Can you identify elections where a RINO politician has helped with the election of an immediate successor who was conservative? I can't think of any around Illinois, but perhaps it happens elsewhere.
My experience is that RINOs sabotage conservatives because if conservatism were really allowed to take hold the RINOs would have no reason to exist. Many RINOs are seen as hypocrites on many issues, because they are; conservatives and conservatism then suffer guilt by association.
I'm not trying to suggest that RINO'S do not sabotage conservatives.
I believe Rino's are in the service of the globalist elite hell-bent to set up the world government.
I also believe that for various reasons, MOST of the time, MOST RINO's contribute more slowly and less intensely and less broadly to such globalists' efforts
compared to
the DIMRATS. And, I'll take slower to the world government over faster any day.
And, having a technical GOP majority in the Senate and the House has a number of advantages over the DIMRATS being in control of either or/or both by quite a wide margin.
WE MUST NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THAT FACT, imho.
For one, it allows SOME conservative judges to get successfully appointed. That's a major benefit for The Republic.
It's far from ideal. But no need to jump out of the frying pan--not just into the flames but into DIMRAT/GLOBALIST HELL.