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Adam Kinzinger: “To publicly disagree and try to shame, I don't understand that. I don't know what the president gets out of it. And I…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2019
To publicly disagree and try to shame, I don't understand that. I don't know what the president gets out of it. And I certainly know that it's damaging, I think, to our national security.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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Adam Kinzinger discusses the implications of President Trump's public disagreements with intelligence assessments.

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