Commentary: What does being labeled a RINO even mean?
Thomas Quirk, For the Express-News
Feb. 17, 2021
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Was former President Ronald Reagan a RINO? He worked with Democrats, fought the Cold War, and achieved immigration reform.MIKE SARGENT /AFP /Getty Images
The term “RINO”, an abbreviation for “Republican in Name Only,” has been used for yearswithin the Republican Party. It is meant to be derogatory. I have never seen a definition or had it explained to me. So, I started thinking of what it might mean. In doing so I fell back to looking at Republican presidents who traditionally were considered the titular head of the party. Their biographies are the bedrock of the Republican Party.
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