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HCI's avatar

I think the term RINO has been overused so much, that it has lost its potency as a pejorative. Especially when it is used to describe any Republican/conservative that doesn't show 100 percent, one way loyalty to Donald Trump. I don't agree with Paul Ryan on everything, but what I like about him is that he is an ideas driven guy with a deep interest in policy. I don't think performative displays(which Gaetz and MTG engage in regularly) interested him. That among other things, is probably why he is called a RINO by many on the right.

They really need to stop using RINO, and instead use TINO, meaning Trumpist in Name Only. Some accuracy in these pejoratives would be nice! As a Trump-skeptic conservative, I'll gladly concede to being a TINO.

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It would be nice if we could get one conservative or republican who admits they need a return to truth. Oppose democrats all you want but it would sure be nice for you to do that with arguments based in reality. Growing up in the Clinton era this was always the best line of attack republicans had against democrats and its why I supported them the first election I could vote in(Dole/Clinton). Since then too many people on the right have been either tricked by the sham media that controls the right or by their desire to live in a world that caters to them. That's not reality.

Paul Ryan was one of the republicans who gave into the lies being told.

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