It was in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, and 2021, that “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” presented its original profile of the four term U.S. House Representative for Illinois’ 16th Congressional District, Adam Kinzinger, and those who only have followed the most current events are probably like, “WHUH? How the heck is one of the only Republicans rejecting Donald Trump’s bulls*** one of the ‘crazy’ ones?”
Well, our memory goes back a bit farther. We’re talking about a guy who not only bought into the Center for Medical Progress’ bogus “sting” video that illegally taped a Planned Parenthood executive, and compared the fraudulent footage to concentration Camp experiments on conservative talk radio. And it’s part of that sort of reaction that the GOP had that served as a stochastic terror trigger to send a man named Robert Lewis Dear over the edge, and to shoot up a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. But Kinzinger wasn’t satisfied with the violence his party incited, that day, not at all. During the five hour siege that left three people dead, and many others hospitalized or pinned inside the building, Adam Kinzinger was live on CNN, and said he expected an apology from Planned Parenthood if it turned out they were not the intended target of the shooter. We’ll repeat that… Kinzinger demanded an apology from the organization attacked while there was still gunfire being heard, and an active shooter was still attacking them. Kinzinger has never apologized for his remarks. His voting record also is highly conservative across the board, and not surprisingly, very much so on abortion rights.
And now, the brutally depressing part… in spite of all members of Congress having a pathetically low approval rating, Adam Kinzinger’s heartless comments about victims of a mass shooting while they were still laid up in a hospital, or that Kinzinger that he decided to send out a mailer of him taking a photo with some of his constituents which he used to make an ad mailer touting his pro-life record without their consent…
In 2020, Kinzinger criticized Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers for removing National Guard troops from the U.S./Mexico border that were requested to be sent there by Donald Trump. Kinzinger is a reservist, and could have faced discipline for publicly criticizing his own orders to stand down. The theory was at the time that he probably only made the statement in the first place to win the approval of Trump, and hope it would allow him to be named Air Force Secretary (maybe he held a grudge when his name didn’t get called)…
And as Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic by simply issuing stay-at-home orders to keep the public safe also led to Kinzinger chiming in to be on the wrong side of history.
All we know is that for his “betrayal” of Donald Trump, the Republican Party made it impossible for Adam Kinzinger to win re-election in 2022, and he will be making as much of a nuisance of himself to his fellow Republicans in the January 6th Select Committee hearings over the summer. We still wish him “good riddance”, but will offer thanks for doing his best to hold many of his own accountable before he headed out the door.
One Year Ago, May 30th, 2021: Adam Kinzinger (IL)… 2021 Update
Two Year Ago, May 30th, 2020: Adam Kinzinger (IL)… 2020 Update
Three Years Ago, May 30th, 2019: Adam Kinzinger (IL)… 2019 Update
Four Years Ago, May 30th, 2018: Adam Kinzinger (IL)… 2018 Update
Five Years Ago, May 30th, 2017: Adam Kinzinger (IL)… 2017 Update
Six Years Ago, May 30th, 2016: Adam Kinzinger (IL)… Original Profile
Seven Years Ago, May 30th, 2015: Michael Peroutka (MD)