GOP Establishment

We Tea Partiers have long complained about our “one party system” with Democrats demanding socialism and Republicans pretending to be conservatives to get elected, only to vote like Democrats after these elections. We called them “Demopublicans” and that included most of the Republicans in Congress.

 

The GOP “Establishment” is undergoing a slow transformation. The “Trump Agenda” is becoming the official plan for the Republican Party. I like to reference the CR Scores from Conservative Review to identify our RINOs. They have racked up a record of voting to support unconstitutional Bills to allow the federal government to assume powers that exceed its “enumerated powers” imposed by the US Constitution (as written).  Most of the federal programs we have been saddled with were started without the required passage of Amendments by the States. This includes all the programs from national parks, which now comprise 30% of the US landmass and all the wealth transfer programs we are choking on today.

 

Voter support of the Trump Agenda is resulting in the swamp draining itself.  Republicans are now faced with the decision to either leave or repent.

 

Attrition

 

Orrin Hatch, UT, CR Score 37% has announced that he will not seek reelection in 2018. He has been in Congress for 40 years.  Orrin joins Jeff Flake AZ 53% and Bob Corker TN, 47%.

 

John McCain 33% s not up for reelection until 2022, but his brain cancer diagnosis makes it more likely that he won’t serve his current term.

 

Contrition

 

Lindsey Graham, SC, CR Score 33% has endorsed the Trump Agenda and that says he may be converting into becoming a real Republican. Other RINOs are sure to follow.

 

Objection

 

The 20 GOP House Reps from New York, California, Illinois and other high tax States, who voted against the Budget were objecting to the removal of their excessive State and local tax deductions.

 

RINOs

 

The lowest scores for GOP Establishment folks in the House starts with Susan Collins ME 12%, Lamar Alexander TN 17%, David Reichert, WA 28%, Mimi Walters, CA, 28%, Will Hurd, TX  28%, John Katko, NY 28%, Chris Collins NY 28%,

Barbara Comstock VA 28%, Rodney Frelinghuysen, NJ 29%, Daniel Donovan NY 29%,

 

Of the 216 Republicans in the US House, only 30 score over 90%. Another 24 score from 80% to 89%.

 

https://www.conservativereview.com/scorecard?chamber=&state=&party=R

 

The hallmark of the GOP Establishment is that they have had a history of voting for issues that have been pushed by their special interest campaign contributors and succumbing to extortion threats by these entities. Everything actual voters wanted has been ignored by politicians at every level forever. Trump changed the game by deciding to put all voters first. 

 

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader