This is interesting
Quote:Several Republicans over the weekend criticized President Donald Trump’s plans for a secret now-cancelled meeting with the Taliban at Camp David, which was supposed to be held several days before the anniversary of 9/11.
“Camp David is where America’s leaders met to plan our response after al Qaeda, supported by the Taliban, killed 3000 Americans on 9/11,” House Republican leader Liz Cheney (R-WY) tweeted on Sunday. “No member of the Taliban should set foot there. Ever.”
TPM
A similar sentiment from this guy
Quote:Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), a member of the Air Force who also sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, forcefully condemned the meeting several hours after Trump made the announcement on Saturday.
“Never should leaders of a terrorist organization that hasn’t renounced 9/11 and continues in evil be allowed in our great country,” Kinzinger tweeted. “NEVER. Full stop.”
I'm convinced that Cheney wants the WH and I'm also convinced that many unpleasant sorts and economic interests want her there as well. They'll support Trump only as long as he serves his purpose. As Norquist put it:
Quote:"All we have to do is replace Obama. ... We are not auditioning for fearless leader. We don't need a president to tell us in what direction to go. We know what direction to go. We want the Ryan budget. ... We just need a president to sign this stuff. We don't need someone to think it up or design it. The leadership now for the modern conservative movement for the next 20 years will be coming out of the House and the Senate. [...]
Pick a Republican with enough working digits to handle a pen to become president of the United States. This is a change for Republicans: the House and Senate doing the work with the president signing bills. His job is to be captain of the team, to sign the legislation that has already been prepared."
Daily Beast
(side note for georgeob... note Norquist's use of "conservative movement". You've suggested before this is a term I've made up or that voices on the left have created. The term was generated as a self-descriptor by people like Norquist).
But when it's perceived that he's going to cause more trouble for their aims than he's worse, they'll begin tearing him down. Those with ambition will try to supplant him in the GOP base's mental universe. It's certainly possible that Cheney has seen an opening here to put a knife in Trump in a manner and situation that's relatively safe for her to do so.
