Posted on 01/05/2021 2:50:56 AM PST by MarvinStinson
Describing President Trump’s phone call with Georgia’s top election official as “frightening,” an Illinois Republican congressman suggested that he now regrets his vote for the president and might even be open to a third party if his GOP colleagues continue to echo baseless conspiracy claims about a stolen election.
In an interview with Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery” podcast, Rep. Adam Kinzinger also said he is worried about the prospects for violence around the Capitol on Wednesday, when tens of thousands of Trump supporters are expected to show up for protests aimed at pressuring lawmakers to block Joe Biden’s election. Those protesters, he said, have been victimized by a “scam” perpetrated by Trump.
“I would say if I knew everything I know now, I’d probably think differently,” Kinzinger said when asked about his vote for Trump last November. While he had supported the president “based on policy,” Kinzinger said that Trump’s behavior since the election — questioning the legitimacy of the election and threatening “the underpinnings of democracy” — represents a “massive demarcation” in presidential behavior. He added at one point: “I’ll tell you everything I’m hearing is, he’s freaking out generally.”
Kinzinger, a former Air Force pilot who represents a district southwest of Chicago, has been one of the few House Republicans to speak out against the president’s attempts to overturn the election. His increasingly critical comments illustrate the tensions and deep divisions that have broken out within the GOP this week as Trump has stepped up his demands that members of Congress take the extraordinary step of rejecting the Electoral College votes giving Joe Biden the presidency.
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More garbage from our garbage media. Has Yahoo or Newsweek ever reported a positive story about Trump? Ever?
When Adam was running for office, he really talked a good talk and sounded like the real deal. I voted for him believing that it was about time Illinois had a real conservative. Boy was I taken in.
Kin zinger is a Democrat in Republican clothing, as are many of them here in Illinois.
Strangely, in my town, there were Trump signs everywhere, and I’m a stone’s throw from Chicago. That says a lot.
Spikey Isikoff.
Nuff said.
Adam is a Democrat who is afraid to say he is...Primary him in 2022...
So simply being an Air Force pilot gives him legitimacy?
Maybe that sick POS RINO thinks so. Maybe he is a legend in his own mind. 👎
😂. I woke up in the middle of the night to GOP
He is going to learn after Madigan directed redistricting once your usefulness to Ds is ended, you are discarded faster than a Willie Brown disposed of his condom after a romp with Kamalho. I believe his endgame is to form a IL RINO party with Pat Brady and deadbeat dad Joe Walsh to run against Jabba the gov
Like “war hero” John McCain?
A true disgrace to the uniform. Shame on you.
Kinzinger needs to be removed from the congressional seat next round. And Yahoo sucks!
A “republican” from south side of Chicago! ROTFLMAO!!! What’s with all the crap about him being a former “zoomie” pilot? What does that have to do with anything?
There have been reports of antifa planning to show up in MAGA gear and go violent.
I think this has been part of a plan, as I had a GOP friend here in a blue state fretting a couple of weeks ago that Trump’s crowd would go violent here. She’s a consumer of MSM and they’ve apparently been planting that idea.
Illinois Republican.
Is that an oxymoron?
Exactly.
Well do tell, I regret my votes for McCain and Romney-Ryan too.
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