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Adam Kinzinger: “I think the vast majority, if not all of them, my colleagues believe that this was a Trump inside of insurrection. But…”

On the recordJuly 6, 2021
I think the vast majority, if not all of them, my colleagues believe that this was a Trump inside of insurrection. But when you`re in a tribe, and you know, if you say something truthful, that gets you kicked out of the tribe, you keep your head down and you stay in the tribe.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois
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msnbc.com

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Kinzinger discusses the pressure on Republican colleagues to conform to the party line regarding the January 6 insurrection.

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