One of the strongest conservatives in the Senate,<ref>[https://www.ontheissues.org/House/Marsha_Blackburn.htm Marsha Blackburn on the Issues]</ref><ref>[https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/25186/marsha-blackburn Marsha Blackburn's Voting Records]</ref> Blackburn has thoroughly backed [[Donald Trump]] more strongly than almost all other Senate Republicans. This included her vote in favor of Trump's border wall funding proposal during 2018-2019 government shutdown amidst opposition within the Senate Republicans as well as her refusal to vote for the Democrat alternative, in contrast to [[RINO]]s such as her colleague [[Lamar Alexander]] who caved into the latter proposal.<ref>[https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/24/how-sens-lamar-alexander-and-marsha-blackburn-voted-two-key-government-shutdown-votes/2670004002/ How Sens. Lamar Alexander and Marsha Blackburn voted on two key government shutdown bills]</ref> | One of the strongest conservatives in the Senate,<ref>[https://www.ontheissues.org/House/Marsha_Blackburn.htm Marsha Blackburn on the Issues]</ref><ref>[https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/25186/marsha-blackburn Marsha Blackburn's Voting Records]</ref> Blackburn has thoroughly backed [[Donald Trump]] more strongly than almost all other Senate Republicans. This included her vote in favor of Trump's border wall funding proposal during 2018-2019 government shutdown amidst opposition within the Senate Republicans as well as her refusal to vote for the Democrat alternative, in contrast to [[RINO]]s such as her colleague [[Lamar Alexander]] who caved into the latter proposal.<ref>[https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/24/how-sens-lamar-alexander-and-marsha-blackburn-voted-two-key-government-shutdown-votes/2670004002/ How Sens. Lamar Alexander and Marsha Blackburn voted on two key government shutdown bills]</ref> |