It starts to give you pause that either they've already made up their minds on a level we can't even imagine, they just don't care, or maybe they don't have the intellectual capability to absorb what's happening. Really what it comes down to is just re-election and fundraising. I think when it's that nakedly political, we have a real problem in our system today.
Adam Kinzinger discusses the political motivations behind actions related to the Capitol siege.
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[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?
It's chilling. I mean, I think he was sending a very clear message, which is, this is my Department of Justice.
I think it's very obvious that the president didn't do anything but gleefully watch television while this was going down.
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