Adam Kinzinger Says Trump Is 'Desperate' to Look Like He's Still Leading GOP

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Representative Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, described former President Donald Trump as "desperate," saying the ex-commander in chief wants to appear as the continued leader of the GOP.

Kinzinger, one of 10 Republican House lawmakers to vote to impeach Trump alongside Democrats earlier this month, made the remark during a Sunday interview with NBC News' Meet the Press. The GOP congressman was commenting on the photo released by Trump after a Thursday meeting with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, at the former president's Mar-a-Lago private club.

"It shows that the former president is desperate to continue to look like he's leading the party. And the problem is until we push back and say, you know, 'This is not a Trump-first party. This is a country-first party,'" Kinzinger told Meet the Press about the photo. "In some cases you may support Donald Trump in that effort, but in my case, I believe that that's a whole new movement. Until we all kind of stand up and say that, we're going to be kind of chasing our tail here in this situation," he said.

During the interview, Kinzinger also criticized pro-Trump Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, saying he would "certainly" support removing her from her congressional committee assignments. However, he pushed back against Democratic calls to expel her from Congress entirely.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/adam-kinzinger-says-trump-is-desperate-to-look-like-hes-still-leading-gop/ar-BB1dgd1l?li=BBnb7Kz

Problem of it is many in the GOP still look to him for leadership.

[Skittles]

1. it's pretty simple - they either put America first or Trump first

that's what it is

[dchill]

2. Trump is also desperate to avoid insolvency and imprisonment.

That's gotta be true desperation, right there.

[yankeepants]

3. He is...

[sfstaxprep]

4. As Will Be Said Often On This Thread

He IS and will remain as such.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. It's Been A Month

I think he'll fade like the sun 15 minutes into dusk.
But, dusk just started.

[Bleacher Creature]

5. He is - because of the vast majority of Kinzinger's colleagues.

Kevin McCarthy literally travelled more than a thousand miles just to kiss Trump's ring. He is still undoubtedly leading the party.

[JHB]

7. Until someone clearly shows that he isn't, Adam, he IS.

[SWBTATTReg]

8. We stomped (or Pres. Biden did) rumps' a&& once before and we'll do it again, if rump ever runs

again. I suspect that rump is keeping his head down, I'm surprised that we haven't heard nary a pipsqueak from him or any of his cronies...perhaps because they ripped off so much, 20 million missing doses, almost 8000 ventilators, and probably tons of other stuff not mentioned in press releases etc.

incompetence I'm sure is why some of this is missing, but greed and profit available here is a giant target that trump and jared would never overlook. But I expect that the boot lickers of trump in Congress will prevent anything serious from happening to rump, so let the authorities get involved. With so much possible thief of these materials, start arresting people, charge them w/ felony stealing, etc.

[Solly Mack]

9. He is. When you bow before him, you acknowledge it.

Pay homage to him at Mar a Lago.

No conviction in the Senate???

Invite him to GOP conferences and outings.

MTG???

Boebert???

Look at what is happening on the local level with the state/city GOP?

Graham is still carrying his water. And he is not the only one.

Various right-wing "media" outlets do the same.

Trump is your lord, savior, and master.

[KentuckyWoman]

10. I mean this with all the love and sincerity in my heart

WHEN in the blue ass hell is SOMEONE in that family going to do right by him and put him in a padded stall? He is so not right in the head and hasn't been for a very long time.

He needs serious help.

[lame54]

11. That's what I see