I beg to differ. As a co founder of a local chapter of the Tea Party, endorsing local candidates who espoused our principles got us the worst bunch of RINOS this country has ever seen. It’s really easy of for the politically naive to be used.
You have to hold candidates accountable once they are in offices regardless of their party affiliation.
2010 rinos in tea party clothing:
marco rubbio
mike lee
pat toomey
sharon engle
nikki haley
2012
jeff flake
mia love
2014
ben sasse
martha mcsally
dan burton, mike pence, steve scalise, justin amash, ick mulvaney, tim scott, mark sanford, ron johnson...how many others have turned out to be squishy politicians