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===Susan Collins===
 
===Susan Collins===
 
[[Susan Collins]], the [[RINO]] senior senator from [[Maine]], although a registered [[Republican]], has a voting record the most liberal out of all the Republicans in the current U.S. Senate.<ref>[https://ontheissues.org/Senate/Susan_Collins.htm Susan Collins on the Issues]</ref> Having voted in favor of the largely inefficient Obama [[stimulus package]],<ref>[https://ontheissues.org/Economic/Susan_Collins_Budget_+_Economy.htm Susan Collins on Budget & Economy]</ref> against repealing [[ObamaCare]],<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/25/us/politics/senate-votes-repeal-obamacare.html How Each Senator Voted on Obamacare Repeal Proposals]</ref> to block [[Donald Trump]]'s shutdown over the border wall,<ref>[https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-sen-susan-collins-explains-just-why-12-frank-camp WATCH: Sen. Susan Collins Explains Just Why 12 Republicans Voted Against Trump’s Emergency Declaration]</ref> in favor of "witnesses" during the [[Trump impeachment]],<ref>[https://www.insider.com/senate-voted-against-calling-witnesses-in-trump-impeachment-trial-2020-1 In an unprecedented move, the Senate voted against calling witnesses in Trump's impeachment trial]</ref> and against prohibiting [[abortion]] after 20 weeks of pregnancy<ref>[https://votesmart.org/bill/27666/71280/379/pain-capable-unborn-child-protection-act#71280 S 3275 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - National Key Vote]</ref> in addition to having the [[moral relativism]] to assert Trump's words as being worse than [[Hillary Clinton]]'s actions,<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2016/08/08/susan-collins-donald-trump-vote-hillary-clinton/ Susan Collins Thinks What Trump Said is Worse Than What Hillary Did]</ref> Collins has a tenure largely as a [[liberal]]. Despite having certain key votes in favor of the Trump agenda such as voting to confirm [[Brett Kavanaugh]]<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/susan-collins-will-vote-yes-on-brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-2018-10?op=1 Sens. Susan Collins and Joe Manchin announce they will vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, all but guaranteeing him a spot on the court]</ref> and against the [[impeachment coup]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/04/susan-collins-trump-vote-impeachment-110735 Susan Collins will vote to acquit Trump despite 'wrong' behavior]</ref> this is likely due to the [[conservative]] pressure during the Trump era against long-time [[RINO]]s.
 
[[Susan Collins]], the [[RINO]] senior senator from [[Maine]], although a registered [[Republican]], has a voting record the most liberal out of all the Republicans in the current U.S. Senate.<ref>[https://ontheissues.org/Senate/Susan_Collins.htm Susan Collins on the Issues]</ref> Having voted in favor of the largely inefficient Obama [[stimulus package]],<ref>[https://ontheissues.org/Economic/Susan_Collins_Budget_+_Economy.htm Susan Collins on Budget & Economy]</ref> against repealing [[ObamaCare]],<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/25/us/politics/senate-votes-repeal-obamacare.html How Each Senator Voted on Obamacare Repeal Proposals]</ref> to block [[Donald Trump]]'s shutdown over the border wall,<ref>[https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-sen-susan-collins-explains-just-why-12-frank-camp WATCH: Sen. Susan Collins Explains Just Why 12 Republicans Voted Against Trump’s Emergency Declaration]</ref> in favor of "witnesses" during the [[Trump impeachment]],<ref>[https://www.insider.com/senate-voted-against-calling-witnesses-in-trump-impeachment-trial-2020-1 In an unprecedented move, the Senate voted against calling witnesses in Trump's impeachment trial]</ref> and against prohibiting [[abortion]] after 20 weeks of pregnancy<ref>[https://votesmart.org/bill/27666/71280/379/pain-capable-unborn-child-protection-act#71280 S 3275 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - National Key Vote]</ref> in addition to having the [[moral relativism]] to assert Trump's words as being worse than [[Hillary Clinton]]'s actions,<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2016/08/08/susan-collins-donald-trump-vote-hillary-clinton/ Susan Collins Thinks What Trump Said is Worse Than What Hillary Did]</ref> Collins has a tenure largely as a [[liberal]]. Despite having certain key votes in favor of the Trump agenda such as voting to confirm [[Brett Kavanaugh]]<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/susan-collins-will-vote-yes-on-brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-2018-10?op=1 Sens. Susan Collins and Joe Manchin announce they will vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, all but guaranteeing him a spot on the court]</ref> and against the [[impeachment coup]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/04/susan-collins-trump-vote-impeachment-110735 Susan Collins will vote to acquit Trump despite 'wrong' behavior]</ref> this is likely due to the [[conservative]] pressure during the Trump era against long-time [[RINO]]s.
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===Mark Kirk===
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[[Mark Kirk]], the [[pro-abortion]]<ref>[https://www.ontheissues.org/IL/Mark_Kirk.htm Mark Kirk on the Issues]</ref> former senator from [[Illinois]], is a [[RINO]] who is somewhat fiscally conservative though strongly [[liberal]] on social issues. While running for re-election to a second term in office in the 2016 U.S. Senate election in Illinois concurrent with the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]], Kirk strongly opposed [[Donald Trump]] over being ‘too bigoted and racist’ and for making supposedly outrageous statements.<ref>Two references:
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*[https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/07/politics/mark-kirk-criticize-donald-trump-temperament/index.html GOP Sen. Mark Kirk: I cannot support Donald Trump]
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*[https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/mark-kirk-trump-racist-224427 Mark Kirk: Trump 'too bigoted and racist' to be president]</ref> Four months later, Kirk himself made a controversial joke against left-wing [[Democrat]] challenger [[Tammy Duckworth]], something deemed to be a mockery of Duckworth's heritage according to mainstream [[political correctness]].<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/10/28/mark-kirk-under-fire-comments-tammy-duckworths-thai-heritage/92879442/ Mark Kirk under fire for comments about Tammy Duckworth's Thai heritage]</ref>
    
===Lisa Murkowski===
 
===Lisa Murkowski===
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===Mitt Romney===
 
===Mitt Romney===
 
[[Willard Mitt Romney]], the [[2012 presidential election]] loser to [[Barack Obama]], has voted in favor of witness during the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump<ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/480845-romney-to-vote-in-favor-of-impeachment-witnesses Romney to vote in favor of impeachment witnesses]</ref> and was the only Republican to vote in favor of removing [[President Trump]].<ref>[https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2020/02/05/mitt-romney-break-with/ Mitt Romney breaks with GOP and votes to remove Trump from office]</ref>
 
[[Willard Mitt Romney]], the [[2012 presidential election]] loser to [[Barack Obama]], has voted in favor of witness during the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump<ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/480845-romney-to-vote-in-favor-of-impeachment-witnesses Romney to vote in favor of impeachment witnesses]</ref> and was the only Republican to vote in favor of removing [[President Trump]].<ref>[https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2020/02/05/mitt-romney-break-with/ Mitt Romney breaks with GOP and votes to remove Trump from office]</ref>
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===Olympia Snowe===
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[[Olympia J. Snowe]], the former [[liberal]] [[Republican]] senator from [[Maine]], is known as a [[RINO]] who held a voting record even more left-wing than her colleague [[Susan Collins]] between 2007 and 2013,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/olympia_snowe/300091 Sen. Olympia Snowe - GovTrack]</ref> who voted for the 2009 [[stimulus bill]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2012/02/9-snowe-votes-that-angered-the-gop-073449 9 Snowe votes that angered the GOP]</ref> and who maintained strongly [[pro-abortion]] votes throughout her Senate tenure.<ref>[https://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Olympia_Snowe.htm Olympia Snowe on the Issues]</ref>
    
===Bill Weld===
 
===Bill Weld===
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