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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 22, 2021

But does that allow us offensive operations against maybe a forming group in Iraq or Afghanistan?

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Mar 22, 2021

I think anytime you decide you are going to fight and go to war, I think when Congress comes in and determines that, because of a political decision, we want to limit ground forces or whatever, then you are never serious about going and…

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Mar 22, 2021

The President needs the power to fight against terrorism, and we have to be careful to kind of go into this realm of having 535 different commanders in chief because we all think we could do it better.

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Mar 22, 2021

But 20 years later, I think an important question needs to be asked, which is are we safer today than we were on September 10th of 2001? And I actually think the answer is yes.

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Mar 3, 2021

The Republican Party has lost its way. Republicans must say enough is enough. It’s time to unplug the outrage machine, reject the politics of personality and cast aside the conspiracy theories in the rage. It’s time to turn back from the…

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Feb 9, 2021

It starts to give you pause that either they've already made up their minds on a level we can't even imagine, they just don't care, or maybe they don't have the intellectual capability to absorb what's happening. Really what it comes down…

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Feb 9, 2021

The president bears serious responsibility for what we saw on the 6th and it's not just his speech that day.

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Feb 8, 2021

I think it's indicative of quite honestly, how poorly the defense did in their performance.

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Feb 8, 2021

If it's politics, which is why you would not vote to remove, that's the wrong answer.

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Feb 8, 2021

I think the President bear serious responsibility for what we saw on the six and it's not just a speech that day. It's the four years of building the groundwork leading up to that.

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Feb 8, 2021

Anderson, we asked young men and women to give their lives to defend this country. And we appreciate that as we should, and yet, we're unwilling to give our own careers for a cause of the country.

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Feb 8, 2021

This isn`t a waste of time. It`s a matter of accountability. If the GOP doesn`t take a stand, the chaos of the past few months and the past four years, could quickly return.

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Feb 3, 2021

The bottom line is this. Winning an election is important but it`s secondary to winning this country. And if it has to take an open battle within the GOP, then that`s what it`s going to have to take because a party, a Republican Party…

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Feb 2, 2021

I see representatives like Adam Kinzinger stepped forward and speak, you know, essentially truth to power on the side of Congress.

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Feb 1, 2021

Let`s take a look at the last four years. How far we have come in a bad way, how backwards-looking we are, how much we peddle darkness and division.

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Jan 27, 2021

The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you’re already dead.

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Jan 12, 2021

There is no doubt in my mind that the president of the United States broke his oath of office and incited this insurrection. If these actions are not worthy of impeachment, then what is an impeachable offense? I will vote in favor of…

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Jan 7, 2021

It is with a heavy heart that I'm calling for the sake of our democracy that the 25th amendment be invoked.

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Jan 7, 2021

All indications are that the president has become unmoored not just from his duty, or even his oath, but from reality itself.

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Dec 28, 2020

To play this old switcheroo game, which is just kind of like, I don't get the point, I don't understand what's being done, why. Unless it's just to create chaos and show power and be upset because you lost the election. Otherwise, I don't…

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Dec 28, 2020

This is too much. This is beyond the limits.

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Dec 28, 2020

I mean, you know, to explain to people that somehow Congress can overthrow the certified results of every state that we can change an election outcome when there was not a single court case that had any legs, there is no impetus to…

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Dec 28, 2020

This is a scam though.

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