I offer Rep. Thomas Massie as a perfect example of this. He has made a career out of railing against out-of-control federal spending, and has repeatedly demonstrated his standing as a “principled conservative” by voting against House bills that eventually pass with 400+ votes. But when he was in a position in 2023 to cast a decisive House committee vote on the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal, he showed all the determination of a wet noodle and just caved.
Trump has an animus against the Freedom Caucus because they didn’t blindly support his more liberal policies. It’s that simple. He hates them.
You clearly do not understand Massie. He wants to eliminate the national debt, not continually increase it. We should stop raising the debt limit. Why are you so devoted to Big Government?