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In US politics, Republican in Name Only is a pejorative used to describe politicians of the Republican Party deemed insufficiently loyal to the party, or misaligned with the party's ideology. Similar terms have been used since the early 1900s. The acronym RINO became popular in the 1990s, and both the acronym and the full spelling have become ...
In U.S. politics, Democrat in name only (DINO) is a pejorative term used to describe politicians of the Democratic Party to indicate that their governing or legislating style is more like a member of the Republican Party. [1] The terms Blue Dog Democrat and Yellow dog Democrat have been more popular than DINO for describing heterodox Democrats. [2]
“I am the Peace President, and only I will stop World War III!” he claimed. Liz Cheney has emerged as one of Trump’s most vocal critics following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
These derogatory names first appeared in the 1872 U.S. presidential election. [5] The terms have several meanings. One use is to insult politicians that the speaker believes are too moderate or centrist. This use is similar to saying that a Republican is a "Republican in Name Only" (RINO) or a Democrat is a "Democrat in Name Only" (DINO ...
Trump also called the incumbent a “weak and pathetic RINO,” or Republican in name only. Newhouse plans to run for a sixth term in Congress this year. The Tri-City Herald reached out to his ...
President Trump wants to name and shame the two dozen-plus members of Congress who say he lost the election. Branding the lawmakers “RINO’s,” or Republicans in name only, Trump asked for a ...
The Rockefeller Republicans were members of the United States Republican Party (GOP) in the 1930s–1970s who held moderate -to- liberal views on domestic issues, similar to those of Nelson Rockefeller, Governor of New York (1959–1973) and Vice President of the U.S. (1974–1977). Rockefeller Republicans were most common in the Northeast and ...
e. Lincoln Davenport Chafee (/ ˈtʃeɪfiː / CHAY-fee; born March 26, 1953) is an American politician. He was mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island, from 1993 to 1999, a United States Senator from 1999 to 2007, and the 74th Governor of Rhode Island from 2011 to 2015. He was a Democrat from 2013 to 2019; in June 2019, The Boston Globe reported that he ...