Adam Kinzinger Brutally Sums Up The ‘Entire’ Republican Party With Just 1 Acronym | EUROtoday

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) — a frequent Donald Trump critic after the president-elect’s 2020 election loss — revealed why it’s “interesting” that critics tag him with the “RINO” acronym, which stands for “Republican In Name Only.”

“The reality is the entire Republican Party today is the RINO. They’re Republicans in name only,” stated Kinzinger in an interview with Salon shared Saturday.

“They hold the title to the Republican Party, a lot of them still think they’re holding a legacy, but that’s exactly right, it’s gone.”

Kinzinger, the main target of a brand new documentary “The Last Republican” from “Hot Tub Time Machine” director Steve Pink, stated “what it means now to be a Republican” is that you just’re “driven by anger” and division.

“I think what they stand for is supporting culture war, rage, and one person, one personality, and that’s Donald Trump. Now, they’ll never admit it, but that’s the reality of it,” he stated.

Kinzinger — one among 10 House Republicans who voted to question Trump over his position within the lethal Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol — served on the House committee that investigated the rebellion.

He endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in final yr’s election and, in a speech on the Democratic National Convention final yr, declared that he was “putting our country first.”

Kinzinger, in a separate interview with Forbes, stated he’s constructed “new alliances” in recent times and has realized he’s “probably closer to a Democrat now because of how the Republican Party has changed.”

“The Democrats are now the party that’s defending America’s role in the world, defending Ukraine, which I’m really passionate about,” stated Kinzinger, who predicted that the GOP is “toast for awhile” as Trumpism gained’t “survive past these four years.”

The former congressman, in his interview with Salon, stated he thinks Trump is “already a lame duck” earlier than noting that his management over his base like no different president might pose a “concern” for Republicans when his second time period ends.

“If you think about George W. Bush toward the end of his second term, Republicans were falling away. That won’t happen with Trump,” Kinzinger stated.

“All those Republicans who should be falling away will still have to face re-election even though Donald Trump doesn’t.”

Kinzinger stated he doesn’t assume the GOP will be “saved in the near term” however he hopes folks don’t “give up on it.”

“Because the reality is that there’s probably forever only going to be two major parties in this country, and the Republican Party will be one of them. We can either write it off and lose elections, with such consequences as we’ve just had, or we can continue to fight inside,” he stated.