And we hollered and stomp our feet that Obama was dividing the country.
President Trump in less than 140 characters just divided the people who put him in office and drove the people away that we trying to support him.
There are a few people here on FR that are lying through their teeth. The HFC is NOT never-Trump, though some did not want him to win the nomination. That is not exactly rare; many here felt the same way. However, most HFC guys did endorse Trump after the nomination, or when it became clear he would win. And none, zero, are currently saying they are "never Trump." If anyone has proof otherwise, post it. Otherwise, you are a liar.
Did the HFC vote for Ryan? Most of them probably. There is no way to actually verify (their membership list is secret). But so did everyone else! The truth is the HFC held their nose and reluctantly voted for Ryan, as they did not want to get into a big speaker fight right before Trump was sworn in. Though I loathe Ryan, I would probably have done the same thing. There were serious discussions behind the scenes of doing it anyway, but they held their noses and voted after Trump indicated he wanted Ryan to stay. But rest assured, Ryan's no friend of the HFC, and vice versa. Blaming the HFC for Ryan being speaker is not just disingenuous, it is a smarmy weasel Sidney Blumenthal pajama-boy type fabrication of the type we despise libs for doing.
The HFC got rid of Boehner.
More below:
Some Truths about the House Freedom Caucus
In before, "The Kochs! The Kochs!!!"
Much Alinskyite ado about nothing.
The Republicans have had the power to defund Obamacare since they took over the House in 2011.
Constitutionally, the members of the House are in sole control of the national purse strings.
Why is he attacking congressmen that voted on market principles?
It seems to me that there are two different genres of #NeverTrumpers: RINOs, and some actual Conservatives. We lump the two together at our peril.
Trump is doing great work in many areas, but his joining with Ryan on Obamacare 2.0 was rightly opposed by the FC. With government health care, reportedly one sixth of the economy, in place in any form it will eventually undermine virtually any other gain that Trump might accomplish, especially in subsequent administrations. It is cancer.
Trump decided to join with RINO/GOPe and fight the Freedom Caucus.
IMHO...wrong choice. Working with GOPe, or Democrats, furthers our demise. Working with conservatives can only be a good thing.