This is a favorite refrain among conservatives - we can’t believe that some Republicans really choose not to be as conservative as we are, so they must be under some threat of blackmail. John Roberts is being blackmailed, Mitch McConnell is being blackmailed, Mike Pence is being blackmailed - it’s ridiculous. This is just who these people are - they are CINOs. Conservative In Name Only.
I don’t think most people appreciate the degree of influence DC has on politicians. Its intoxicating for most politicians. There’s even a name for it: Potomac Fever.
Once there they quickly learn the old DC saw: To get along, go along. That’s where the ‘conversion’ begins.
Most pols live a dual life: one as a representative of the people back home, and another of being a representative for DC interests.
Exactly right. When people say that someone acts the way they do because someone has something on them, it lets them off the hook and gives them as excuse, when in fact, as you say, that is just what the person is — a Rino, a democrat, a leftist etc — anything but a conservative.
Now tell us why we should vote for Vivick the Brahmin now that your other hero DeSantis the globalist meat puppet has been rejected.