I guess the definition of RINO has changed in recent years. Back in the day we referred to them as “Rockefeller Republicans” -—most were from the East Coast and had fairly liberal voting records, Senators like....
Lowell Weicker
Jim Jeffords
Arlen Spector
Lincoln Chaffee
John Chaffee
Jacob Javits
Olympia Snowe
Charles Mathias
ETC....
Sen. Pat Roberts has a lifetime ACU rating of 86.40% making him among the most conservative members of the US Senate.
Have things changed so much in recent years?
No one is perfect, of course. But to throw away a US Senate seat like this is nothing short of sheer insanity IMHO.
Descriptions of Roberts as a RINO are laughably ludicrous. He’s the most Conservative Senator from KS in over 50 years.