I’ve come to believe over the last year that people more than even fearing death, we’re such a tribalistic people that they fear being kicked out of their tribe and so you accept anything because now Republicanism or Conservatism, or Trumpism becomes your identity.
Kinzinger reflects on the tribal nature of politics and how it affects people's beliefs and actions.
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[A]s I watch the behavior of our political leaders, the comments of an ever-increasingly unhinged Trump, and the growing indifference of many Americans toward our role in the world, I have to ask a painful question: Are we now the bad guys?
I’ll give her a little credit, which is she could see the tea leaves, which is like, Trump is going away, if I want to run for president or governor or whatever – I can be the former crazy that now is normal.
If we have any people that are unwilling to put their oath above any loyalty to a person, no law matters.
I think it's very obvious that the president didn't do anything but gleefully watch television while this was going down.
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