Can you blame them?
When a "Republican" is pro-abortion and anti-gun, how can you convince Americans not to vote for a Democrat who, in many cases this year, was pro-life and pro-gun? RINOs kill turnout.
In addition, how can Republicans who want to defend the border, like J.D. Hayworth, possibly overcome the fact that the leader of the party--the President himself--wants open borders and amnesty?
Didn't hurt the Dem candidate if he or she got the NRA endorsement, too.