to able to overcome the president's opposition?

Well, I have the endorsement of the right to life organizations, the gun organizations.

I had four members of Congress come here yesterday, and campaign with me.

So my situation is a little bit different.

Plus, I've had millions of dollars come in from the grassroots, tens of thousands of donors to my website.

Thomas Massie, Dot com.

And it's still coming in.

And that's how we're going to beat him.

According to Politico, the race between Massie and Gil Ryan is the most expensive House primary on record, with overall ad spending topping $32 million.