PATRICK HERRMANN (R-SC, U.S. Senate Candidate)
RINOScorus™: 80 (A)
Full Breakdown
✔️ Summary
Patrick Herrmann is a lifelong South Carolina conservative, small business owner, and Horry County Republican Executive Committeeman running as an America First outsider against incumbent Senator Lindsey Graham. With no legislative voting record, his score is based on publicly stated policy positions, campaign platform, grassroots involvement, and documented public actions. Herrmann demonstrates strong alignment with core MAGA priorities including border security, fiscal restraint, term limits, constitutional rights, and reducing federal bureaucracy. His outsider status, business background, and anti-establishment messaging score highly under the RINOScorus™ framework, while limited MAHA policy development and the absence of a governing record prevent a higher score.
✅ Strengths
• Signed the official U.S. Term Limits congressional pledge.
• Strong support for border security, immigration enforcement, and national sovereignty.
• Advocates abolishing the IRS in favor of a flat tax and eliminating South Carolina’s state income tax.
• Strong Second Amendment platform including restoration of constitutional gun rights.
• Small business owner with more than two decades of private-sector experience.
• Consistent America First and anti-establishment campaign messaging.
• Grassroots Republican Party involvement with minimal establishment baggage.
🚩 Red Flags
• No legislative or executive governing record.
• Campaign positions remain largely untested in elected office.
• Limited public development of detailed MAHA-related policy initiatives.
• Lower statewide profile and campaign infrastructure compared to established candidates.
• Limited publicly documented anti-corruption reform proposals beyond general anti-establishment messaging.
MAGA Alignment: 89/100
• Border Security / Anti-Foreign Influence: 18/20 — Strong support for border enforcement, immigration restrictions, ending sanctuary policies, and prioritizing American sovereignty.
• Election Integrity: 17/20 — Supports voter security measures and election integrity reforms consistent with America First priorities. No known 2020 election-related red flags.
• Fiscal Responsibility / Spending Cuts: 9/10 — Supports abolishing the IRS, implementing a flat tax, eliminating South Carolina’s state income tax, and reducing federal bureaucracy.
• Term Limits Support: 9/10 — Signed the official U.S. Term Limits pledge and consistently advocates limiting career politicians.
• Anti-Corruption / Drain the Swamp: 8/10 — Strong anti-establishment message and outsider profile, though without a governing record demonstrating implementation.
• Pro-Life Alignment: 5/5 — Consistent pro-life position with no known deviations.
• Outsider / Anti-Establishment: 9/10 — Private-sector businessman challenging a long-serving incumbent and campaigning against entrenched political power.
• Anti-Lobbyist / Anti-PAC: 4/5 — Grassroots campaign profile with limited establishment donor footprint.
• Anti-Sharia / National Sovereignty: 5/5— Strong America First and sovereignty-focused messaging.
• 2A Alignment: 5/5 — Strong support for restoring and protecting Second Amendment rights.
MAHA Alignment: 15/30
• Medical Freedom / Anti-Big Pharma / Vaccine Choice: 4/10 — No major negative positions identified, but limited detailed leadership in this area.
• Food Freedom / Anti-Processed Foods: 3/5 — Some alignment through support for local agriculture and community food initiatives, though not a major campaign focus.
• Chronic Disease Focus: 2/5 — Limited policy discussion regarding chronic disease prevention or reform.
• Wellness & Prevention: 3/5 — General emphasis on family health and personal responsibility, but few specific policy proposals.
• Anti-Corporate Health Influence: 3/5 — Moderate alignment through broader anti-bureaucracy and anti-establishment themes.
External Baseline: N/A
Herrmann has no legislative voting record and therefore lacks Heritage Action, Club for Growth, Liberty Score, ACU, or NTU scorecard data. Normalized score only is used.
RINO Penalties: 0
🚨 ELECTION DAY IN SOUTH CAROLINA 🚨
Today, South Carolina has a chance to do something grassroots conservatives have talked about for years:
Retire one of Washington’s most entrenched establishment Republicans.
For nearly three decades, Lindsey Graham has been a fixture of the D.C. political class. While he has been reliable on some conservative issues, his overall record has consistently fallen short of the America First standard voters are demanding.
Lindsey Graham – RINOScorus™: 49 (F)
❌ Publicly affirmed Biden as “lawfully elected” and voted to certify the 2020 election
❌ Heavy dependence on AIPAC and establishment PAC money
❌ Moderate lifetime conservative ratings (Heritage ~59%, Club for Growth ~65%)
❌ Long record of interventionist foreign policy
❌ Nearly 30 years in Congress with no meaningful term limits action
🇺🇸 The America First Alternatives
Patrick Herrmann – RINOScorus™: 80 (A)
Mark Lynch – RINOScorus™: 78 (B )
Both challengers have signed the U.S. Term Limits pledge, support strong border security, oppose business-as-usual politics in Washington, and offer South Carolina Republicans a genuine alternative to the status quo.
Today isn’t just about one Senate seat.
It’s about whether Republican voters will continue rewarding career politicians—or demand new leadership that puts America First.
🗳️ Polls close at 7:00 PM Eastern.
If you’re in South Carolina, make your voice heard.
No more excuses. No more establishment politics. No more RINOs.
🇺🇸 This is what RINO removal looks like. 🇺🇸
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