Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced his marriage to Carolyn Grace Moffa, a former congressional staffer, in a social media post Monday morning.
“Carolyn and I would like to announce our recent marriage! We were legally married in Kentucky on October 19th by the pastor of the church we have been attending for several months. This weekend we celebrated with close friends and family at a Christian wedding ceremony in Pennsylvania where Carolyn is from,” Massie wrote on a post on X.
“Fun facts about our wedding: Of course we served raw milk with the wedding cake and margaritas made with frozen peaches from our farm! Senator Rand Paul and Representatives Jim Jordan, Warren Davidson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Victoria Spartz attended, however the real VIPs were my three grandkids. My oldest grandson was the ring bearer. I proposed to Carolyn on the steps of the Library of Congress which was the location of our first date,” he wrote.
Massie, 53, said he met Moffa more than 10 years ago, while she was an agriculture policy staffer for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), adding she “was a very early proponent and practitioner of Making America Healthy Again.”
The announcement came about a year and a half after Massie’s wife of 35 years died last June.
“She even visited me and my late wife Rhonda on our grass-fed cattle farm several years ago,” Massie added. “Carolyn has not previously been married.”
LegiStorm lists Moffa as working for Paul from 2011-16 in various roles.
Massie’s first wife, Rhonda, passed away in June 2024.
“Yesterday my high school sweetheart, the love of my life for over 35 years, the loving mother of our 4 children, the smartest kindest woman I ever knew, my beautiful and wise queen forever, Rhonda went to Heaven. Thank you for your prayers for our family in this difficult time,” he wrote in a post at the time.
He noted that several lawmakers attended the wedding festivities.
“Fun facts about our wedding: Of course we served raw milk with the wedding cake and margaritas made with frozen peaches from our farm! Senator Rand Paul and Representatives Jim Jordan, Warren Davidson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Victoria Spartz attended, however the real VIPs were my three grandkids. My oldest grandson was the ring bearer. I proposed to Carolyn on the steps of the Library of Congress which was the location of our first date,” he wrote.
The Kentucky Republican ultimately endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 election, finally putting to rest a years-long feud between the two Republicans.
Trump publicly lambasted Massie in 2020, calling for the congressman to be tossed from the Republican Party.
“Looks like a third rate Grandstander named @RepThomasMassie, a Congressman from, unfortunately, a truly GREAT State, Kentucky, wants to vote against the new Save Our Workers Bill in Congress. He just wants the publicity. He can’t stop it, only delay, which is both dangerous,” Trump wrote, finishing the sentence in another post by adding, “& costly.”
“Workers & small businesses need money now in order to survive. Virus wasn’t their fault. It is ‘HELL’ dealing with the Dems, had to give up some stupid things in order to get the ‘big picture’ done. 90% GREAT! WIN BACK HOUSE, but throw Massie out of Republican Party!” Trump tweeted.
