Kentucky Had an Easy Choice Between Massie and Trump

May has been a brutal month for anyone hoping for signs that the Republican base has grown tired of President Trump's anti-democratic strongman shtick.

On Tuesday, Representative Thomas Massie got taken down by Ed Gallrein, a challenger aggressively backed by Trumpworld. The most expensive House primary race ever, this was not a contest of ideas, qualifications, politics or even personality. It was a race driven and decided on presidential spite, the latest installment in Mr. Trump's long-running vengeance campaign against any Republican he deems disloyal, defiant or simply still in possession of a political spine.