Gotcha. Wasn’t Hearst a big time RINO?
W.R. Hearst was a Democrat. His father had been a Democrat Senator from California in the 1880s. The son relocated to New York City and was elected to Congress in 1902, but he was using it as a springboard to the Presidency, and failed to be elected Mayor of NYC during that period and was also unable to get both the nomination for NY Governor and for President. He gave up running and decided to play kingmaker instead. By the time of FDR, he initially supported him, but split with him during his first term and was more a Conservative and opponent of the New Deal.