Senator John McCain (R-AZ)

It looks like a state Republican Party has finally done what many (including the South Dakota GOP) state GOPs should be doing: censured a member of their party for betraying the values and principles of the Republican Party.

From Fox News:

According to the resolution, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee has campaigned as a conservative but has lent his support to issues “associated with liberal Democrats,” such as immigration reform and to funding the law sometimes known as Obamacare.

Several Republican county committees recently censured McCain.

It’s about time. Would the members of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) sit by and do nothing while one of their leaders publicly and prominently drove drunk on a regular basis? Would members of the medical community be silent if a prominent doctor repeatedly said publicly that habitually using meth was perfectly healthy and should be encouraged?

Then why should Republicans be silent and do nothing when a “Republican” leader promotes liberal policies and undermines people who support Republican policies? Tolerating such betrayals of values within their midst gives the impression to the public that such betrayals are okay with the larger body to which the betrayer belongs. This destroys the credibility of the organization in the public’s eye.

With the state convention coming up in a few months, I hope South Dakota Republicans will consider censuring some state officials who have betrayed documented Republican values and principles. Killing Second Amendment bills, bills to deal with illegal immigration, bills to fight ObamaCare, bills to promote personal responsibility, increasing the size of government, raising taxes, meddling in the free market, and similar liberal activities does NOT represent the Republican Party.

From the Tea Party News Network, this was the reaction when the motion to censure the sellout RINO came:

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