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Adam Kinzinger: “You cannot be the party of law and order and say that this kind of thing is okay.”

On the recordJanuary 21, 2025
You cannot be the party of law and order and say that this kind of thing is okay.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Kinzinger criticizes the Republican Party's stance on pardons related to January 6th.

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