Whenever a Republican speaks against former President Donald Trump’s Big Lie, his base dismiss the critics as RINOs.
It makes you wonder. If Trump were such a savvy guy and true conservative, how did he surround himself with so many alleged RINOs? And why have so many Americans who carried water for the GOP for decades feel the need to distance themselves from the 45th President?
Feel free to add other names with the chat button below. (Presuming they are correct, I’ll add them to the list of Rs whom the Trump base denounce as RINOs)
Former Vice President Mike Pence
Former Attorney General Bill Barr
Former Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia
Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao
Former National Security Adviser Robert C. O’Brien
Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone
Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
Former HHS Secretary Alex Azar
Former President George W. Bush
Former Bush DOJ lawyer John Yoo
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway
Former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney
Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger
Deputy Chief of Staff Chris Liddell
Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews
Former White House Communications DirectorAlyssa Farah Griffin
Former White House Communications Director Stephanie Grisham
Former Principle Deputy Press Secretary Judd Deere
Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson
Add these Trump endorsers.
Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey
Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bower
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger
Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske
Utah Gov Spencer Cox
Former federal judge Michael Luttig
These are individuals with a wealth of institutional knowledge. How can a good Republican seek to destroy their careers and reputations? Only a bad Republican — only a RINO — would try to marginalize these officials.
And look at the clowns who continues to support Trump’s bogus claim of victory in 2020:
Rudy Giuliani
Roger Stone
Sydney Powell
Ric Grennell
Feel free to offer additional names in the comment section.
Note: Since Trump did not appoint Romney to a position, I have deleted him
Debra J. Saunders is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Chapman Center for Citizen Leadership. Contact her at dsaunders@discovery.org.
Fine, I can accept your groupings, RINOs and nuts and whatever else. Politics is a field that requires some free association, it not being possible to deal only with the virtuous. That being the case, I try to rely on verifiable facts, like the honesty of the election. So, do me a small favor. Would you take a minute now to explain the evidence detailed in Dinesh D'Souza's documentary, 2000 Mules. Is he out to lunch or is this worth something?
You can add Judge J. Michael Luttig to the list. He never worked for President Trump but he was apparently a candidate to replace Sessions as AG, see https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-perfect-person-to-replace-jeff-sessions/2018/10/15/d50d52d6-d08e-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.html.