Running out the RINOs

American Thinker ^ | 11 Jun, 2022 | Mac Madden

[MtnClimber]

Mississippi is a very conservative state, but the elected representatives at the state and national level are major RINOs.

My state of Mississippi is a very conservative state, but the elected representatives at the state and national level are major RINOs. The people of Mississippi are starting to wake up to that fact. In the primaries held this week, two incumbent Republican congressmen failed to reach the 50% threshold to avoid a runoff. District 3 incumbent Michael Guest obtained only 46.9% of the vote while his top challenger received 47.5%. Meanwhile, District 4 incumbent Steven Palazzo only received 31.6% of the vote while challenger Mike Ezell garnered 25.1% of the vote.

Let’s take a look at our incumbents and challengers. In my District 4, we have been blasted by radio ads about the “conservative” Steven Palazzo. There are Palazzo signs all over the place. In truth, Palazzo is no conservative. His Conservative Review Liberty Score is 63% rating him a “D”. He voted for the $1.5T Omnibus funding Biden’s vaccine mandates and wasteful spending. He voted for the $40B aid package for Ukraine. He voted against the repeal of Authorization of use of Military Force in Iraq. With Palazzo it goes deeper than that. He’s under a House Ethics Investigation for misspending campaign money for personal use. He’s not a noisy representative like Marjorie Taylor Green, so it probably is not a witch hunt. A candidate forum was held in May so that the voters could hear from all of the candidates. He declined at the last minute, citing “meetings dealing with national security.” He then posted a Facebook photo of himself with his son at a restaurant in Starkville. I am sure there was a lively discussion about national security. That’s why they call him “No Show Palazzo.”

[MtnClimber]

There needs to be a major effort to vote the RINOs out in the primaries. At every level of government.

[Lurkinanloomin]

The reddest states elect the worst Assistant Democrats.

[Starboard]

The real problem is the GOP itself. Its culture, weakness, and indeed the party’s very DNA are one of unprincipled appeasement. The sole purpose of the GOP’s various organizations is to manage and control its politicians. Trust me, the party is very good at this and it has a long and ‘successful’ track record of flipping newly elected people. Just look at what happened to the Tea Party candidates.

Its a pipe dream to think we can get rid of the RINOs because the party can create faster than we can remove them.

We need a REAL party that stands for something and is willing to fight for it. The election is coming up soon and, while its worth the effort to get rid of the incumbent RINO’s, its not going to materially change the party itself.

The GOP is what it is IMO. They have earned the derisive labels (Uniparty, Assistant Democrats, Gutless Old Party, etc.) because that is essentially what they are.

A year from now we’ll all be disappointed in the GOP’s failure/refusal to advance the conservative agenda. Yet again.

[Starboard]

Pls see my #4.

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Face up to the fact that somebody who agrees with you 100% of the time can’t always get elected.

[Recompennation]

The real problem is the GOP itself. Its culture, weakness, and indeed the party’s very DNA are one of unprincipled appeasement

And the exact reason not to them but to support the individual. winred using DJT popularity to raise funds for nrsc to support their rinos, not mine.

[Starboard]

The party apparatus is a RINO factory.

[kosciusko51]

It doesn’t help when Trump endorses the RINO candidates.

[FLT-bird]

Sadly this seems to be true. South Carolina, Utah, Wyoming, etc.

[FLT-bird]

I think we can change the Republican party and we can get rid of most of the RINOs, but its going to take time. It can’t be done in one election cycle.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Same deal here. Georgia is run by RINOs.

[MtnClimber]

I know, a very sorry lot. Gov and Sec State are China sell out scum.