The Washington establishment—both Republican and Democratic—shuns former President Donald Trump because he was an “outsider” who disrupted rules in Washington, according to Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas).
Part of that establishment is the Congress, a “country club” that in Nehls’ terms includes many individuals who “wanted to determine who can come in” and be part of it. One example, he said, is Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who rose to become one of Trump’s fiercest Republican critics.