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Can Someone Please Explain to Me Who's a 'RINO' and Who's Not a 'RINO' in the Republican Party?
Red State ^ | 01/09/2023 | Mike Miller

Posted on 01/09/2023 5:49:07 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 01/09/2023 5:49:07 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

well, there’s twenty, the rest are part time democRATS


2 posted on 01/09/2023 5:53:27 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: SeekAndFind

In my mind, RINOs are Republicans that advance the Democrat agenda by whatever means. They have Rs behind their names, but they vote as though they might as well be Ds. Someone can be “hard right” but still advance the liberal agenda, so in my mind, that makes you a RINO.


3 posted on 01/09/2023 5:55:30 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: SeekAndFind

MTG is a MAJOR disappointment. But with millions flowing through DC, most will grab at the bucks.


4 posted on 01/09/2023 5:56:50 PM PST by Kaiser8408a (z)
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To: SeekAndFind

A RINO is a person who pretends to be a Republican. Republicans believe in limited government and the Constitutional arrangement of the United States.

If they agree with the national agenda of the Democrats and making the federal government the most senior government of the country, instead of a junior partner to all the states, they are RINO’s.


5 posted on 01/09/2023 5:58:34 PM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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To: SeekAndFind

Anybody who stabs Conservative Republicans, and our country in the back.


6 posted on 01/09/2023 5:59:51 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Kaiser8408a

Many years ago, a Congressman told my Dad that he should run for office, because that was where people got “healthy”. Those were the guy’s actual words. My Dad turned him down cold. Said he would never take the hit to his integrity to do that. Pretty cool, Dad. Pretty cool.


7 posted on 01/09/2023 6:00:10 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: Kaiser8408a

MTG has blurred the line between patriot and rino.

There are RINOs that are now *owned*, and will be forced to be a patriot, even though they didn’t want to.


8 posted on 01/09/2023 6:05:34 PM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: FamiliarFace
Someone can be “hard right” but still advance the liberal agenda, so in my mind, that makes you a RINO.

By the same logic, can a black man be a white supremacist?

9 posted on 01/09/2023 6:06:10 PM PST by nwrep
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“So again, who’s a RINO, and who’s not a RINO in the GOP?”

First of all, it’s the GOPe until we say so.

“Either way, I’m out on this one.”

And don’t let the door hit you in the ass...Mr. Miller.


10 posted on 01/09/2023 6:06:25 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: nwrep

No, skin color doesn’t work that way.


11 posted on 01/09/2023 6:08:19 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ve concluded that a rino is a relative term that applies to anyone we don’t agree with. Should they agree later (election year) they might lose the label.


12 posted on 01/09/2023 6:08:32 PM PST by M_Continuum
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To: SeekAndFind

“Can Someone Please Explain to Me Who’s a ‘RINO’ and Who’s Not a ‘RINO’ in the Republican Party?”

It’s quite easy: If a Republican disagrees with me on an issue, then he’s a RINO and he won’t get my vote, since that proves he’s no different than a Democrat on every other issue.


13 posted on 01/09/2023 6:21:37 PM PST by BobL
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To: SeekAndFind

every one except Trump and DeSantis is a RINO


14 posted on 01/09/2023 6:31:45 PM PST by JerryBlackwell (some animals are more equal than others)
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To: quantim

First of all, it’s the GOPe until we say so.
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If somebody can ask the dumb question of how can you tell a
RINO, then I can ask:

What is a GOPe?


15 posted on 01/09/2023 6:32:08 PM PST by BarbM (Men who look at porn are impotent to God.)
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To: SeekAndFind

My best Jeff Foxworthy voice: If you voted for money to go to Ukraine you might be a RINO


16 posted on 01/09/2023 6:36:44 PM PST by MrRelevant
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“What is a GOPe?”

I believe it means “GOP elite/elitist”. Basically, a republican who views his/her constituents with disdain and derision, seeing them as brainless rubes who are good for nothing but campaign contributions, and deserving of neither respect or honesty.

17 posted on 01/09/2023 6:40:30 PM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Sicon

Yes Elitist. Thank you. I was thinking of some kind of sugary cereal... Got an extra scoop.


18 posted on 01/09/2023 6:47:44 PM PST by BarbM (Men who look at porn are impotent to God.)
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Well, given that RINO's are actually the vast majority of the Republican Party now, I can sort of understand Mike's confusion.

Perhaps Mike would prefer " The Republican wing of the Uniparty"?

Or my favorite: DIABLOs

Democrats In All But Label Only

Which, purely by coincidence ;-) means DEVILS in Spanish.

19 posted on 01/09/2023 6:47:49 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: SeekAndFind

My definition of RINO:

A RINO is a Democrat who runs for office as a Republican. They would lose if they ran as a Democrat.


20 posted on 01/09/2023 6:48:55 PM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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