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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 23, 2023

If I'm the former President, I'm going to be nervous because those excuses and those lies and frankly, those misperceptions he made, those are going to come tumbling down.

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Mar 20, 2023

We cannot grow numb to the fact that he has basically said, Americans are the enemy, not Russia. You know, we have to stop justice from occurring, in essence.

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Mar 20, 2023

I think it's pretty chilling. I think look, see what this is. It's like they've already made up their mind. They know all the evidence. They've come to a conclusion. That's not how justice works.

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Mar 16, 2023

do you really think an indicted former President can win again? That'll probably be the most effective argument in a primary.

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Feb 20, 2023

This is what happens when you lack leadership. So on foreign policy, the American people generally are willing to either go to war or give aid or support our allies in a war, as long as somebody stands in front of them and makes the case…

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Feb 20, 2023

The Republicans, if they are given the reason and they are showed the reason for this, they would be supportive. But there is no leadership in the Republican Party.

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Feb 20, 2023

I think Joe Biden needs to do a little better job of that. I do think his trip was great, and that sends a strong message.

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Feb 16, 2023

There's a huge risk. Huge risk. Just like 2016 happened, it really could happen again now. And it's a big worry for Republicans.

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Feb 16, 2023

I think there's going to be a lot of people that in the Republican Party still that like Trump or Trumpism. But I think there's a real opportunity for the person to come forward and present an optimistic, hopeful scenario for the future.

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Feb 16, 2023

I always had in my mind, this guy is at least going to make a solid run for the presidency and probably be president.

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Feb 9, 2023

I think we've made it clear, the President has made it clear and DoD has made it clear that we're not going to allow incursions into our airspace.

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Feb 2, 2023

I haven't heard over the United States, although there are reports that these have flown over US territories, US outposts, particularly near China. This is certainly was not on my bingo card waking up this morning that this would happen…

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Jan 31, 2023

I think it is related. I think, look, once you had -- when the Democrats had control the House, really the Hunter Biden laptop story, it was on certain cable news channels, it was on the internet. It was on talk radio.

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Jan 31, 2023

This is, you know, political gold within the right-wing. This is what you need to lead on if you want to win a primary.

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Jan 31, 2023

There is no difference in having stolen the data. I mean, a computer shop owner, who Hunter Biden gave a laptop to, to fix, who stole his data, which to me has been incredible from the very beginning like that has not been a bigger story.

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Jan 29, 2023

The Democrats still have the most levers of government. They have the Presidency. They have the Senate. And, frankly, they will be responsible, for how this era is judged, when it comes to debt and deficit.

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Jan 29, 2023

I'm worried. Let me say this to the Democrats, though. Come to the table with some budget proposal that actually does cut spending. We have $31 trillion in debt. I don't think there's anybody with a straight face that can say that's…

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Jan 29, 2023

I don't think so. I mean, I think it's possible. So, what Tim says there, is the absolute right thing. He's the best for Republicans' person to lead this. I think he's exactly the right person.

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Jan 4, 2023

You know, none of them will tell you on the air. They're not going to come on and say, we're just tired. We need to go home, because obviously you have to put up this we're here to fight for.

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Jan 4, 2023

They're going to realize that at this point, you're really picking a person over the health of the party and by extension, the health of the country.

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Jan 4, 2023

I think if you look historically, the politics doesn't allow for it. But we're in a completely unprecedented moment, at least in our memories.

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Jan 4, 2023

I think my biggest worry just for the country is not really the ballot after ballot, and that's just democracy. That's a process. Everybody is learning kind of House rules now. It is, what is Kevin willing to give up?

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