I agree that there are many occasions when we have to hold our noses and vote for a RINO.
Oz isn’t the worst of the RINOs.
I think Oz will be a Trump policy loyalist...which is an American loyalist.
Oz was not my preferred candidate in PA, but I made it clear very early on that I thought he had the best chance of them all to win a statewide race in PA.
If McCormick had won, can you imagine the vitriol here on FR over supporting him? He was, after all, Mitch’s choice.
“Hold your schnozz an vote for OZ!”
The worst RINO is better than any Democrat.
The time to get your preferred candidate in the race is during the primaries. After that, it's time to rally around the party.
Yes, I know, "uniparty" and "swamp" and all that but here's the truth: Give McConnell the Senate back and he's not going to let Biden seat any judges (God help us, Clarance Thomas isn't getting any younger). He's not going to let the Democrats pass any legislation.
"But he let the Democrats pass an infrastructure bill!" many will say. Yes, the same infrastructure bill that Donald Trump wanted to pass but couldn't because Nancy Pelosi wouldn't give him a win.
We need to take back the Senate. It's an uphill fight but we at least have to try.
And this means holding your nose and getting to the polls.
Actually how Oz will behave politically is an unknown. He has no political track record. He has said certain nonconservative things in the past which he did in his entertainment persona. Was that his real persona and reflect his real views? Who knows with these entertainment types. Trump spent the last 10 years or so as an entertainer. Prior to assuming the presidency Trump ar best was a New York Republican, sometimes even registered Rat. Based on what I had heard and seen I voted for him in 2016 because Hellary had to be stopped. I expected a Trump administration to be the Rockefeller administration that never was. I was deliriously pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t! Oz is basically an unknown will he be loyal to Trump, well hopefully. Fetterman absolutely will not be! He’ll be in Bernie’s pocket, at best in Schumer’s pocket. So vote to stop Fetterman, not reward Oz!
Repeal the 17th Amendment, in this case the Pennsylvania legislature couldn’t do worse.