RINO Round-Up
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June 28, 2026
Fight or Flight, That Is the Question
National Scene
Tucker Carlson leaves the GOP, calls it immoral for supporting Israel in the Iran conflict. He goes so far as to recommend Trump be attacked at press conferences for treason. Carlson is a self-important bloviator who thinks other people take their cue from him and will follow him out the door.
Faithful proponents still looking for ways to pass the overwhelmingly supported SAVE America voter ID act
Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) partners with ultra-liberal Elizabeth Warren to introduce bill to raise taxes to ‘save’ Social Security
ID
Four RINO candidates – who appear at Democrat campaign events - voted to keep property tax while professing to be lowering taxes
LA
Republican leadership has quietly loosened the safeguards on mail-in ballots. A new law allows the SOS to enter into agreements with private vendors for voter registration eligibility and address data. A third-party private vendor could potentially become the sole gatekeeper of voter roll accuracy. Rep. Amedee’s security amendment was stripped out of the bill that would have ensured the “printed name” requirement remained strictly mandatory.
NY
“NY Young Republican Club Humiliated in Court: $6 MILLION CASE Against Lucian Wintrich Implodes” - Wintrich noticed club finances and operations were being concealed from the board by Forte and his executives. He reached out for answers. Instead, he was removed from the Board of Governors and hit with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit.
OH
Gov. DeWine is a classic RINO. Yes, he signed a heartbeat bill, but he consistently breaks with conservatives on crime, election integrity, guns, and the culture wars. He just vetoed photo ID for absentee/mail-in ballots. Now he calls for the abolition of the death penalty after championing it. He pushed a red flag law, and vetoed a ban on transgender transitioning for minors and on boys in girls’ sports. He was aggressive like a Democrat on COVID lockdowns.
OK
Republican state AG Gentner Drummond changes messages depending on the audience, tailors posts not to offend Democrat audience on Bluesky. For example, a Most Wanted suspect, who is black, is described on X as a clear threat to public safety. On Bluesky that phrase is removed, even though the case and image are otherwise the same. Drummond’s Bluesky account also follows numerous left leaning journalists, leftist media outlets, and Democratic elected officials.
Fight or Flight, That Is the Question
National Scene
Tucker Carlson leaves the GOP, calls it immoral for supporting Israel in the Iran conflict. He goes so far as to recommend Trump be attacked at press conferences for treason. Carlson is a self-important bloviator who thinks other people take their cue from him and will follow him out the door.
- In refusing to support the Republican Party, Carlson is like a lot of other faint-hearted Republicans who ditch out when the Party does something they don’t like. The Israel issue aside, GOP Action (the producer of the RINO Round-Up) believes disenchanted Republicans should roll up their sleeves and actively work inside the Party to change things. There is no better way to bring about a conservative party in America, which the country desperately needs. If you agree, get in touch. We must work together or we will lose.
Faithful proponents still looking for ways to pass the overwhelmingly supported SAVE America voter ID act
- Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), is urging Thune to use the reconciliation process and persuade the parliamentarian to allow at least key elements of it, to circumvent a filibuster. He has encouraged Thune to attach the SAVE America Act to an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authorities that lapsed on June 12.
- Mike Lee wants the Senate to hold continuous debate on the SAVE America Act until it passes, even through weekends and recesses.
- Some reporting on the Act claims the Act contains overt anti-transgender provisions. All attempts to add such provisions by Trump and others failed, as best as the Round-Up has been able to determine. Anyone disagree?
Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) partners with ultra-liberal Elizabeth Warren to introduce bill to raise taxes to ‘save’ Social Security
- Steve Moore: “they’ve raised the tax rate 15 times and the system is still going bankrupt.” Insanity to repeat something and expect a different result.
ID
Four RINO candidates – who appear at Democrat campaign events - voted to keep property tax while professing to be lowering taxes
LA
Republican leadership has quietly loosened the safeguards on mail-in ballots. A new law allows the SOS to enter into agreements with private vendors for voter registration eligibility and address data. A third-party private vendor could potentially become the sole gatekeeper of voter roll accuracy. Rep. Amedee’s security amendment was stripped out of the bill that would have ensured the “printed name” requirement remained strictly mandatory.
NY
“NY Young Republican Club Humiliated in Court: $6 MILLION CASE Against Lucian Wintrich Implodes” - Wintrich noticed club finances and operations were being concealed from the board by Forte and his executives. He reached out for answers. Instead, he was removed from the Board of Governors and hit with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit.
OH
Gov. DeWine is a classic RINO. Yes, he signed a heartbeat bill, but he consistently breaks with conservatives on crime, election integrity, guns, and the culture wars. He just vetoed photo ID for absentee/mail-in ballots. Now he calls for the abolition of the death penalty after championing it. He pushed a red flag law, and vetoed a ban on transgender transitioning for minors and on boys in girls’ sports. He was aggressive like a Democrat on COVID lockdowns.
OK
Republican state AG Gentner Drummond changes messages depending on the audience, tailors posts not to offend Democrat audience on Bluesky. For example, a Most Wanted suspect, who is black, is described on X as a clear threat to public safety. On Bluesky that phrase is removed, even though the case and image are otherwise the same. Drummond’s Bluesky account also follows numerous left leaning journalists, leftist media outlets, and Democratic elected officials.
June 21, 2026
Popular Support Keeping SAVE America Act Alive
National Scene
Popular Support Keeping SAVE America Act Alive
Georgia Republicans Reject Governor Kemp’s Call For 2028 Redistricting That Would Add 2 GOP Seats. Kemp deliberately made the new maps effective for the 2028 elections, NOT the 2026 midterms.
House Freedom Caucus transitions to a new generation of combative ultraconservatives
GOP lawmaker attempts to quietly fund embryo-destroying IVF treatments with taxpayer dollars behind closed doors
War of the Pundits:
GOP opting out of open primary after court settlement
New state GOP chair Craig Steiner stood by while court froze party assets slated for payment to previous chair’s personal attorney. Steiner & Co. mum on new ‘strategy’ to save the party from financial ruin. Party not taking new donations (they would just end up in the attorney’s pocket) and is dead in the water for now.
ID
RINO retiring; voting record so bad, GOP committees in two counties censured him. We wish Rep. Jack Nelsen a happy retirement as he heads out to pasture on the RINO Ranch.
State GOP votes down removal of references to Second Amendment in party platform. If the references had been removed, more RINOs would have been attracted to the party.
Stop Idaho RINOs group transitions to new chairperson, Cierra Clarke, who said, “I want to continue bringing awareness to local elections by informing the public exactly how our supposed Republican legislators are voting. Slowly the Republican Party is being transitioned into a moderate, left-leaning organization where anything to the right of that is labeled as extremism. We need to reclaim our party and return it to its traditional roots.”
NY
Congressional candidate Robert Smullen voted for DEI, transgender agenda, Green New Deal, and an anti-Trump law, but the state party is backing him against a Trump-endorsed candidate
VA
RINO Sheriff Refuses to Condemn Democrats Voting in GOP Committee Election, Conservatives Fight Back. RINOs and Democrats staged a hostile takeover, installing their own leader and ousting actual conservatives from the group.
Popular Support Keeping SAVE America Act Alive
National Scene
Popular Support Keeping SAVE America Act Alive
- Trump ties SAVE America Act to FISA bill and cancels hearing for Jay Clayton, nominee to be director of national intelligence
- John Cornyn reportedly pushed back on Senator Mike Lee's attempts to move the SAVE America Act in closed-door Senate GOP meeting. Kudos to Lee for not backing down.
Georgia Republicans Reject Governor Kemp’s Call For 2028 Redistricting That Would Add 2 GOP Seats. Kemp deliberately made the new maps effective for the 2028 elections, NOT the 2026 midterms.
House Freedom Caucus transitions to a new generation of combative ultraconservatives
GOP lawmaker attempts to quietly fund embryo-destroying IVF treatments with taxpayer dollars behind closed doors
War of the Pundits:
- “From Trump’s Landslide to Thune’s Takeover – The RINO Establishment Reasserts Control.” Elevation of Thune to replace McConnell ensconced the status quo and showed contempt for the MAGA base who produced victory.
- Prediction: MAGA America First will triumph over declining GOP establishment. The old guard – which is accomplishing nothing - is finally leaving.
GOP opting out of open primary after court settlement
New state GOP chair Craig Steiner stood by while court froze party assets slated for payment to previous chair’s personal attorney. Steiner & Co. mum on new ‘strategy’ to save the party from financial ruin. Party not taking new donations (they would just end up in the attorney’s pocket) and is dead in the water for now.
ID
RINO retiring; voting record so bad, GOP committees in two counties censured him. We wish Rep. Jack Nelsen a happy retirement as he heads out to pasture on the RINO Ranch.
State GOP votes down removal of references to Second Amendment in party platform. If the references had been removed, more RINOs would have been attracted to the party.
Stop Idaho RINOs group transitions to new chairperson, Cierra Clarke, who said, “I want to continue bringing awareness to local elections by informing the public exactly how our supposed Republican legislators are voting. Slowly the Republican Party is being transitioned into a moderate, left-leaning organization where anything to the right of that is labeled as extremism. We need to reclaim our party and return it to its traditional roots.”
NY
Congressional candidate Robert Smullen voted for DEI, transgender agenda, Green New Deal, and an anti-Trump law, but the state party is backing him against a Trump-endorsed candidate
VA
RINO Sheriff Refuses to Condemn Democrats Voting in GOP Committee Election, Conservatives Fight Back. RINOs and Democrats staged a hostile takeover, installing their own leader and ousting actual conservatives from the group.
June 14, 2026
RINOs Still Obstructing Voter ID Act
National Scene
Four Republicans - Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Thom Tillis (N.C.), RINOS all — voted to reject adding the voter ID SAVE America Act to the reconciliation package.
RINOs Still Obstructing Voter ID Act
National Scene
Four Republicans - Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Thom Tillis (N.C.), RINOS all — voted to reject adding the voter ID SAVE America Act to the reconciliation package.
- Has-been RINO John Cornyn offers excuses for why he won’t work to bring the SAVE America Act to the floor and force the Democrats to debate it. Cornyn is finding his consolation after losing the primary in boo-hooing to the left-wing nutjob New York Times, which never misses an opportunity to point out division in Republican ranks. Also, Cornyn said he supports Republican candidates (including Paxton) in the general election. But you’ll notice Cornyn is not out campaigning for Paxton or raising funds for Paxton. Cornyn: mushy-headed RINO loser!
- Humor at RINOs’ Expense – Brother Bob, a blogger in our network proposes the DON’T SAVE Act making it a felony for politicians who don’t support voter ID to require voter ID at their campaign events. Gary Meredith, also in our network, responded by proposing the NATIONAL SUICIDE Act: “Stop Using or Issuing Citizen ID Everywhere…. ban all IDs in America [to] finally acknowledges the universal human right to show up wherever we want and demand whatever we want for any and every and no reason whatsoever…. Besides, tomorrow I may identify as someone completely different than I am today, or will be next month, or next election day…. For these and 335 million other reasons, I'm fully committed to NATIONAL SUICIDE!” Can you spell ‘reductio ad absurdum’?
Alpha-RINO, the mercurial Lindsey Graham, sails through primary
Thom Tillis doesn’t like being called a RINO. Well, too bad! Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.
Rick Grenell said on the Sekulow radio show (6/10/26) that he likes Sen. Susan Colllins of Maine. That would be the same Susan Collins who voted to convict Trump in Trump’s second impeachment trial, refused to repeal Obamacare, voted against gun rights, and joined the minority of Republicans who voted for the trillion-dollar infrastructure (Green New Scam) bill.
CO
Honeymoon over before it started – brand-new state GOP chair accused of stacking the deck in favor of open primaries and of letting previous escape accountability for making unauthorized payments to her personal attorney
ID
Blaine County “Demcross” list includes individuals who have publicly acknowledged crossover voting or encouraged others to do so in primaries, voters identified through years of canvassing and voter contact, and Republicans with documented participation in one or more Democratic primaries during the last four election cycles. 792 of Blaine County’s 4,614 registered Republicans, roughly 17 percent of the Republican electorate, appear on the list.
Leftists openly organized to help RINOs take out conservative lawmakers in the recent primary. The Idaho GOP should replace primaries with caucuses, use ballot initiatives to go around the GOP, and field better candidates.
ND
State Rep. Eric Murphy lost his primary after sponsoring the ‘most pro-abortion bill in the state’s history.’ That’ll learn ya.
VA
GOP State Central Committee grows a spine and votes 55-17 to OPPOSE three proposed Democrat amendments to the state constitution that would expand abortion rights, gay marriage, transgenderism, and automatic felon voting. The vote occurred at a special meeting after a voice vote in which the SCC voted to remain neutral. The final vote is a rebuke to former state AG Jason Miyares and other Republican leaders who had pleaded for remaining neutral in the interest of making the Republican Party a big tent. Here’s our question: what the heck is wrong with the 17 SCC members who think the Party should remain neutral on such hot-button defining issues?
WY
State Rep. Bob Nicholas (HD 7, Laramie) named June’s RINO of the Month – big spender, short shrift to the Constitution, favors vaccine and mask mandates. “He’s an enemy of the Second Amendment, opposed to parental rights, and a friend to the abortion lobby — and he’s been in the Wyoming House pretending to be a Republican for fifteen years.”
Thom Tillis doesn’t like being called a RINO. Well, too bad! Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.
Rick Grenell said on the Sekulow radio show (6/10/26) that he likes Sen. Susan Colllins of Maine. That would be the same Susan Collins who voted to convict Trump in Trump’s second impeachment trial, refused to repeal Obamacare, voted against gun rights, and joined the minority of Republicans who voted for the trillion-dollar infrastructure (Green New Scam) bill.
CO
Honeymoon over before it started – brand-new state GOP chair accused of stacking the deck in favor of open primaries and of letting previous escape accountability for making unauthorized payments to her personal attorney
ID
Blaine County “Demcross” list includes individuals who have publicly acknowledged crossover voting or encouraged others to do so in primaries, voters identified through years of canvassing and voter contact, and Republicans with documented participation in one or more Democratic primaries during the last four election cycles. 792 of Blaine County’s 4,614 registered Republicans, roughly 17 percent of the Republican electorate, appear on the list.
Leftists openly organized to help RINOs take out conservative lawmakers in the recent primary. The Idaho GOP should replace primaries with caucuses, use ballot initiatives to go around the GOP, and field better candidates.
ND
State Rep. Eric Murphy lost his primary after sponsoring the ‘most pro-abortion bill in the state’s history.’ That’ll learn ya.
VA
GOP State Central Committee grows a spine and votes 55-17 to OPPOSE three proposed Democrat amendments to the state constitution that would expand abortion rights, gay marriage, transgenderism, and automatic felon voting. The vote occurred at a special meeting after a voice vote in which the SCC voted to remain neutral. The final vote is a rebuke to former state AG Jason Miyares and other Republican leaders who had pleaded for remaining neutral in the interest of making the Republican Party a big tent. Here’s our question: what the heck is wrong with the 17 SCC members who think the Party should remain neutral on such hot-button defining issues?
WY
State Rep. Bob Nicholas (HD 7, Laramie) named June’s RINO of the Month – big spender, short shrift to the Constitution, favors vaccine and mask mandates. “He’s an enemy of the Second Amendment, opposed to parental rights, and a friend to the abortion lobby — and he’s been in the Wyoming House pretending to be a Republican for fifteen years.”