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Adam Kinzinger: “I actually believe that Assad is the reason ISIS exists, and he is the continued incubator for ISIS.”

On the recordJuly 12, 2017
I actually believe that Assad is the reason ISIS exists, and he is the continued incubator for ISIS.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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Kinzinger blames Assad for the rise of ISIS and ongoing terrorism.

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