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Adam Kinzinger

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Adam Kinzinger is a former U.S. Representative for Illinois's 16th congressional district, serving from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Kinzinger gained national attention for his outspoken views on various political issues, particularly his criticism of former President Donald Trump. He was one of the few Republicans to support the impeachment of Trump and served on the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riot.

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Jul 27, 2026

The only thing that has changed since January 6 is now, if they want to run that play again, they're going to put more loyal people into the administration earlier on.

cbsnews.com
Jun 18, 2026

I think it's very obvious that the president didn't do anything but gleefully watch television while this was going down.

cbsnews.com
Jun 15, 2026

If we have any people that are unwilling to put their oath above any loyalty to a person, no law matters.

cbsnews.com
Jun 15, 2026

He can say anything he wants. The real leader, the only person in charge that made those calls was Mike Pence.

cbsnews.com
Jun 15, 2026

The president absolutely tried to overthrow the will of the people.

cbsnews.com
Nov 22, 2025

I’ll give her a little credit, which is she could see the tea leaves, which is like, Trump is going away, if I want to run for president or governor or whatever – I can be the former crazy that now is normal.

theguardian.com
Jul 9, 2025

Absolutely the dumbest man in govt.

nbcnews.com
Mar 18, 2025

No, I mean, look, when you talk about somebody specifically being Black in the military, all we have to do is look at history, the things these people had to overcome when Black people weren't welcomed or they were segregated, or we talk…

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Mar 16, 2025

Hey Trump, bring it on, dude. You weak, whiny, tiny man.

nbcnews.com
Mar 13, 2025

It's chilling. I mean, I think he was sending a very clear message, which is, this is my Department of Justice.

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Feb 21, 2025

[A]s I watch the behavior of our political leaders, the comments of an ever-increasingly unhinged Trump, and the growing indifference of many Americans toward our role in the world, I have to ask a painful question: Are we now the bad guys?

alternet.org
Jan 22, 2025

The house is starting another Jan 6 committee. I actually look forward to re-litigating this. Let’s do it. 187 minutes of watching people assault cops, then pardoning them. Bring it on Mike

alternet.org
Jan 21, 2025

You cannot be the party of law and order and say that this kind of thing is okay.

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Jan 21, 2025

On the committee, I say this, bring it. I want to be able to talk about this again, because there's so much misinformation out there.

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Jan 5, 2025

I think there's a lot of frustration. And I want to be clear, I think the frustration, you know, at least on my end and probably on the presidents end has nothing to do with like we really wanted retribution. And that didn't happen fast…

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Jan 5, 2025

Jan 6th is a reminder to me: cowardice spreads like wildfire… this country needs leaders who are willing to tell the people the truth, not pander to lies.

alternet.org
Jan 5, 2025

I mean, it's interesting. So, you know, like with Graham saying he prefaced his statement with -- the president can do what he wants, right?

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Jan 5, 2025

I think history ultimately is going to be very accurate. On what happened on January 6th. Once Donald Trump is out of office in four years, he'll be far less popular than he went into office.

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Jan 5, 2025

It's about the American people deserving to know who they're electing as president, deserving to know what actually happened on January 6th, and they're not going to get that information.

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Dec 19, 2024

You know, they both really need each other. Musk got him elected with his spending.

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Dec 17, 2024

I am not worried. The last person in the world that scares me is Donald Trump.

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Dec 17, 2024

No, it didn't surprise me ultimately, because the people that serve on Ethics understand, I mean, Republican and Democrat, they understand that they're kind of the guardian of the flame really. They're responsible for ensuring that we hold…

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Dec 17, 2024

Matt Gaetz has made it clear, he still wants to be in government. He only basically had to pull out of being attorney general. Let's keep that in mind. He almost was attorney general of the United States. That was Donald Trump's number one…

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Dec 17, 2024

the debt ceiling is going to have to go up, but he doesn't want to have to take ownership for it because he will again for four years look at the Democrats and blame them.

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