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Adam Kinzinger Admits He's a Hack, Deletes Most Embarrassing Tweet in Bizarre Tirade
When Dan McLaughlin (a former RedState contributor) asked him what being pro-life had to do with Ukraine, Kinzinger appeared to claim that “you all” defend Putin. That of course is a ridiculous comment to make about pro-life people and, in particular, about McLaughlin, who is a staunch supporter of Ukraine.
Our Joe Cunningham blasted Kinzinger with the truth.
So, for the people who think he’s just about attacking President Donald Trump: no, guys, this guy is a bizarre whack job. How do you even begin to make an argument that “pro-life” equates to support for Vladimir Putin? And why would you do that, much less when claiming you’re “pro-life”? While you might have someone in the vast group of people who are pro-life who does support Putin, it isn’t any kind of a parameter or part of being pro-life. And questioning the vast, unlimited money that the Biden Administration — with the approval of Republicans — is pouring into Ukraine, doesn’t make you “pro-Putin”; it makes you concerned about where our money is going, because it isn’t going to our interests here. That’s not “defending Putin”–that’s defending the best interests of the United States and its people. Something that Kinzinger is supposed to be doing but isn’t, when he throws in with the Democrats.
But Kinzinger wasn’t quite done yet. A Twitter user blasted his “conserving conservatism” by using this moment to blast pro-lifers like a Democratic activist. Then Kinzinger agreed.
Adam Kinzinger continues support for Ukrainian ‘meme army,’ despite neo-Nazi ties
Over the weekend, however, NAFO ran into major controversy. Internet sleuths and researchers discovered that the founder of NAFO, a man named Kamil Dyszewski, identifies politically with neo-Nazi ideology, as an avowed antisemite, Hitler admirer, and Holocaust denier.
Moss Robeson, a New York-based researcher on Ukrainian fascist movements and the publisher of the Bandera Lobby Blog on Substack, highlighted a series of disturbing antisemitic sentiments advanced by the NAFO founder.
https://twitter.com/mossrobeson__/status/1581069647130288128?s=20&t=XNcORIP4ulZeT6zBRMc6wA
The NAFO founder has since locked his Twitter account and mass deleted many of these posts.
https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1565493398064140288?s=20&t=ZQcXrie3lzm9CLmEgar3yA
Ja’han Jones writes for MSNBC:
There is something going on at the Secret Service … maybe just having a preference for one side or the other.
All we want to know from Kinzinger before he heads off into the sunset is why his buddy Ray Epps isn’t in prison for inciting people to riot and why Kingzinger has excused him as “just another misled man.”
There is something going on at the Secret Service … maybe just having a preference for one side or the other.
All we want to know from Kinzinger before he heads off into the sunset is why his buddy Ray Epps isn’t in prison for inciting people to riot and why Kingzinger has excused him as “just another misled man.”
Reality Bites Adam Kinzinger After He Spins a ‘Bravest Man in the Room’ Narrative on MSNBC
Kinzinger saved the best for last, though, predictably accusing other Republicans of “sheer cowardice” for not standing up to Trump and for not being willing to risk their careers in order to do what Kinzinger perceived to be the right thing:
As noted by the responses, there were multiple problems with Kinzinger’s self-serving “bravest man in the room” speech, however, the biggest one being that it’s not Trump Republicans who ultimately did him in. It was his newfound pals in the Democratic party, the ones in Illinois to be exact. New maps they drew a year ago effectively forced him to bow out of an expected bid for reelection.
Not only that, but his career was not going to be “over” even if he did run and failed to win again. He still would have been in politics, just not in Congress, because at last check there was still a high demand for shameless anti-Trump “Republican” grifters in The Swamp, on the cable news nets, among the Very Online Left, and beyond – and Kinzinger most definitely fits the bill.
In other words, Kinzinger’s rant was full of sound and fury, signifying absolutely nothing except how he continues to be a legend – but only in his own mind.
Delusions of significance, as my dad would say.
GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger says House Republicans will have a 'totally nonfunctional majority' in 2023 and McCarthy as speaker will be 'the equivalent of the dog who caught the car'
Kinzinger, who spoke on Charlie Sykes' Bulwark podcast about the internal dynamics within the GOP caucus, including the challenges that Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California faces in rounding up the requisite 218 votes to earn the speaker's gavel on the floor House floor, said that Democrats would need to be strategic about the situation if they hoped to block a McCarthy speakership.
"When there's a 15, 20 person majority, it takes a lot of people to deny the future Speaker his votes. But when it's just like three, four, five you can find it – which is why I think the Democrats need to be really thinking about, and thinking about working people like AOC and some of those that are never going to vote for a Republican — find a Republican that is agreeable, try to find a couple of Republicans that are in elected office, and then vote for that person for Speaker," he said.
Kinzinger, who was first elected in 2010 and was formerly close to McCarthy, slammed his onetime friend who is navigating a delicate situation of trying to appease far-right, mainstream conservative, and moderate members of his caucus with a thin majority — a tough prospect for any Republican lawmaker in leadership.
"This couldn't happen to a nicer guy," Kinzinger quipped. "I used to be great friends with Kevin McCarthy. He's been the biggest disappointment of my life."
He then went on to criticize Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, who replaced Liz Cheney as the chair of the House Republican Conference last year after the Wyoming congresswoman repeatedly spoke out against former President Donald Trump's debunked election claims and his role on January 6, 2021.
A sitting member of the House of Representatives threatening a private citizen — a cat, no less — for posting a meme. At what point have we slipped into utter absurdity with this guy Kinzinger? I think when he’s threatening a cat we may have just reached it. Then on top of that, describing himself as a “real warrior” in the process was also so narcissistically on brand. As we’ve noted in the past, Adam always seems to think that he’s the “bravest man in the room.” What is he threatening to do to Catturd if he met him in person? Not a good look when you have a member of Congress acting this way. On top of that, it was also funny that Kinzinger didn’t quote tweet the meme or tag Catturd, he screenshot it, because he didn’t have the bravery to even let the cat know that he was commenting on him. But “real warrior.” It’s long since time that his staff should have staged an intervention with Adam to stop him from rage-tweeting. How did he ever get in office when he’s this unhinged?
First, Kinzinger Attacked a Cat, Now He's Flipping out Over a Frog and Elon Musk
No, Adam, Pepe didn’t originate with the alt-right; it’s been an internet thing long before that. Also if you’re going to talk about antisemitism, at least show you care enough to spell it right. As even the leftist ADL notes, the majority of uses of Pepe have nothing to do with any kind of bigotry.