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Thomas Massie sparks applause with dig at 'old' Fox audience: 'Watch Fox on your CPAP!'

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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) spoke recently at the Ron Paul Institute's “Front Row at the Revolution” conference in Virginia, during which he sparked applause after taking an especially brutal dig at Fox News’ aging viewers . Massie, recalling his primary election loss in May to a GOP challenger backed by President Donald Trump, flagged a deceptive attack ad generated with artificial intelligence (AI) that depicted him entering a hotel hand-in-hand with progressive Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN). The ad also described Massie as having been “caught in a throuple in Washington.” “They created AI ads showing me doing crazy stuff, but people believed it!” Massie decried. The AI-generated attack ad was especially effective on older Kentuckians, according to Zachary Foust, who questioned Kentucky voters leaving the polls on the state’s GOP primary election day. “Old people believed it, and they watch Fox News in the kitchen, they watch Fox News in the living room,”

First report: Thomas Massie, Pete Hegseth and the battle inside the GOP — yournews.com, 2d