Charlie Dent: You’re a RINO Now If You Simply Disagree with Trump; The GOP’s in a Bad Place

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DENT: "Yeah, I largely agree with both of what they just said, that the party really — the litmus test for the Republican Party now is loyalty to the president. It’s not about any set of principles or ideals. That has changed, and I think we should acknowledge that fact. There was a time when people would judge you. They would say — they would call you a R.I.N.O., a Republican in name only, if you deviated on some policy issue. Now you’re called a R.I.N.O. If you simply disagree with the president and I think that’s really troubling to me and so I do think the party’s in a bad place, but this trade issue, I think, will be a seminal test for Republicans because many Republicans still believe in the notion of free markets, free trade, and I really abhor the idea of closing off American markets and support opening markets. So I think this is going to be a real test to see where the party is, this trade issue."