New Far Right Ballad Has Abbott, Cornyn
and Congress Duo as Texas RINO Quartet
Capitol Inside
March 1, 2026
U.S. Senator John Cornyn and Governor Greg Abbott have never inspired the composition of any songs about their accomplishments or leadership or visions on making Texas or America or both greater than they were before they won their first political posts as state Supreme Court members in the 1990s.
But after waiting for three entire decades, the two longest-serving politicians in the Lone Star State are finally being immortalized in music - for all the wrong reasons - in a new country tune that was released Sunday on social media under the title I Remember Every RINO.
The
song was unveiled on X by an outfit called the Rino Removal Project - and it also features a pair of Texas congressional Republicans who are fighting for political survival in Tuesday's primary elections in races they both could be poised to lose in round one or subsequent runoffs.
The Mount Rushmore of Texas RINOs - based on the ballad that has anthem potential in MAGA ranks - includes U.S. Reps. Dan Crenshaw of Houston and Tony Gonzales of San Antonio along with the state's senior U.S. Senate member and the governor who's seeking a record fourth term at the polls in 2026.
Crenshaw - the Captain Jack Sparrow of the Texas congressional delegation with a patch on his eye - could be in danger of an early elimination in a bid for a sixth term after chief primary rival State Rep. Steve Toth of Conroe scored an endorsement from President Donald Trump last week. Crenshaw has alienated the far right by refusing to march in lockstep with Trump on every issues like almost all of the other elected GOP officials in Texas do 100 percent of the time.
Gonzales received an endorsement from Trump in December complete with a promise to MAGA voters that the lawmaker from the Alamo City would not let this down. But the president let Gonzales down instead in the midst of allegations about an affiar with a married staffer who took her own life last year she set herself on fire. The anti-RINO video shows a shot of Gonzales at one point with flames as a backdrop with the face of a dark-haired young woman immersed in them.
Congressional District 23 contender Brandon Herrera, who's challenging Gonzales in the primary election this week, has a cameo of sorts in a photo that flashes on the screen with him decked in dark shades and a bullet proof vest while holding an assault rifle close to his chest. A versus in the song has "Herrera loading up on Tony's seat" in a reference to his tweeter handle @The AKGuy.
The video promoting The AK Guy was posted online just hours after a gunman killed at least two people and injured at least 14 others in a shooting spree on West Sixth Street in Austin when the bars were closing at 2 a..m. The FBI is investigating the latest Texas mass shooting as a possible act of terrorism triggered by the U.S. attack on Iran on Saturday.
The cast in the video for the Texas RINO number features nine men and women who are self-styled America First patriots on vocals with several men dressed like cowboys strumming guitars, a drummer and a woman sawing on a fiddle at points in the song. While AI is always a suspect these days, the anti-RINO performers appear to be really singing and playing the instruments in a scene that resembles an episode from the old TV show Hee-Haw. The musicians who despise RINOs enough to sing about them have names that most Texans will not recognize - with the possible exception of Sara Gonzales - the host for a podcast on Blaze TV.
Abbott is the only one of the four characters in the song who's a lock for a win in Tuesday's primary vote with a re-election campaign that faces only token opposition in round one this year. Cornyn expects to land a spot in a primary runoff with Attorney General Ken Paxton in his own bid for a new term in 2026. Most of the polling on the contest has shown Paxton out in front of the incument and U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt with a sufficient amount of support to force overtime in the race that's crowning the Texas ballot.
Gonzales is the only member of the alleged RINO quartet who may have no hope for victory in round one or two as a consequence of the dumpster fire that his campaign has become with allegations of his promiscuity, infidelity and pressure tactics with the lover who worked for him before committing suicide in a most shocking fashion going viral in the past two weeks.
Here are the I Remember Every RINO lyrics based on the text that appears on the phone and computer screens with the music ...
I Remember Every Rino
Red dirt highways, March 3 sky
Pickup beds loaded, flags flying high
Cornyn in D.C., promises thin
Signed the bills bills, called it a win
Crenshaw talking tough on the news
Votes go quiet when it's time to choose
Abbott on the fence, numbers climb
Said he'd hold the line, just needed time
I remember every RINO
Cold shoulders from the Austin tower
Begged for our vote, then sold us out
Big talk blooms when primaries near
Say secure the border, leave us here
Pictures and handshakes, headlines to sell
When it gets heavy, they fade as well
Wish I didn't, but I do
Remember broken words from you
Four names echo down these roads
We still remember every vote
Gonzales shadows burning in the dark
Hiding from the truth, leaving his mark
Abbott's theater surge left unchecked
EPIC rising up, late to protect
Herrera loading up on Tony's seat
Primary day, red wave gonna meet
Base is storing, no more elite game
Texas taking back its name
I remember every Rino
You're blocking what we need to save this state
But when the hell you gonna face the hate
Your concrete boots in the Texas heat
It burns like hell when the base won't retreat
No you'll never be the fighter you swore
But I'll remember you crumbling on the floor
Wish I didn't, but I do
Remember every betrayal
Four names echo down these roads
We still remember every vote
Blame it on donors, blame the crowd
Blame Austin pressure talking loud
Boots on gravel don't forget
We kept the faith
You lost the bet
I remember every RINO
Base is risin'
Winds are blowin'
Small town singing, ballots showing
I remember every RINO
Yeah Texas remembers
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