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Adam Kinzinger

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Adam Kinzinger is a former U.S. Representative for Illinois's 16th congressional district, serving from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Kinzinger gained national attention for his outspoken views on various political issues, particularly his criticism of former President Donald Trump. He was one of the few Republicans to support the impeachment of Trump and served on the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riot.

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Mar 14, 2022

Maybe we ought to look at supporting some of our allies, fighting Russians and other areas as well.

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Mar 5, 2022

I think we have to do it. This is the one thing that Russia actually makes money on as their energy. And so it may be painful, but I think we absolutely have to ban those imports.

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Mar 5, 2022

What I fear in the long term is that if Russia ultimately does take control of Kyiv or all of Ukraine or most of Ukraine, and we wake up every morning and continue to see thousands upon thousands of civilians killed and all these tragic…

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Mar 5, 2022

Adam Kinzinger, on the calls from Ukraine, and by him to establish a no fly zone over Ukraine, he's been calling from that for a while and the arguments against it, namely that it risks an all-out war with Russia.

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Feb 16, 2022

And this is a defining moment in American politics and in the RNC’s future. Are you for authoritarianism? Are you against democracy? Or are you going to wake up to that slide and come back to actual democracy again?

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Feb 14, 2022

What I can tell you is he’s been subpoenaed. Our expectation is he is going to cooperate because that is the law, and that is the requirement, same as if somebody subpoenaed to court.

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Feb 14, 2022

He`s been subpoenaed. Our expectation is he is going to cooperate because that`s the law. That`s the requirement, same as if somebody subpoenaed to court.

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Feb 13, 2022

Our expectation is he is going to cooperate because that`s the law. That`s the requirement, same as if somebody is subpoenaed to court.

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Feb 8, 2022

It is a defining moment for the party and I think it`s a defining moment forever every member of the House or the Senate, or any Republican leader.

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Feb 7, 2022

It is a real possibility -- ... when we begin to separate into cultural identities, when we begin to basically give up everything we believe so we can be part of a group. And then when you have leaders that come and abuse that faithfulness…

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Feb 7, 2022

Every person out there needs to pin down every Republican and say, do you side with what the RNC did or do you condemn what they did?

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Feb 7, 2022

It`s a defining moment for the party. And I think it`s a defining moment for every member of the House or the Senate or, you know, any Republican leader.

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Feb 4, 2022

Rather than focus their efforts on how to help the American people, my fellow Republicans had chosen to censure two lifelong members of the party for simply upholding their oaths of office. They`ve allowed conspiracy theories and toxic…

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Feb 4, 2022

I'm a conservative who believes in truth, freedom, and upholding the Constitution of the United States.

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Feb 4, 2022

They’ve allowed conspiracies and toxic tribalism to hinder their ability to see clear eyed.

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Feb 4, 2022

I’ve been a member Republican Party long before Donald Trump entered the field. My values and core beliefs remain the same and I have not wavered.

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Feb 2, 2022

I have never lost an election. He has. He`s the only loser in that mix.

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Jan 31, 2022

It is time for every Republican leader to pick a side, Trump or the Constitution. There is no middle on defending our nation anymore.

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Jan 12, 2022

I`m going to maintain my Republican identity. I`m a Republican, I`ve been one since I was six. And I`m going to fight for the soul of the party. But yeah, I`m not going to sit here and pretend like that it certainly feels like I`m, you…

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Jan 11, 2022

I fully expect he probably won’t be super cooperative. But again, Congress has ways to compel that and we have ways to ensure that he’s telling the truth under oath.

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Jan 10, 2022

Yes, basic truth is that Joe Biden won the election. And I'm glad Senator Mike Rounds said that, we need to encourage that.

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Jan 10, 2022

I fully expect he probably won't be super cooperative. But again, Congress has ways to compel that and we have ways to ensure that he's telling the truth under oath.

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Jan 10, 2022

Donald Trump is a symptom of years and years of leaders, you know, profit-driven radio shows, whatever, turning the base into this angry, fearful, you know, victimized group of people.

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Jan 7, 2022

Either the president probably in his best-case scenario was totally incompetent, totally indecisive, and absolutely abdicated his responsibility to defend the Constitution or then this is where we can get more information.

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