Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) — who President Donald Trump is already trying to defeat in next year's Republican primary — recently tried out his impression of the president in front of a crowd of constituents.

On Thursday, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported that Massie impersonated both Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while on a campaign stop in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District. The Kentucky Republican did his impersonations of the two men while describing a phone call in which Trump asked Massie his opinion on whether Kennedy could handle being the nation's top health official, given his record of vaccine skepticism.

"He asked me about Bobby Kennedy, he said 'what about Bobby? Is he too much? Is he too much for HHS?'" Massie said, mimicking Trump's speech patterns and facial expressions. "And I said, 'what do you mean, is he too much?' And he said, 'don't you think we need some vaccines?'"

The Kentucky congressman said that even if Trump put "the wildest horse" at the top of every federal agency, they would only change those agencies "one to three percent" because "the bureaucrats are so entrenched." He recalled that Trump then asked him, "are you friends with Bobby," to which Massie said yes, prompting Trump to respond: "Call him up, tell him to get ready."

Massie said he then called Kennedy and told him that he had both good news and bad news. When Kennedy asked him what the bad news was, Massie said, "Trump thinks you want to ban all the vaccines." He then lapsed into his impression of the HHS secretary.

"I never said that," Massie said in a strained voice similar to RFK Jr.'s voice (which is caused by a neurological disorder).

Massie appeared alongside Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) at the Jeptha Creed Distillery in Shelbyville, Kentucky, where Paul doubled down on his support for the embattled congressman.

"[Massie] represents people in Congress who are independent [and] vote for limited constitutional government, regardless of what either party says," Paul said.

The Kentucky congressman has been a thorn in Trump's side throughout his second term, having voted against his signature domestic policy legislation. He's also behind a bipartisan push to force a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives to compel the Department of Justice to release all of its remaining evidence on convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. His discharge petition (which bypasses House leadership to put a bill directly on the floor) is expected to reach the necessary 218 signatures required after Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz) is formally sworn in, after she won a special election earlier this week.

Watch the video of Massie's impersonation below:

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