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On the recordDecember 17, 2023
I mean, they're just being absolute cowards. They wish you wouldn't say it. They -- you know, most of them, obviously, don't agree with how he says it, but they don't want to tick off the base.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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Kinzinger criticizes fellow politicians for not standing up against Donald Trump's rhetoric.

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