“ Hard to believe but he was guest speaker at a tea party event I attended years ago”
I believe it easily. Before Trump came along , conservatives - including tea parties - were strongly pro-bush, pro-Cheney and all-in on regime change wars like Bush-Cheney’s invasion off Iraq. Rick Wilson, like Liz Cheney, misses those days and he’s angry that at least some conservatives have broken ranks with Bush-Cheney neoconservatism
I lost many friends in 2002 when I said there was nothing conservative about BushCheney wanting to invade and occupy Iraq.
I was one of those , believing I was defending conservatism.
I have since learned how foolish that was.