"Who gives a shit?" Kinzinger told reporters."

[kpete]

He is a loyal GOP voter, but at least he seems to have a soul. Meanwhile, his chances of staying in Congress are slim, even though right now he has far more campaign cash that his potential primary opponents . That will change as soon as the GOP figures out which trumper they want, and the out of state money floods in. Also, there is a good chance his seat will be cancelled as IL lost a seat, or he could be gerrymandered.

" A couple of months later, after McCarthy had warned Republicans that they’d risk losing the rest of their committee assignments if they accepted an offer from Speaker Nancy Pelosi to serve on the Jan. 6 Select Committee, Kinzinger’s response was more terse.

“Who gives a shit?” Kinzinger told reporters."

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/07/adam-kinzinger-jan-6-committee-trump-election.html

[mucifer]

1. damn!

[Walleye]

2. Damn him and Cheney for making me like them.Why can't all Republicans be like them

[samnsara]

12. they do have my respect thats for sure..

...we need to let them know.

[True Blue American]

3. LOL

. For Kinzinger. Standing up for the rule of law may even make Democrats vote for him!

[obamanut2012]

4. Considering he is a RW hardliner, I hope no Dem votes for him

Ever.

Not being a traitor doesn't mean his politics are good.

[PJMcK]

7. Exactly!

Representative Cheney is not a friend of the Democrats. She and Kinzinger may be patriotic Americans but their policies generally suck.

[Walleye]

15. At this point I will settle for patriotic Americans. Policies can be debated

[dameatball]

25. Agreed. When someone puts their career on the line in an attempt to seek justice and preserve our

Democracy, I can also leave policy issues to a future time.

[Walleye]

26. Thanks, that's what I was trying to say

[PJMcK]

32. All I meant...

… was let’s not fool ourselves about these folks. Upholding the Constitution is obviously more important than arguing over the tax code.

[luckone]

11. Why would they do that ?

[wnylib]

13. Oh, I wouldn't go that far.

It's good that a few are acting responsibly, but that is their duty.

Their policies still leave a lot to be desired.

[Walleye]

14. Course we all disagree with their policies. The point is they are not traitors.Big difference

[wnylib]

16. Not a big enough difference

for a Dem to vote for them, which is what I was responding to.

[Walleye]

17. Well I didn't mean we should vote for them. That goes without saying. We do need to be honest

In 50 years I have never once voted for a Republican. I never expect to, however long I live.

[wnylib]

19. I was referring to post #3

by trueblueamerican.

[Walleye]

24. Ok. All good. I misunderstood

[Ohioboy]

5. Don't look for the truth or you'll lose your committee assingment?

It's pretty sick that republicans lose committee assignments for looking into truth. That right there tells you who they are.

[leftieNanner]

18. Only problem for Qevin on this

Is that it's not up to him. The entire House votes whether to strip someone of committee assignments. Correct me if I'm wrong. Remember Margie?

[Harker]

20. The House vote came only after McCarthy chose not to act unilaterally. n/t

[2Gingersnaps]

6. You would know the district I volunteered as a poll worker in for twenty years, it is Gym Jordan's.

Back in the late 70's and eighties our Republican counterparts were our friends and neighbors. The Republican County Chair lived around the corner from me in our rural district. He was in the habit of bringing the ladies boutique chocolates on election day. I was the most diversity we had, a flaming young liberal, you had equal numbers of D's and R's among those sweet old retirees. It all changed during Bush II under Karl Rove and Newt. All of a sudden "picking chads" was a Federal crime and the Brooks Brothers riot ensued. I had been sitting on election night for years across from my Republican counter part with a pair of tweezers and a stack of computer cards the reading machine kicked out. We would hold up a card, check for three corners free and one corner hanging on, and devine voter intent on the hanging chad, by mutual agreement. Those were the days.

It didn't start with Karl and Newt. It started with Barry Goldwater in 64, and was put on steroids by Nixon in 68, Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Lucianne Goldberg, Lee Atwater-the "dirty tricks specialists." Barry Goldwater was a gentleman compared to what came next. Newt and Karl never even bothered to pretend, winning was all that mattered.

And here we are. Gym is a "winner." And Adam Kinzinger is committing political suicide.

[speak easy]

21. "It started with Barry Goldwater in 64"

Yes. In more ways than one: 'Daisy', 'in your guts you know he's nuts'. Next time, the Republicans responded with interest.

[marble falls]

8. I hope he stays in. Loyal opposition is just one thing Joe's Congress sorely needs.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Kinzinger and Cheney is how the Republican Party emerges with a future

But the fascists must be defeated first, in multiple elections, the fascist ideology must be exposed and trounced. Then Kinzinger will seem a bit like Honest Abe in the 1840s.

[LakeArenal]

22. Exactly. They have their own political agenda. It ain't Democratic.

Never vote for either of them. I appreciate their recent stands but never “like” them nor the elephant they rode in.

[smb]

23. They're Too Far Gone

Getting back to a healthy political system will require the Republican Party to wither away like the Federalist Party and the Whig Party. The same cycle that played out in those situations (the other major party dominates for a couple of election cycles, until lack of external competition allows the party's internal divisions to reach critical mass, thereby creating a new opposition party) will then give us a "Progressive Liberal" versus "Third-Way Conservative" divide in which all legitimate (treason and sedition need not apply) viewpoints can find a home.

[Cosmocat]

28. Yep

The opposition to Trumpism in that party was feeble and short. Its a reality tv show style fascist shitshow now and its not going to pull back from that.

[PatSeg]

10. This man has run out of shits to give!

He really doesn't seem to care about the political consequences of what he does or says, something so rare in republicans these days. Really impressive.

[FakeNoose]

27. It seems that Rep. Kinzinger is one of the few

... who can see a life AFTER the House of Representatives.

That's as it should be. Being an elected representative should never be a "job-for-life" like some people treat it. That goes for a few Dems as well, but it's really true for the Repukes.

[Cha]

29. AK is going out with a Truth Bang!

[Texaswitchy]

30. These two Republicans are getting a lesson.

I willing to give them a pass for now.

[ProfessorGAC]

31. "His Chances Of Staying in Congress Are Slim"

Oh really?
The tea party primaried him twice. He won the primary by larger margins than the GE.
Admittedly, T***p won this district by 16%, but I don't think that makes him a cinch to lose the primary.

[Blue Owl]

33. The last of a dying breed