The loyalty charge first. A constitutionalist's oath is to the Constitution, not to any man, including a President I voted for thrice. When he acts inside his constitutional authority, he has my support. When he steps outside it, saying so is not siding with the enemy. It is the oath doing exactly what it was built to do. The Founders bound good leaders too, because bend the rules for our cause is how every bad leader later justifies himself.
The debt vote. You are right that Massie cast the deciding Rules Committee vote and voted for passage, and I am not going to pretend otherwise. The Constitution does not tell a member how to vote on a debt ceiling bill. That is a policy judgment. You are free to call it a bad one. It is not a constitutional violation. So it tells me you disliked his vote. It tells me nothing about his fidelity to the Constitution, which is what I actually claimed. And on Chip Roy, you make my point. He and Massie split on that bill. That is two independent men voting their own judgment.
Last, the one way principle. Look at who actually bends. Putting MAGA above the Constitution means cheering its limits when they restrain the other side, then calling those same limits a betrayal the moment they bind ours. That works one way. Mine binds whoever holds power. That is the whole point of having a Constitution.
You packed a lot in, so in order.
The loyalty charge first. A constitutionalist's oath is to the Constitution, not to any man, including a President I voted for thrice. When he acts inside his constitutional authority, he has my support. When he steps outside it, saying so is not siding with the enemy. It is the oath doing exactly what it was built to do. The Founders bound good leaders too, because bend the rules for our cause is how every bad leader later justifies himself.
The debt vote. You are right that Massie cast the deciding Rules Committee vote and voted for passage, and I am not going to pretend otherwise. The Constitution does not tell a member how to vote on a debt ceiling bill. That is a policy judgment. You are free to call it a bad one. It is not a constitutional violation. So it tells me you disliked his vote. It tells me nothing about his fidelity to the Constitution, which is what I actually claimed. And on Chip Roy, you make my point. He and Massie split on that bill. That is two independent men voting their own judgment.
Last, the one way principle. Look at who actually bends. Putting MAGA above the Constitution means cheering its limits when they restrain the other side, then calling those same limits a betrayal the moment they bind ours. That works one way. Mine binds whoever holds power. That is the whole point of having a Constitution.