Open primaries are the reason jerks like this are elected on the GOP ticket. Rinos who depend on open primaries:
Lindsey Graham
John McCain
Jeff Flake
Lamar Alexander
Bob Corker
John Cornyn
Thad Cochran
So true. After Newt's big win in 1994, Gov Christie Todd Whitman started that RINO group that worked for open primaries in order to dump conservative values Republicans. It worked.