RINOs

RINOs or Republicans in Name Only refers to Democrat infiltrators controlling the Republican Party, led by Mitch McConnell.

Obamacare Repeal Vote
The American Healthcare Act (H.R. 1628) was passed in 2017 to fully repeal Obamacare. The following members of Congress showed that they are RINOs by seeking to uphold Obamacare:


 * Lisa Murkowski: Voted NO to proceed with consideration of H.R. 1628.
 * Susan Collins: Voted NO to proceed with consideration of H.R. 1628.

Is Infiltrating RINOs
Mitch McConnell is backing RINO Senators such as Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski on the pretense that they are needed to expand Republican control, even though they vote consistently with Democrats on virtually all major issues. These include:


 * Lindsey Graham (helped McConnell block use of the nuclear option
 * Roger Wicker (McConnell fundraised with him in 2017 )
 * Thom Tillis
 * Cory Gardner
 * Bill Cassidy
 * Mitt Romney
 * Deb Fischer
 * Shelley Capito
 * Susan Collins
 * Lisa Murkowski

Those who have retired include:


 * Orrin Hatch (helped McConnell block use of the nuclear option )
 * Bob Corker
 * Lamar Alexander
 * Dean Heller

Fundraising with RINOs
McConnell also fundraises with RINOs such as Thom Tillis, Cory Gardner, and Roger Wicker. McConnell is working secretly for the other side to replace conservative Republican Senators with liberal Democrat infiltrators, and using GOP Senate funds to do so.

Democrat in Disguise
Mitch McConnell's actions, particularly from 2017-18 when Republicans had a supermajority (control of the House, Senate, and Presidency allowing them to pass any legislation without Democrat votes ) show that he is a traitor, a Democrat in disguise.

Supports Abortion
McConnell from 2017-18 refused to pass a 20-week abortion ban. When Rand Paul attempted to pass legislation defunding Planned Parenthood, Senate leadership under McConnell had a talk with him, and explained they did not want pro-life legislation to pass.

"I'll give you an example. Last year, I tried to attach to a spending bill a prohibition to have any money spent by Planned Parenthood. You know what happened? [GOP leadership] sat me down and one of the senior Republican senators said, 'We cannot have the vote today.' I said 'why?' He said 'we might win.'" -Rand Paul

McConnell deliberately waited until after Democrats took control of the House in January 2019 before introducing born alive legislation (even though the 2002 Born-Alive Infants Protection Act has made it illegal for years to leave newborn children to die without medical care). McConnell and GOP Senate leadership had two years from 2017-18 to pass pro-life legislation, and refused to pass pro-life legislation so they could cynically use pro-life votes in 2020 at the expense of babies' lives.

Supports Obamacare
Despite campaigning on repealing and replacing Obamacare for years, once Republicans had a supermajority from 2017-18 allowing them to pass any legislation they wanted to, McConnell began blocking all attempts to remove Obamacare. On May 4, 2017 the House passed a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. However, the Senate under McConnell refused to even bring it up for a vote.

McConnell refused to even introduce a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, instead introducing a 'skinny' bill that kept Obamacare fully intact. John McCain then narrowly defeated the bill because it did not repeal Obamacare as promised, and he wanted the bill to go through a regular committee process instead of being rushed through without debate in the same way Obamacare had been passed.

McConnell then, despite never having attempted repeal of Obamacare, began insisting that Republicans needed to work with Democrats on healthcare.

"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) signaled to reporters on Wednesday that he doesn’t have any plans to move again this year to repeal ObamaCare, even though Republicans might now have a better chance of success after Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) was sworn in. Senate Republicans view Kyl as someone more likely to vote with GOP leaders on health care reform legislation than was late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the maverick whom Kyl replaced after his death." -Alexander Bolton, The Hill

In October 2017, a bill was presented by McConnell's liberal allies Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, but John McCain and Rand Paul blocked it because it did not repeal Obamacare as promised. McConnell continued attempting to shut down efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare throughout 2017 and 2018 despite intense opposition from other GOP Senators who wanted the Republican Party to keep their key promise of 'repeal and replace' made when passing so many repeal bills in years past. In 2019 he ignored calls by Donald Trump to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Ignored the Nuclear Option, to Sabotage the GOP
McConnell refused to use the 'Nuclear Option' (which would have required that bills pass with 60 votes instead of 51), even after the GOP took control of Congress following the 2016 elections. This had the result of sabotaging Republican legislation and preventing major bills from passing while Republicans controlled Congress. McConnell refused to allow Republicans use of the nuclear option for passing legislation by changing Senate rules to require a 51-vote margin, even though Democrats had previously used the nuclear option in both 2010 to pass Obamacare and 2013 to pass Obama's judicial nominees. McConnell even threatened Democrats at the time that they would regret use of the nuclear option.

Although McConnell finally allowed use of the Nuclear Option to pass judicial nominees in 2019 after Republicans had lost control of the House, after allowing its use for confirming Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh in 2018, he has still refused to use it for passing legislation.

"McConnell promised to protect the supermajority on legislation, saying that filibusters on nominations are a new phenomenon but those on legislation are essential to the Senate’s essence. 'The legislative filibuster has been there a long time, everybody has been up or down, majority or minority at various times. We all understand that’s what makes the Senate the Senate,' he told reporters Tuesday." -Paul Kane, Washington Post

McConnell used the tactic to obstruct passage of border wall funding. He also used it to prevent Republicans from passing a budget to stop the government shutdown, which ultimately allowed Democrats to extra major concessions and increase the budget; which Republicans are now continually labeled as hypocrites for allowing.

Sabotage of Judge Roy Moore
Mitch McConnell sabotaged Judge Roy Moore's campaign and helped Doug Jones, a Democrat, win election. Moore, a conservative Christian creationist runs the Foundation for Moral Law dedicated to protecting Christians' religious freedom. McConnell had one of his cronies, Luther Strange, run against Moore, openly fundraised for Strange, and poured over $8 million dollars into the race using the Senate Leadership Fund in a futile attempt to help Strange win.

"To claw back some credibility as a politician who will 'drain the swamp,' Strange cannot appear too closely connected to GOP leadership. And yet Strange is relying on McConnell for financial support. The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics reported Thursday that as of early September, the Senate Leadership Fund super PAC, which is affiliated with McConnell, had spent $733,000 to promote Strange and another $2.5 million to air negative ads against Moore. Since Sept. 11, the Senate Leadership Fund has spent more than $720,000 on postage and printing to advance Strange's cause and oppose Moore, according to the Center for Responsive Politics." Callum Borchers, Washington Post

When Strange failed, McConnell then refused to provide financial support to Moore. McConnell also continued to attack Moore publicly, suggesting that the Senate would expel him even if he won.