Trump goes – Donald Trump interrupted a Fox News White House reporter’s question at Joint Base Andrews to instead attack her fiancé, GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, repeatedly calling him her “husband” while citing frustration with Fitzpatrick’s voting record. The exchange als
Donald Trump didn’t answer the question at Joint Base Andrews.
During a press gaggle. Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich tried to ask him whether he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump pivoted immediately to something else—GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick. Heinrich’s fiancé—repeatedly referring to him as Heinrich’s “husband” while Heinrich kept trying to get back to her line of questioning.
Heinrich’s question was still in the air when Trump turned to reporters and said, “But her husband votes against me all the time. Can you imagine?”
He didn’t stop there. Trump continued, “I don’t know what’s with him. You better ask him what’s with him. Her husband is married to a certain congressman, and he likes voting against Trump. You know what happens with that — Doesn’t work out well.”
The jab landed because Heinrich and Fitzpatrick are engaged, not married. The moment became a flashpoint of its own, captured widely online as Heinrich attempted to press for answers about Netanyahu while Trump kept circling back to Fitzpatrick.
Trump’s frustration and Fitzpatrick’s record
Trump’s criticism tracks with Fitzpatrick’s voting history, which has repeatedly placed him at odds with parts of the Republican agenda Trump favors.
In October 2025, data from FiveThirtyEight and The Hill showed Fitzpatrick had the lowest “Trump score” among House Republicans, voting with Trump 51.37 percent of the time.
Fitzpatrick also opposed Trump’s budget reconciliation package, the Big Beautiful Bill. He was one of only two Republicans to vote against it, alongside Rep. Thomas Massie.
Records show Fitzpatrick did not vote for Trump in the 2016 or 2024 elections, though he previously said he supported the Republican ticket in 2020. He has also largely avoided appearing at Trump rallies.
Trump’s warning about opposition “doesn’t work out well”
Trump warned that Republicans who oppose him “don’t do well,” and the line appeared to reference Massie’s recent primary defeat.
Massie lost his Republican primary to Ed Gallrein, a farmer and former Navy SEAL recruited and endorsed by Trump. The Associated Press called the race for Gallrein. whose campaign. backed by Trump-aligned groups. spent more than $32 million. making it the most expensive U.S. House primary on record, according to The Washington Post.
Massie’s defeat was framed as one of the highest-profile GOP primary losses tied to Trump’s endorsements.
Trump had previewed the matchup the day before the Kentucky primary in a Truth Social video, saying, “We’re in a fight against the worst congressman in the history of our country. His name is Thomas Massie. I hope you’re going to put him out of business tomorrow.”
The bigger pattern Trump has been betting on
Massie’s loss came after a run of Trump-backed primary wins against Republicans who had broken with him.
That includes Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who voted to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial. It also included several Indiana state legislators who opposed Trump’s redistricting push, all of whom were defeated earlier in the month.
Back at Joint Base Andrews, Trump’s interruption of Heinrich’s question didn’t just derail a single moment—it turned the gaggle into an airing of grievances tied to voting records, loyalty, and what happens next for Republicans who don’t line up.
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