Most People Who Claim to be Republicans are RINOs

The first time I heard the term RINO used as an acronym for "republican in name only" was when my younger sister bandied it describing people like John McCain and Bob Dole. I have heard it used more recently by other people to describe people like Mitt Romney and Liz Cheney. 

If I were to point out to my sister that those names include three former Republican presidential nominees and the daughter of a former Republican vice president, she would likely make her indignant "pfffft" noise. She would follow that with a dismissive "yeah, sure," or some similar response to let me know that Beck and Carlson hadn't given her the correct response to that particular challenge. She, like so many other people who claim to be Republican these days, are truly Tea Party RINOs.