Adam Kinzinger, a desperate Republican from Illinois made another desperate effort to assist his Democratic comrades in using the January 6 riot at U.S. Capitol for a few political points. During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union”He tried to distract his audience from economic woes on Sunday by telling them about a bunch of thugs who got drunk at the Capitol last year.
Kinzinger first responded to the North Dakota governor during his interview with Dana Bash. Kristi Noem’s comments defending Trump from accusations that he incited the riot. Also, the governor questioned testimony that was given to Congress by Mark Meadows Cassidy Hutchinson’s former White House Chief Of Staff.
“Yes, I mean, this — I’m blown away this is not — I served with Kristi Noem in the House, and it’s like ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers,’” Kinzinger said. “This is not the Kristi Noem I served with. The Kristi Noem I served with was conservative, dedicated to truth, and I at the time would have thought would have put her country above her political career at any moment.”
The lawmaker then accused Noem of trying to boost her political career, claiming that “It is clear she is running for president or vice president” and that the governor is “scared to death of the base.”
Next, the discussion turned to Liz Cheney (R.W.Y.), an embattled Rep. who was joined by Kinzinger as another anti Trump Republican serving on the Democratic House Select Jan.6 committee. Bash mentioned comments that were made in opposition to Cheney by GOP candidates during the primaries.
“So, Liz Cheney, you can disagree with her position on whatever, but she stood in front of her constituents and she said, look, here’s where I’m at on these issues, these core democracy issues,” Kinzinger bloviated. “Now you can make a decision whether or not to vote for me. Frankly, that’s what politics should be. That’s what every election should be. Her opponents spread conspiracy. Her main opponent was a big supporter of Liz Cheney until she found out that maybe she could run against Liz Cheney.”
The representative accused Cheney’s opponents of “lying to their constituents” and lauded his ally for “making a stand.”
When Bash brought up Hutchinson’s allegations that President Trump lunged like Jackie Chan at secret service members for refusing to take him to the Capitol building on Jan. 6, Kinzinger became rather cagey when it came to evidence supporting the former Meadows aide’s statements. “Well, I’m not going to say what we do or don’t have in terms of corroboration,” Kinzinger began. “But let me say this. She said that she had heard what it was. At no point that she says she was in the Beast with the president and saw this happen…. Now, you guys have done a good job of reporting Secret Service sources saying they heard the same story.”
The lawmaker then pointed out that “Nobody has argued that the president didn’t want to go to the Capitol” and that “Nobody has argued that he didn’t know there were guns.” Instead, people are focusing on the allegation that Trump, a 74-year-old man, tried to overpower secret service agents and grab for the steering wheel. “They’re trying to argue, did he really grab for the Beast? And that’s where Tony Ornato will have to come in and tell us more about his position on that.”
Bash asked Kinzinger if Ornato (ex-White House deputy chief of Staff who Hutchinson claimed told him about lungegate), would testify. Kinzinger chose to dodge the question. “There’s information I can’t say yet,” he replied. He continued:
“But we certainly would say that Cassidy Hutchinson has testified under oath. She is credible. And anybody that wants to cast disparagements on that was firsthand present should come and also testify under oath, and not through ‘anonymous sources’ — quote unquote — and not potentially being an anonymous source.”
When asked if other witnesses have come forward to participate in the Democrats’ Witch hunting hearings, the lawmaker answered in the affirmative, but stressed that he did not “want to get into who or any of those details.” He was nice enough to follow up with a nice helping of word salad slathered in BS dressing:
“Every day, we get new people that come forward and say, hey, I didn’t think maybe this piece of the story that I knew was important, but now that you guys are talking — like, I do see this plays in here. Yes, it is true. [Hutchinson] is going to go down in history as — I mean, people can forget the names of every one of us on the committee. They will never forget her name. And, by the way, she doesn’t want that. She doesn’t want to be out in the public spotlight. But she has a commitment to truth that somebody like Kristi Noem, for instance, and most people in our party would actually benefit to take just a 10 percent ounce of.”
Kinzinger has said nothing substantive about the Jan. 6 Committee and the spectacle it puts on for American audiences. He couldn’t even confirm that Trump had tried to do Bruce Lee-style on Secret Service personnel. In the hope of helping his Democratic friends save some seats, Trump instead served another large bowl of nothing. Americans continue to wonder when gasoline prices will fall and how Democrats plan on addressing important issues like crime and education.
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