RINO Round-Up
from GOP Action
from GOP Action
August 30, 2026
Election Integrity Remains a Fault Line Between RINOs and the Grassroots
National Scene
Sen. Murkowski says she opposes the SAVE America Act which would require voter ID. Murkowski said: a person living on a small Alaska island would not be able to vote if the SAVE America Act was passed because they would have to travel all the way to Anchorage to get an ID. An Unalaska (island) resident confirmed voting takes place at City Hall and said residents “Don’t have to go to Anchorage [to register to vote or obtain ID].”
GOP strategist Matt Locke says, the real problem is that President Trump's agenda hasn't advanced because of RINO Republicans. "The John Thune's of the party, they like the old ways, they like being in charge, they like telling the President what to do" Locke said, "Now you have these Republicans who are used to the old ways, who want to run everything who can't, so they're going to step in and try to do as much damage as they can do, to outlast Trump and get the power back."
WY
Republican Mark Gordon kvetches about federal election monitors instead of welcoming their assistance in improving election integrity
Wyoming voters reject Freedom Caucus incumbents across the board, perhaps because of focus on spending cuts. “Establishment Republicans annihilated Freedom Caucus. ”WY’s results crushed the conservative narrative that establishment Republicans are out-of-touch “RINOs.”
Election Integrity Remains a Fault Line Between RINOs and the Grassroots
National Scene
Sen. Murkowski says she opposes the SAVE America Act which would require voter ID. Murkowski said: a person living on a small Alaska island would not be able to vote if the SAVE America Act was passed because they would have to travel all the way to Anchorage to get an ID. An Unalaska (island) resident confirmed voting takes place at City Hall and said residents “Don’t have to go to Anchorage [to register to vote or obtain ID].”
GOP strategist Matt Locke says, the real problem is that President Trump's agenda hasn't advanced because of RINO Republicans. "The John Thune's of the party, they like the old ways, they like being in charge, they like telling the President what to do" Locke said, "Now you have these Republicans who are used to the old ways, who want to run everything who can't, so they're going to step in and try to do as much damage as they can do, to outlast Trump and get the power back."
WY
Republican Mark Gordon kvetches about federal election monitors instead of welcoming their assistance in improving election integrity
Wyoming voters reject Freedom Caucus incumbents across the board, perhaps because of focus on spending cuts. “Establishment Republicans annihilated Freedom Caucus. ”WY’s results crushed the conservative narrative that establishment Republicans are out-of-touch “RINOs.”
- Fellow RINO hunters, we’re not doing our job well enough.
August 23, 2026
If You Don’t Like My Principles, I Have Others
What Is a RINO?
Our working definition of a RINO is a Republican who meets one or more of these criteria:
FL
Belinda Keiser is suddenly claiming she’s MAGA? She ran as a Democrat. She donated to Hillary Clinton. She donated to Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Now she wants a seat in Congress from Florida. FL - 22, do not get played. A leopard does not change its spots
TX
James Talarico poached Sen. John Corny’s deputy legislative director, Jacob Smith.
What was a man who could so easily abandon the conservative movement for a dishonest, radical leftist like Talarico ever doing on any GOP congressional staff?
If You Don’t Like My Principles, I Have Others
What Is a RINO?
Our working definition of a RINO is a Republican who meets one or more of these criteria:
- Votes with Democrats against a Republican majority
- Endorses Democrats
- Takes money from Democrat-aligned sources
- Doesn’t care about immigration, election integrity, limited government under the Constitution, free markets, or fiscal responsibility
- Votes for more Democrat social spending
- Wants open primaries
- Is a former Democrat who ran as a Republican as the only way to get elected in a red state
- Doesn’t stand for anything except reelection and personal enrichment
FL
Belinda Keiser is suddenly claiming she’s MAGA? She ran as a Democrat. She donated to Hillary Clinton. She donated to Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Now she wants a seat in Congress from Florida. FL - 22, do not get played. A leopard does not change its spots
TX
James Talarico poached Sen. John Corny’s deputy legislative director, Jacob Smith.
What was a man who could so easily abandon the conservative movement for a dishonest, radical leftist like Talarico ever doing on any GOP congressional staff?
- As Groucho Marx said: “Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.”
August 16, 2026
Swampmeister John Thune Blocks Trump Recess Appointments
National Scene
BETRAYAL IN THE SWAMP: Turncoat John Thune Sends Senate Home for 37 Days — But Schedules 11 Pro Forma Sessions to BLOCK Trump from Making Recess Appointments
AZ
Good riddance -
Gov. Katie Hobbs confirms former Mesa Mayor John Giles will be her running mate. “I was a lifelong Republican before becoming an Independent because extremists shouldn’t stand in the way of getting things done,” Giles said.
TN
Is this why our feckless establishment Republican Supermajority in TN has KILLED every bill in the last 3-4 years to close the primaries in TN? They want to leave it for Marsha [Blackburn] so she can claim it as some kind of "conservative victory"??????
TX
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) added his voice to local politicians and Democrat State Representative James Talarico (D-Austin), nominee in the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Texas, in opposing border security enhancements in the Big Bend National Park.
Swampmeister John Thune Blocks Trump Recess Appointments
National Scene
BETRAYAL IN THE SWAMP: Turncoat John Thune Sends Senate Home for 37 Days — But Schedules 11 Pro Forma Sessions to BLOCK Trump from Making Recess Appointments
AZ
Good riddance -
Gov. Katie Hobbs confirms former Mesa Mayor John Giles will be her running mate. “I was a lifelong Republican before becoming an Independent because extremists shouldn’t stand in the way of getting things done,” Giles said.
TN
Is this why our feckless establishment Republican Supermajority in TN has KILLED every bill in the last 3-4 years to close the primaries in TN? They want to leave it for Marsha [Blackburn] so she can claim it as some kind of "conservative victory"??????
TX
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) added his voice to local politicians and Democrat State Representative James Talarico (D-Austin), nominee in the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Texas, in opposing border security enhancements in the Big Bend National Park.