The throughline that connects Cornyn, Cassidy, Greene, and Massie and explains their ouster is not ideology. Some are far-right gadflies, others GOP establishment. What doomed them wasn't their politics, but perceived disloyalty to Trump, who (contrary to headlines) still commands MAGA.
Yair Rosenberg
Thomas Massie and Liz Cheney have little in common ideologically. But they have both been drummed out of office because they violated the one unbreakable rule of MAGA Republican politics: never cross the boss. America First was always Trump First, and last night was just the latest demonstration.
He broke the one rule of the MAGA Republican Party.
