I can only hope that this backfires spectacularly for the establishment. Going first could mean that the shitlib vote is split amongst 4 or 5 candidates while the progressives pick a lane. Deeper into the primary cycle fuckass Jim Clyburn could probably meddle more.

Massie isn’t a Never Trump Republican. In his own primary campaign, he was proudly saying that he voted with Trump the vast majority of the time. He’s a guy with one good position and endless bad ones, so I’m not sure why he ever got as much goodwill as he has.