RINO

rino Rino riño riñó rino- rɨño English Etymology Attested from December 1992. Pronunciation en rhino Noun en US politics derogatory en Republican in name only typically used by conservative members of the U.S. Republican Party (United States) Republican Party to describe liberal Republicans or Republicans seen as liberals. en 1994 September Raphael J. Sonenshein Politics in Black and White: Race and Power in Los Angeles 303 Princeton University Press Irritated that Riordan’s key aides are Democrats, some Republican party activists sported RINO (Republican In Name Only) buttons at a Riordan speech (Los Angeles Times, 16 May 1994). en October 28 1998 Eric Chomko George W. Bush: Our Next President alt.president.clinton And Bush is a RINO - Republican In Name Only. Even my dad, a lifelong Democrat, says that Bush (this one) is much more moderate en 2005 September Brannon Howse One Nation Under Man?: The Worldview War Between Christians and the Secular Left 61 Broadman & Holman Publishing Group Among Republicans, there are the RINOs—Republican In Name Only. A RINO does not apply convictions based upon a biblical worldview to public policy. en Richard Fausset; Jonathan Martin In Georgia, a Republican Feud With Trump at the Center w:The New York Times 2020-11-18 on https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/politics/georgia-recount.html 0362-4331 Mr. Trump called Mr. Raffensperger a “RINO,” or Republican in Name Only, while continuing to make false claims about voting integrity in Georgia; along the way he tossed a few barbs at the state’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, Mr. Trump’s ally and sometime-scapegoat. https://web.archive.org/web/20260211150137/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/politics/georgia-recount.html 11 February 2026 Related terms en DINO en GINO en LINO See also en Rockefeller Republican en Log-cabin Republican Further reading Republican in Name Only Anagrams en inor Iron Orin Rion inro inrō iron noir nori roin en Conservatism People