The National RINO Hunt Team

RINO Removal Project Taking Shape

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The RINO Removal Project (RRP) launched a few months ago and is gaining traction, as the group zeroes in on primarying a few notorious RINOs in Congress. RRP, which follows America First principles and emerged completely from the grassroots, is going after 10 members of Congress, mostly familiar names.

RINOs love Democrat social spending

• Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is staking out his spot as a populist defender of Medicaid in opposition to the steep cuts contained in the House-passed megabill to fund President Trump’s domestic agenda.  Hawley will not support a bill that cuts Medicaid benefits.  
• House Republican leadership’s decision to step back from two pathways to major Medicaid cost savings has fueled contempt among hard line conservatives.  Conservatives chafe at taking Medicaid savings options off table.  Reconciliation battle over potential Medicaid cuts roils Republicans
• Some House Republicans trying to keep Medicaid expansion for childless able-bodied adults, just tinkering around the edges with work requirement and noncitizen provisions.

Turncoat Tillis – RINO Senator Thom Tillis, who voted to confirm Biden’s radical pick for Attorney General Merrick Garland, told reporters that he opposes the nomination of Ed Martin for DC US Attorney

Now that Sen. John Cornyn has been cornered, and is facing a legitimate primary contender who will galvanize the MAGA movement in Texas against him, Loomer Unleashed can exclusively confirm that Cornyn has turned to the ugliest factions of the Republican Establishment for assistance in defeating Ken Paxton.

Ron DeSantis Slams Congressional Republicans for ‘Betrayal of the Voters Who Elected Them’.  “To see Republicans in Congress cast aside any meaningful spending reductions (and, in fact, fully fund things like USAID) is demoralizing and represents a betrayal of the voters who elected them,” he posted.

It’s hard to believe that we are in the year 2025 and there are still some Republicans – including Vice President JD Vance, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, and even one of Donald Trump’s Nominees to sit on the National Labor Relations Board – who favor forced unionization in the workplace.  So much for the GOP being the freedom party.

Three House Republicans Reportedly Holding Up Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood:  Reps. Mike Lawler, Jen Kiggans and Brian Fitzpatrick were among moderates who told House GOP leadership they oppose cutting federal funding to Planned Parenthood via reconciliation

• Pro-life forces in Congress have a once-in-a-decade opportunity to defund Planned Parenthood, but the road ahead is far from easy.  Yet the effort to excise “big abortion’s” slush fund stands in danger of faltering over intra-party squabbles. This is an appropriate time for President Trump to step in and unite the GOP

GOP Grifters:  A party for Trump’s first 100 days was billed as ‘official’ — it was anything but that.  Attendees of the event and local Republican organizers have come out against the event, its hosts, and the entire premise. They called it a “scam” and a “grift.”

• To its credit, the local Arlington, Virginia GOP unit did its best to warn people about this

FL

Florida RINOs working with communists and voting with Democrats to defeat Governor DeSantis on tough immigration laws, open carry, etc.

WI

Republicans proposing expansion of early voting, a Democrat idea

May 2025

GOP Senators Fight for Democrat Energy Subsidies

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GOP senators fight for Democrat energy subsidies – Four senators sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune asking “to preserve energy tax credits included in the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act in the impending budget reconciliation bill.” The letter was signed by Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, John Curtis of Utah, Jerry Moran of Kansas, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina.

Senator Josh Hawley ‘evolves’, won’t vote to cut Medicaid which is a major driver of the budget deficit; supports Democrat amendment to kill effort to find Medicaid savings

• What is wrong with these people?  they get to Washington and lose their principles.  Makes you wonder if they had any to begin with.

CO

In one of the strangest political strategies ever, the new Colorado GOP leadership team (Brita Horn, Darel Lee Phelan and Russ Andrews) have publicly announced they and the Republican Party will not talk about or take a position on any legislation proposed in the Colorado State legislature.

• This means the state party will no longer weigh in on Democrat priorities on abortion, gun control, parents’ rights, or anything else, no matter how extreme.
• One activist asked: “We are supposed to all work for Republican candidates chosen by unaffiliates and it doesn’t matter what they believe in according to the new leadership. What’s the point of being a Republican anymore?”

Instead of staying and fighting the good fight, these five elected Republicans (Mary Bradfield, Rose Pugliese as always, Anthony Hartsook, Rick Taggart, and Matt Soper) sided with the Democrats in agreeing to take $30M from Colorado schools, to fund Democrat projects, like removing children from their parents if their parents don’t agree to allowing their children to “trans out” and be groomed by the adults around them.

FL

Governor ZigZag –

• Gov. Ron DeSantis: RINO state legislators almost made Florida a de facto sanctuary state
• DeSantis Government Cripples Citizen Initiatives

MT

GOP-controlled legislature passes bill purporting to ban foreign funding of ballot initiatives, but the bill is so bad conservatives ask the Governor to veto it

ND

Republican Governor vetoes school choice bill

SC

Conservatives accuse state GOP of rigging the vote to reelect state party chair Drew McKissick to a fifth term

TN

TN may wear the label of a deep red state, but after the 2025 legislative session, grassroots conservatives are waking up to a harsh reality.  Despite holding more than 80% of the seats in the General Assembly, TN’s Republican supermajority repeatedly betrayed core conservative principles

• “These guys and gals as it were, have no care at all that they pass legislation and kill legislation in a completely self-serving manner that ignores the will of the people. And it seems to have gotten worse as President Trump has returned to the White House, as though the country and Tennessee’s support of the president, is somehow extended to THEM. They act with impunity and hubris. They need to be stopped.” – TN RINO hunter 

TX

54 Republicans join 41 Democrats to pass bill to give $5B to rich investment firms instead of lowering property taxes

The GOP-controlled TX House of Representatives has passed a bill aimed at criminalizing political memes.  The bill, HB 366, would imprison offenders for a minimum of one year if the meme does not have a government-approved disclaimer.

• Go.  Just go.
  Don Bacon considers retiring after feeling heat from conservative activists

CO

RINO Watch Colorado paints bleak picture of state GOP

• Colorado is already a one-party state with Democrats controlling the Governorship, the House, the Senate and every state-wide office along with every state judge. How could it get worse? Well, the Republican Party could just disappear, devoured by a three headed Hydra monster of Kirkmeyer, Ganahl and Chairman Horn which is happening now.
  – Their grassroots training is intended to move things leftward and groom future RINOs.  
  – Weld County was overtaken by RINOs due to massive funding from New York Democrats lead by the leftwing daughter in law of Rupert Murdoch, Kathryn Murdoch.

• Republican lawmakers in Colorado sponsoring legislation to elevate party precinct leaders with no political affiliation in the selection process when legislative vacancies occur – huh?

GA

RINOs covering up thousands of fake duplicate ballots from 2020 election; activists awaiting explanation.

LA

State Treasurer calls for support in election bid to oust ‘RINO Turncoat’ Sen. Cassidy.  After recalling his work history with President Trump, Fleming characterized his electoral opponent Senator Bill Cassidy (R), as a “RINO Turncoat” and disloyal to his political party of choice, citing Cassidy’s vote to impeach President Trump in 2021.

MT

State GOP demands already-censured Senator Wendy McKamey stop obstructing bill to ban foreign funding of ballot initiatives

ND

North Dakota Republican Governor Kelly Armstrong vetoed a bill that would have required school districts to keep books determined to be “sexually explicit” out of the reach of students

PA

Oh look, our “Republican” State Rep. Tom Mehaffie (PA-106) is celebrating “Carbon Neutrality” AGAIN.  He’s also voted with the Democrats for every PA version of the Green New Scam & sponsors gas stove bans.

SD

South Dakota’s new Republican Party chairman is a former Democrat, but he’s been a Republican for nine years. Now he’s concerned about “Republicans In Name Only,” or RINOs, and wants to weed them out.

TN

IVF bill, introduced by Republicans and supported by Democrats and Planned Parenthood, weakens state’s abortion ban and opens the door to abortifacients and selective abortion

TX

Republicans facilitating Muslim takeover of Texas

• Republican-controlled House recognizes ‘Pakistan Day’
• Local and state officials facilitated growth of unlawful Muslim enclave for years
• more here

Tarrant County GOP Resolution censures Rep. Giovanni Capriglione for failing to vote for the Republican Caucus nominee for Speaker of the House, elevating Democrats to subcommittee and vice-chairs, etc.

Congressional Republicans Want to Tax the Rich

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Republicans in Congress are considering increasing taxes on the rich as a part of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” of ambitious legislative priorities, a striking development that breaks with decades of party orthodoxy and is spurring alarm bells from traditional conservatives.

• Tax the rich?  We have the Democrats for that.  What do we need you for?

AL
This man is giving Republicans a bad name –
Rep. Corey Harbison R-AL rarely attended sessions in 2024 and 2025 but remained on the roll, raising questions about accountability and transparency in legislative attendance.

CO

GOP LAWSUIT AGAINST BRITA HORN NOT OVER
The party is suing Brita Horn and the others who falsely claimed that they were the real officers of the state GOP due to a meeting which an El Paso District Court found to be fraudulent.  The $100,000-plus she may owe to the GOP is a Party asset she cannot simply cancel because she is Party Chair.

FL

Republican lawmakers’ plan to sabotage DeSantis has been in the works since November

More pro-developer bills cooking in Republican-controlled Florida legislature – e.g., HB1118, which removes the power of citizens to stand against local development. There are several additional bills in the process of passage by the Florida legislature, other than 1118, which take away citizens’ rights to govern their own communities. All seem to be geared towards development.

Florida Republicans going wobbly on the Second Amendment after FSU shooting

MI

Second Time’s the Charm? Rogers Takes Another Shot at Michigan Senate Race.  Rogers is supported by a number of supposed conservatives but, as we previously reported: Former MI Congressman Mike Rogers is a deep-state RINO and currently the RINO favorite to run in the U.S. Senate race in 2024 in MI.  The problem is he doesn’t even live in MI, having moved to FL for “business opportunities.”

MT

You can run, but you can’t hide:  GOP Reps. Courtenay Sprunger & Randynn Gregg seen exiting the chamber before the property tax relief bill that died by one vote.

Yes, we got fooled again – Senator gets elected as Trump supporter, goes ‘bipartisan’.  Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) was elected to the Senate last year as a full-throated supporter of President Donald Trump, promising to “back him up 100% of the time.”  But during his nascent Senate tenure, Sheehy has become known more for bipartisan legislating than anything else.

OH

As President Donald Trump ramps up attacks on the judiciary, the Republican-led House voted to limit district court judges’ ability to issue the nationwide injunctions that have hampered some of his executive actions.  The vote was 219-213, with just one Republican, Mike Turner of Ohio, joining all Democrats in opposing it. The bill now heads to the Senate.

TN

A controversial bill to eliminate local GOP caucuses passed the Republican-controlled Tennessee House, despite warnings from Rep. Gino Bulso about its unconstitutionality.

Fiscal shenanigans in GOP-led House – the invoice for HB855 gets added after passage.  Now taxpayers are stuck with an $8M bill. Republicans Jack Johnson and Lee Reeves led the charge—while their own wives stand to benefit. Deception, exposed.

State GOP upholds grassroots win in Williamson County GOP leadership contest – Despite cries of a “rigged” vote, the Tennessee GOP State Executive Committee unanimously upheld the Williamson County GOP reorganization, citing no evidence of fraud or malice.

TX

Sen. John Cornyn claims fictitious Trump endorsement

Ken Paxton: “He [Sen. John Cornyn] doesn’t represent the values of Texas. He has taken positions that are extremely unpopular, at least in the Republican base, and I think many Texans, as it relates to guns, as it relates to the border, as it even relates to President Trump,” said Paxton, 62.

• Like clockwork: Tim Scott and the Turncoat National Republican Senatorial Campaign Endorse RINO John Cornyn Over Hero Ken Paxton
• RINO John Cornyn Sweats as Ken Paxton Secures Key Endorsements in Texas Senate Race

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Senators voted 54 to 45 to confirm Elbridge Colby to serve as the Pentagon’s undersecretary for policy with former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky the lone Republican to vote “no” on the nomination

RINO Rep. Don Bacon (RINO-NE) announced that he would be moving to undercut President Trump’s bold move to reshape the global economic order with reciprocal tariffs on countries that have taken advantage of America for years

The U.S. House has passed Rep. Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) No Rogue Rulings Act, which will place restrictions on federal District Court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions.  One Republican, Rep. Mike Turner from Ohio, voted to empower activist judges.

A supposedly conservative group (Plymouth Union Public Advocacy) pushing a Democrat priority,  launching six-figure ads urging GOP senators to extend Biden’s jumbo Obamacare subsidies

CO

RINO queen Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer cuts deal with Dems to kill grassroots effort to vote to opt out of state’s disastrous open primary system.  The donor controlled UniParty/Establishment faction of the CO Republican Party launched a three-pronged attack on the effort, which aims to return to closed primaries where you must be a Republican to vote in the GOP primary.

FL

Florida’s Republican Legislature Rebels Against Governor DeSantis.  The biggest surprise in the legislature’s immigration bill, however, is the designation of the Commissioner of Agriculture as Chief Enforcement Officer.  Commissioner Simpson has a track record of being weak on immigration enforcement (representing agricultural interests) and AWOL on election integrity.

GOP-controlled Senate committee advances bill that panders to big developers by preventing local referendums to regulate housing density

MN
Prominent Republicans unite to fight Action 4 Liberty, a nominally grassroots group that is gaining ground in MNGOP politics

• the way we hear the story, though, not every grassroots conservative in the state likes what A4L is doing

OK

Republican state Attorney General donated to Biden, but now praises Trump’s “decisive leadership” to boost AG’s run for Governor

TN

GOP-led House committee advances bill to strip parties of right to hold caucuses in preemptive strike to neutralize rising grassroots conservatives

Republican-led Senate committee lets grassroots-supported bill to close party primaries die

Congressional Republicans Torpedo Trump Agenda

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The Traitor Caucus: Eight Republicans Join ALL 213 Democrats To Bring House Voting to a Halt.  Nine House Republicans joined all 213 Democrats Tuesday to keep alive a bill that would allow lawmakers who are new parents to cast proxy votes for three months after their child’s birth.

Senate Votes to Sabotage President Trump’s Canadian Tariff Policy With Four Republicans Casting the Decisive Yes Votes:  Susan Collins, Mitch McConnell, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul.

• The point is not whether you like Trump’s tariffs.  Most Republicans did, but four broke ranks and voted against the party.

RINO Dan Crenshaw praises Liz Cheney as a “principled leader” with a “backbone” and “fierce intellect”

• this would be the same Liz Cheney who went out and campaigned for Democrat Kamala Harris?  Dan, you are truly lost.

Senate GOP budget keeps Biden’s Obamacare, Medicaid, and Medicare spending increases

Republicans who are on record supporting some of the taxpayer-funded subsidies in the “Inflation Reduction Act” could gum up the works for President Donald Trump’s efforts to cut wasteful spending, according to energy policy analysts.

Rep. Luna quits House Freedom Caucus, accusing it of operating outside its guidelines and brokering backroom deals that undermine its core values

CO

WELD COUNTY RINOS BULLY THEIR WAY TO VICTORY
The Weld County officers and bonus delegates were unanimously opposed to Dave Williams and any of his Grassroot supporters.  The Weld County delegates even had a team uniform with red shirts adorned with phrases on back attacking Williams. They proudly declared themselves to be RINOs and some even had rhino hats on. They bullied and screamed at any Grassroots delegate who wandered over to their side of the auditorium. Seated with them were Republican Congresspersons Lauren Boebert and Gabe Evans.

Rep. Lauren Boebert joined Antifa efforts to prevent Steve Bannon from speaking at the CO GOP Centennial Dinner

New CO GOP Chair Brita Horn campaigned on “unifying” the Party.  Less than a week into the new administration, they have a FAILING Unity score.

FL

Rep Linda Chaney is claiming that this bill (HB 1381 supports Pres Trump’s Executive Order, but the bill lacks citizenship check for vote by mail and messes up audits and recounts

DeSantis rips FL House Republicans for ejecting a US Senator from an office formerly used by Marco Rubio because they are against immigration deportations by President Trump

GA

Georgia Republicans push last minute bill to limit public access to lawmaker and police records

MN

Conservatives across Minnesota have long awaited the truth surrounding the mystery Wyoming-based company, 1972-10, which received tens of thousands of dollars from contracts with the Republican Party during the reign of RINO David Hann

The MNGOP State Executive Committee again voted to disenfranchise the Grassroots Patriots of Otter Tail County. This is the Establishment’s next step after to ban the group from their own convention.

RINO Tom Emmer’s puppet elected CD6 chair after opponent blocked from speaking and running for the position, but CD7 conservatives unite to win two key party positions

MT

Montana GOP Purges 9 Turncoat Republican Senators for Backing Democrats, Says They Are No Longer Recognized as Republicans

TN

Tennessee bill SB799/HB855 is seen as retaliation after grassroots conservatives won a local GOP convention. Critics say it’s a power grab by establishment politicians to change election rules after losing, limiting local party control.

SB777, a bill to close open primaries and curb crossover voting, was procedurally killed in the Senate State and Local Government Committee. Senator Adam Lowe (R-Calhoun) moved to present the bill—but not a single member of the committee seconded his motion. The bill was neither discussed nor voted on. It simply died in silence.

What should have been a civil policy hearing on Tennessee’s controversial SB799 turned into a public spectacle when Senator Todd Gardenhire (R-Hamilton County) launched into a heated, sarcastic, and at times aggressive exchange with Steve Hickey, the newly elected Williamson County GOP Chair and U.S. military veteran, during a Senate committee hearing.

TX

Texas AG Ken Paxton Would Crush RINO Senator John Cornyn in GOP primary

• Paxton has teased running, but has not declared.

Lawlessness in Texas: RINO Texas House Speaker Caught Fabricating Quorum — Caught Red-Handed Counting 40 Absent Lawmakers as ‘Present’ Breaking State Law

The Texas Legislature RINO List

WA

Jarrod Sessler was grassroots-favored 2024 candidate against Dan Newhouse in CD4. Jarrod was endorsed by Trump and was the Republican primary winner to go up against Newhouse in the General, but lost to the Establishment RINO Newhouse.

American Renaissance Network

American Renaissance Network (ARN) is looking for volunteer activists to fill spots on its Guardians of History and National RINO Hunt teams and for ARN’s next short-term project – taking on the New York Times.  These are not honorary positions.  Work is expected.  All spots are competitive.

Guardians of History – This influential team fights back against the Woke Mob that has taken over such national historic sites as Monticello, Montpelier, Colonial Williamsburg, etc.  Recent initiatives include confronting the Mellon Foundation for funding Woke historical initiatives, and firing back against critics of America’s 250^th birthday celebration. Archives here.  The ideal candidate would be a history buff who is upset by the Left’s relentless attacks on America’s founding.  The team meets for 30 minutes at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday mornings by videoconference (dial-in option available).  Manageable work and attendance requirements must be met to stay on the team.

National RINO Hunt Team – This nationally networked team endeavors to return the Republican Party to a party of principle again.  We fight the RINOs who vote with Democrats, resist election integrity efforts, promote illegal immigration, or otherwise undermine GOP ideals.  The team produces the RINO Round-Up newsletter which is seen each week by 10,000 to 14,000 people nationwide.  The team also consults with grassroots GOP candidates on campaign strategy and messaging.  The ideal team member would be a veteran of Republican Party politics and is currently involved in campaigns, precinct organizing, building conservative caucuses within local or state GOP units, etc.  The team meets for 45 minutes at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday evenings by videoconference (dial-in option available).  Manageable work and attendance requirements must be met to stay on the team.

New York Times Project – A previous ARN Conservative Army short-term project confronted the New York Times on a hit piece it had published about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.  The NYT responded to our criticism.  This encourages us to go at them again for its many transgressions and left-wing bias, starting with covering up the Holocaust and the Holodomor.  The team will assemble a litany of NYT’s transgressions and explore ways to weaken the paper’s undeserved influence among the public, in line with ARN’s mission to organize the grassroots to take down the American Left.  Ideal team members will have media or public affairs knowledge that will help us assemble the case against the NYT, or business savvy we can use to uncover weaknesses in the NYT’s business offerings, or social media skills to help us roll out our campaign when we’re ready.    The team will meet for 30 minutes at 8 p.m. ET on Monday or Thursday evenings over the next two or three months by videoconference (dial-in option available).  Manageable work and attendance requirements must be met to stay on the team.

Try out for the team!  If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and get to work, please indicate your interest and your qualifications by reply mail to: cwdirect@verizon.net.

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