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Axtremus

Send. McConnell, Cronyn, and Thune are now RINOs according to Trump.

taiwan_girl

If you don’t agree with President Trump 1000%, you

A. Were never a republican
B. Were at one time but have now are not
C. Not a true American
D. All of the above

Larry

If you don’t agree with President Trump 1000%, you

A. Were never a republican
B. Were at one time but have now are not
C. Not a true American
D. All of the above

It isn't about "agreeing with Trump".

It's about the fact that republicans have never stuck together on anything.

Mik

See the Contract With America. Had they done what was promised we would have a much healthier nation. Newt was right on.

taiwan_girl

Is John McCain a true republican? If not, why?
Is Mitt Romney a true Republican? If not, why?
Is Ben Sasse a true Tepuvlican? If not , why?
Is Paul Ryan a true Republican? If not, why?
Is President Trump a true Republican? If not, why?
Is Jeb Bush a true Republican? If not, why?
Is John Kasich a true Republican? If not, why?

Klaus

Isn't it interesting that so much of politics is about "ownership" and/or the definition of a word?

Who is a true republican?

Who is a true male/female?

What is "rape"?

What is "life"?

What is "American"?

What is "fascist"?

Etc.

Axtremus

@klaus said in RINOs:

Isn't it interesting that so much of politics is about "ownership" and/or the definition of a word?

Definitions are very precise with mathematics, the hard sciences and engineering, so less argument there.

Definitions get murkier with the social sciences and the arts, so more argument there.

:man-shrugging:

Doctor Phibes

It's arguable that the real RINO is Donald Trump.

Discuss....

Copper

@taiwan_girl said in RINOs:

Is John McCain a true republican? If not, why?
Is Mitt Romney a true Republican? If not, why?
Is Ben Sasse a true Tepuvlican? If not , why?
Is Paul Ryan a true Republican? If not, why?
Is President Trump a true Republican? If not, why?
Is Jeb Bush a true Republican? If not, why?
Is John Kasich a true Republican? If not, why?

Do they like abortion?

Axtremus

Sen. Lindsey Graham:

taiwan_girl

@axtremus That is terrible. There is a way to have a disagreement with people without going to things like that.

(BTW, I would hate to be married to a lady like that who kept yelling, swearing, etc.)

And before anybody says anything, I know that there was a similar situation with Senator McConnell, and it was terrible at that time when the left side was doing it to him.

It is not "construction", does not accomplish anything, and makes me mad!!

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

@axtremus said in RINOs:

Sen. Lindsey Graham:

That was inexcusable.

As was confronting Sarah Sanders in a restaurant.

Or Former Secretary Betsy DeVos.

Or Senator Paul.

I blame Maxine Waters' incitement to violence.

Axtremus

McConnell is an unpopular political hack who destroys the Republican side of the Senate, according to Trump.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-mcconnell-attack-statement_n_602c4329c5b65ff1f6035fab

— — — —
. .. Trump went after Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), calling the Senate minority leader “a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack.”

In a lengthy statement on Tuesday, Trump said that McConnell was “destroying the Republican side of the Senate” and that the senator was ”one of the most unpopular politicians in the United States.”

“The Republican Party can never again be respected or strong with political ‘leaders’ like Sen. Mitch McConnell at its helm,” Trump said.
— — — —

Renauda

Well at least that contemptible two bit sonofabitch Trump is consistent.

Jolly

Just follows on the heels of Mitch dropping like a rock in Kentucky polls.

Actually, I think Thune dropped more...

jon-nyc

@Axtremus

That’s a long and bombastic way of saying, “I was the first president to lose the White House, House of Representatives, and Senate in one term since Herbert Hoover, but Mitch McConnell is the real loser.”

xenon

@jolly said in RINOs:

Just follows on the heels of Mitch dropping like a rock in Kentucky polls.

Actually, I think Thune dropped more...

What when the gulf between what gets you votes and your principles gets too big?

Also - Trump and McConnell ending this whole thing in a childish spat is just a bit too on the nose.

One more also - Trump used the word “dour”?

Jolly

@xenon said in RINOs:

@jolly said in RINOs:

Just follows on the heels of Mitch dropping like a rock in Kentucky polls.

Actually, I think Thune dropped more...

What when the gulf between what gets you votes and your principles gets too big?

Also - Trump and McConnell ending this whole thing in a childish spat is just a bit too on the nose.

One more also - Trump used the word “dour”?

Son, if politicians had principles, they wouldn't be politicians.

xenon

@jolly said in RINOs:

Son, if politicians had principles, they wouldn't be politicians.

So, what was Bill Cassidy’s angle?

Doctor Phibes

@xenon said in RINOs:

One more also - Trump used the word “dour”?

Yeah, that seems a little unlikely.

In fact, the whole thing looks as though it was written by somebody else.

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