Tag Archives: Adam Kinzinger

“It’s great. It’s sad that we have to get to this. I mean, the role of the people’s house is to do things like investigations, and especially on something as important as January 6th, as serious as January 6th. And we have people, we had many people – he’s obviously one of them – that simply refused to acknowledge that, …

“I think you have to start thinking through every worst-case scenario. So obviously Putin out of the picture, I think generally it would be great for the world, but you think about the instability in Russia that will inevitably come from that. Even if this whole supposed coup fails, there will be some instability in Russia, which has nuclear weapons. …

Mediaite reports: Adam Kinzinger’s shots at McCarthy stemmed from a conversation with Bulwark’s Charlie Sykes this week on the topic of Rep. George Santos (R-NY). Sykes suggested McCarthy may do nothing at all to Santos, and Kinzinger, who recently signed on with CNN, eagerly agreed, describing him as a power-hungry leader. “Kevin’s a piece of shit,” Kinzinger said. “And let’s …

The Chicago Sun-Times reports: Adam Kinzinger has begun his next act after leaving Congress, signing on with CNN as a senior political commentator. The cable news channel announced the hire Wednesday. “Happy to join the team,” Kinzinger tweeted. The former GOP U.S. representative from Illinois’ 16th Congressional District this month wrapped up his 12-year run as a lawmaker and prominent …

Axios reports: “If this is not a crime, I don’t know what is,” Kinzinger, one of two Republican members of the House Jan. 6 committee, told CNN. “If a president can incite an insurrection and not be held accountable, then really there’s no limit to what a president can do or can’t do.” “I think the Justice Department will do …

“In the wake of the tragic Oklahoma City bombing, former President George H.W. Bush publicly refuted those who used fear to gain support. In stark contrast today, our leaders belittle, and in some cases justify, attacks on the U.S. Capitol as ‘legitimate political discourse. “The once-great party of Lincoln, Roosevelt and Reagan has turned its back on the ideals of …

“I think he has cut so many deals with bad people to get to this position that I think he’s not going to be a leader at all. I think he will be completely hostage to kind of the extreme wings of the Republican Party. “And I, frankly, don’t think he’s going to last very long. Maybe he will prove …

Roll Call reports: Retiring Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois came to Utah to make the case for electing the independent Senate candidate Evan McMullin over incumbent Republican Sen. Mike Lee. “People sometimes come up to me and say, like, ‘Adam, you’re courageous in what you’re doing,’ and I appreciate people saying that. It’s not true, though,” Kinzinger said at an …

ABC News reports: The House Jan. 6 committee investigating last year’s Capitol riot would need to negotiate with former President Donald Trump if he were to offer to testify live in response to the panel’s subpoena, Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Sunday. “I think that’s going to be a negotiation,” Kinzinger, R-Ill., a member of the committee, told ABC “This Week” …

“Back before we had all the crazies here — just some crazies — you know, every vote we took, we had to somehow defund ObamaCare. “You’ll remember, right when we took over it was we need to do the omnibus bill, but we’re not going to vote for it because it doesn’t defund ObamaCare. “That’s going to look like child’s …

Axios reports: Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R) called out members of his own party and its leadership Sunday, telling NBC’s “Meet the Press” Republicans could suffer in the midterms if they fail to clarify their position on issues like abortion. “I think Republicans are in real trouble because we have no leadership,” Kinzinger said. “This is the problem. Kevin McCarthy isn’t …

The Hill reports: Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said on Friday that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “did all of [former President] Donald Trump’s bidding” while serving in the role. He said Pompeo did “a good job” while serving as director of the CIA but completely committed himself to Trump after he joined the Cabinet. Kinzinger said Pompeo is trying …

Chicago’s Nexstar affiliate reports: “He won.” Those two words are not the sound of surrender, but a reflection of Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s current reality. The first chapters in the Kinzinger vs. Trump feud are written and they end with the congressman preparing to leave Washington, D.C. at the end of this term and the former president under siege but not …

The Hill reports: An organization allied with Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) launched a new, nonpartisan training program on Monday aimed at recruiting “pro-democracy” and “pro-freedom” candidates across the U.S. Keep Country First Policy Action, an Illinois political action committee (PAC) created by Kinzinger, said in a press release its Country First Academy will “identify and train” election workers and candidates …

Politico reports: A group of Republican state legislators who support former President Donald Trump have called on the Illinois GOP to censure Congressman Adam Kinzinger for “incendiary language, wild exaggeration and personal opinions” during the House select committee’s hearings investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. But GOP governor candidate Darren Bailey, who’s backed by Trump, and Illinois Republican Party President …

“Ladies and gentlemen, particularly my Republican friends, your leaders, by and large, have been lying to you.  They know stuff that’s very different than what they’re telling you. “They know the election wasn’t stolen, but they’re going to send out fundraising requests, they’re going to take your money from you, and they’re going to use you to stay in power. …

Deadline reports: Last week, Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson had declined to say whether the upcoming primetime session on Thursday would be the committee’s final hearing, but told NBC News it would be “the last one — at this point.” Today on CBS’s Face the Nation committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger told host Margaret Brennan, “This investigation is not winding …

ABC News reports: Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a member of the House select committee investigating last year’s Capitol riot, said Sunday that Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone didn’t contradict previous testimony by other witnesses and will be featured in the investigation’s final report after he sat for a transcribed, videotaped interview with the panel last week. “You’ll see over the …

The Hill reports: Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) shared a compilation of around a dozen vulgar and threatening calls to his congressional office to highlight an increase in threats of violence in politics. “Threats of violence over politics has increased heavily in the last few years. But the darkness has reached new lows,” Kinzinger said in a tweet accompanying the video …

Rolling Stone reports: According to Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s devastating testimony to the Jan. 6 committee this week — where she revealed the inner workings of the Trump White House in the lead up to and during the Capitol attack — has inspired other witnesses to come forward. Host Dana Bash interviewed Kinzinger on …