That time Liz Cheney sided with Trump to take down Thomas Massie

Yahoo News reported Thursday, "Former President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will support a Wyoming attorney’s bid to unseat GOP Rep. Liz Cheney."

"In a statement, Trump endorsed Harriet Hageman, who stepped down from her role representing Wyoming on the Republican National Committee in advance of the announcement."

Some who disagree Trump's fraudulent 2020 election claims do not like that the former president actively works against Cheney now, who has criticized Trump for those claims.

Whatever you think of Trump trying to take down an adversary within his own party for whatever reason, we know Liz Cheney has zero problem trying to take down adversaries within her own party for any reason.

Just ask Rep. Thomas Massie.

In April 2020 Rep. Thomas Massie enraged all of Washington when he attempted to force a roll-call vote on the massive $2 trillion coronavirus relief package.

What a #masshole

Corrupt coronavirus bailout results prove Thomas Massie was right all along https://t.co/DsxfSgk6gU — Being Libertarian (@beinlibertarian) April 17, 2020

I wrote at the Washington Examiner at the time, "The libertarian-leaning Kentucky Republican’s move would have required members of Congress, including those who are elderly and among the most threatened by the novel coronavirus, to return to Washington. Massie was attacked and called a 'Grandstander,' 'Un-American,' and even a 'Masshole' by many high-ranking officials."

President Trump called for Massie to be thrown out of the GOP. So did Liz Cheney, who immediately backed Massie's primary challenger (yet later withdrew her support).

Never mind that Massie was proven right about the spending package just three weeks later.

"As many citizens received their stimulus payments this week, many also noticed that aspects of this aid looked rotten," I wrote. "For starters, while mom-and-pop restaurants battled to get their pieces of the $350 billion 'Payback Protection Program,' large chain restaurants got them first .

While small businesses of all types, from salons to bars to auto shops, waited for relief, some hedge funds had applied ahead of them for a loan." I noted. "So many big businesses and others applied that by Thursday, the money ran out."

"Many little guys are still desperately waiting," I finished. "Still, the rich got theirs."

Massie had argued that in Washington's haste to pass that bill, the little guy might get hurt because no one was paying attention to where the money would actually go. It was Massie practicing basic fiscal conservatism.

Does anyone think Cheney cared about that?

No, like her father, Liz Cheney is a thorough neoconservative whose primary reason for being in Washington is make sure the U.S. remains on a permanent war footing. The libertarian-leaning Massie believes we should not be fighting unnecessary wars or engaging in nation building.

When Trump wanted Massie ousted from the Republican Party, Cheney did not hesitate one second to stand alongside Trump and attempt to get rid of Massie using the president's popularity.

Now the dynamics have flip-flopped and Cheney finds herself on the bad side of Trump. Some see Trump trying to take down Cheney as unfair.

When the script was flipped, Cheney used the same tactics against Thomas Massie. Without flinching. It was reflexive. She had an opportunity to stamp out an arch ideological enemy.

'Fair' had nothing to do with it.