Friday, October 29, 2021

Adam Kinzinger Out!

Illinois Republican won't seek reelection.

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It appears that he won't get love from his family nor his constituents. The Karen who is sitting on the House Select Committee in regards to the 1/6 insurrection is not seeking reelection.

Rep. Karen Kinzinger (R-IL) is joining the list of many Republicans tired of the bullshit within his party.

Kinzinger announced in a video Friday morning he is not running for reelection.

"I also remember during that campaign saying that if I ever thought it was time to move on from Congress, I would, and that time is now," Kinzinger said.

He along with Rep. Karen Gonzalez (R-OH) voted with eight other Republicans to hold Washed Up 45 responsible for inciting a riot against the U.S. government. He incited a mob to attack the U.S. Capitol to disrupt the Electoral College certification of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Gonzalez also is not seeking reelection after he stated his family gotten death threats. He was pissed that a handful of his Ohio colleagues: Karen Jordan (R-OH), Karen Wenstrup (R-OH), Karen Davidson (R-OH), Karen Latta (R-OH) and Karen Balderson (R-OH) along with Idiot Karen Greene (R-GA) went to the rally in June. 

The reshaping of congressional districts was likely a factor in the decision. Because of Illinois redistricting after the 2020 census, Rep. Karen LaHood (R-IL) and Kinzinger's district would be in the same district, according to an updated map released hours earlier Friday. If that were the case, LaHood and Kinzinger would have had to run in the same June 2022 Republican primary. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to sign it into law.

Kinzinger left the door open to running for different political offices in the future in the video.

"I cannot focus on both a reelection to Congress and a broader fight nationwide. I want to make it clear. This isn't the end of my political future, but the beginning," he said. "Serving six terms in Congress has been an honor of a lifetime."

In his announcement video, Kinzinger also suggested the political environment — without saying Republicans or Washed Up 45 — has "allowed leaders to reach the power selling the false premise that strength comes from degrading others and dehumanizing those that look, act or think differently than we do."

He added: "As a country we've fallen for those lies and now we face a poisoned country filled with outrage, blinding our ability to achieve real strength. It has become increasingly obvious to me that as a country, we must unplug from the mistruth we've been fed."

He also said that because of this, he doesn't plan to try to "focus" on that and running for reelection.

"In Congress, I've witnessed our division is heavily rooted. There's little to no desire to bridge our differences and unity is no longer a word we use," he said in the video. "It has also become increasingly obvious to me that in order to break the narrative, I cannot focus on both a reelection to Congress and a broader fight nationwide."

​​Kinzinger is one of two Republican members serving on the House committee investigating the January 6 riot on the US Capitol. The majority of Republicans have viewed this Democratic-led committee as partisan and Republican leadership has not wanted members of their party to participate after QAnon Leader Karen McCarthy (R-CA) rejected a deal to create a bipartisan committee because he could not agree to its terms and scope. Kinzinger was appointed to the committee by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi along with Rep. Karen Cheney (R-WY), who was voted out of her leadership post as conference chair for being too outspoken against Trump.

His House colleagues are already feeling the shock of his announcement moments after his tweet. Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois told CNN's Erica Hill it was a "surprise" to hear he wasn't running for reelection.

"It's a surprise to me. Look, I've worked well with Adam during our times in Congress. When Democrats ask Republicans to speak truth to power, you know, if we ask them to do that and they do that with some courage, I think we owe it to them to give them the recognition. So, you know, that's a shame," he said on CNN.

"I'm going to miss Mr. Kinzinger in Congress," he added. "And I hope he continues in public life with the kinds of things he's doing, addressing the concerns we had with the Trump administration."

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