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Conservative Review recently compiled their list of the top 25 conservatives. Among those listed, you’ll see many names you’ll recognize as champions of conservative principles–the values the Republican Party claims on paper to believe in. The people on this list are the ones we can count on to behave like Republicans. The sad part is that they are so few in number…and sadder still that many if not most rank and file “Republicans” these days won’t back them when they fight for us.
View the CR Top 25 RINOs
RANK | MEMBER | LIBERTY SCORE® |
---|---|---|
109
NA
|
Mark Meadows Representative from NC 4 years in DC |
A
94%
|
109
NA
|
Mike Lee Senator from UT 6 years in DC |
A
100%
|
98
NA
|
Thomas Massie Representative from KY 4 years in DC |
A
94%
|
95
NA
|
Justin Amash Representative from MI 6 years in DC |
A
96%
|
91
NA
|
Ted Cruz Senator from TX 4 years in DC |
A
97%
|
87
NA
|
Jim Jordan Representative from OH 10 years in DC |
A
96%
|
85
NA
|
Dave Brat Representative from VA 2 years in DC |
A
100%
|
77
NA
|
Rand Paul Senator from KY 6 years in DC |
A
92%
|
76
NA
|
Louie Gohmert Representative from TX 12 years in DC |
A
98%
|
71
NA
|
Jeff Duncan Representative from SC 6 years in DC |
A
96%
|
67
NA
|
Paul Gossar Representative from AZ 6 years in DC |
B
84%
|
65
NA
|
Jim Bridenstine Representative from OK 4 years in DC |
A
97%
|
49
NA
|
Ron DeSantis Representative from FL 4 years in DC |
B
87%
|
45
NA
|
Tom Cotton Senator from AR 4 years in DC |
C
76%
|
43
NA
|
Gary Palmer Representative from AL 2 years in DC |
A
100%
|
42
NA
|
Mark Sanford Representative from SC 3 years in DC |
A
90%
|
38
NA
|
Mo Brooks Representative from AL 6 years in DC |
B
84%
|
38
NA
|
Raul Labrador Representative from ID 6 years in DC |
A
93%
|
33
NA
|
Benjamin Sasse Representative from NE 2 years in DC |
A
94%
|
33
NA
|
Ken Buck Representative from CO 2 years in DC |
A
94%
|
30
NA
|
Ted Budd Representative from NC 0 years in DC |
A
100%
|
27
NA
|
Warren Davidson Representative from OH 0 years in DC |
A
100%
|
23
NA
|
Scott Perry Representative from PA 4 years in DC |
C
77%
|
21
NA
|
Ted Yoho Representative from FL 4 years in DC |
C
74%
|
21
NA
|
Tom McClintock Representative from CA 8 years in DC |
B
86%
|
Here is the Conservative Review list of the top 25 RINOs. Like the list of conservatives, you’ll see many liberal sellouts that you would expect to see on a list like this: betrayers of conservative values like John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell and more.
A couple of RINOs that didn’t make the list (but should have) are from my state–and one is very surprising, given that he’s the #3 “Republican” in the U.S. Senate. There’s South Dakota’s junior RINO senator Mike Rounds–the “South Dakota conservative values” RINO who scored a whopping 29% Liberty Score. Yeah, this is the guy that conservative and Christian organizations across South Dakota and the nation whored out their values to support in 2014.
Then there’s John Thune–a guy who started out with a lot of promise back in 2004 when he defeated Democrat Tom Daschle…only to end up with a 44% Liberty Score today. That’s a truly pathetic score for the #3 “Republican” in the U.S. Senate–a position which should demand the HIGHEST fealty to Republican principles, so that the position-holder is setting the example for other Republicans to follow.
Instead of setting the example of Republican values for others to follow, these RINOs (some of the most influential “Republicans” out there) are setting an example of supporting Democrat values.
This is why fewer and fewer people take the Republican Party seriously every year. And it’s why this once-great nation appears to be on an irrevocable dive toward oblivion and destruction.
RANK | MEMBER | LIBERTY SCORE® |
---|---|---|
93
NA
|
John McCain Senator from AZ 30 years in DC |
F
32%
|
89
NA
|
Paul Ryan Representative from WI 18 years in DC |
F
51%
|
82
NA
|
Lamar Alexander Senator from TN 14 years in DC |
F
15%
|
77
NA
|
Lindsey Graham Senator from SC 14 years in DC |
F
30%
|
76
NA
|
Susan Collins Senator from ME 20 years in DC |
F
10%
|
75
NA
|
Mike Simpson Representative from ID 18 years in DC |
F
33%
|
68
NA
|
Lisa Murkowski Senator from AK 14 years in DC |
F
20%
|
68
NA
|
Mitch McConnell Senator from KY 32 years in DC |
F
40%
|
60
NA
|
Orrin Hatch Senator from UT 40 years in DC |
F
33%
|
58
NA
|
Kevin McCarthy Representative from CA 10 years in DC |
F
35%
|
56
NA
|
Harold Rogers Representative from KY 36 years in DC |
F
30%
|
53
NA
|
Jeff Flake Senator from AZ 4 years in DC |
F
50%
|
51
NA
|
Bob Corker Senator from TN 10 years in DC |
F
45%
|
51
NA
|
Charlie Dent Representative from PA 12 years in DC |
F
28%
|
48
NA
|
Tom Cole Representative from OK 14 years in DC |
F
34%
|
46
NA
|
Thad Cochran Senator from MS 38 years in DC |
F
22%
|
43
NA
|
Don Young Representative from AK 43# years in DC |
F
32%
|
42
NA
|
John Cornyn Senator from TX 14 years in DC |
F
42%
|
39
NA
|
Peter King Representative from NY 24 years in DC |
F
27%
|
36
NA
|
Thom Tillis Senator from NC 2 years in DC |
F
35%
|
33
NA
|
Susan Brooks Representative from IN 4 years in DC |
F
26%
|
27
NA
|
Cathy McMorris Rodgers Representative from WA 12 years in DC |
F
41%
|
26
NA
|
Richard Burr Senator from NC 12 years in DC |
F
39%
|
21
NA
|
Johnny Isakson Senator from GA 12 years in DC |
F
30%
|
20
NA
|
Elise Stefanik Representative from NY 2 years in DC |
F
19%
|