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Adam Kinzinger: “The people that were writing these e-mails told the Committee that they knew they had to pump out, whatever it was each…”

On the recordApril 11, 2023
The people that were writing these e-mails told the Committee that they knew they had to pump out, whatever it was each of us 10 or 20 e-mails a day, because we knew that each time we sent out an e-mail, it would raise, whatever, fifty or a hundred thousand dollars, so there was no commitment.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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Kinzinger discusses the pressure on individuals to send out fundraising emails after the election, implying they may have known the content was misleading.

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