{"id":1587130,"date":"2022-08-03T12:55:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T16:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1587130"},"modified":"2022-08-03T12:55:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T16:55:26","slug":"ashamed-of-themselves-kinzinger-blasts-dems-for-funding-republicans-they-claim-are-a-direct-threat-to-the-democratic-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ashamed-of-themselves-kinzinger-blasts-dems-for-funding-republicans-they-claim-are-a-direct-threat-to-the-democratic-process\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ashamed Of Themselves\u2019: Kinzinger Blasts Dems For Funding Republicans They Claim Are A \u2018Direct Threat To the Democratic Process\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fashamed-of-themselves-kinzinger-blasts-dems-for-funding-republicans-they-claim-are-a-direct-threat-to-the-democratic-process%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1587130&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-11.05.02-AM-e1659539265768.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger blasted Democrats on Wednesday for their midterm strategy of funding Republican candidates in primary elections in the hopes they would be easier to beat in the general.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/13\/democrats-boost-preferred-republican-candidates\/\">spent over $17 million<\/a> on gubernatorial primary candidates they believed would be easier to beat. In the Illinois governor\u2019s race alone, the DGA spent over $15 million to boost Republican candidates and portray them as too conservative. In June, the strategy<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/30\/democrat-meddling-republican-primaries-joe-odea-colorado-illinois\/\"> yielded mixed results<\/a>, as only one of the three promoted candidates won their primaries. Many of these candidates believe the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump, a belief that Democrats such as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/dsoc\/press-releases\/majority-leader-schumer-floor-remarks-on-maga-republicans-continuing-to-push-the-big-lie-and-undermine-american-democracy\">called<\/a> a \u201cdirect threat \u2013 to the democratic process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou called it disgusting here on this program that Democrats were helping elevate election deniers in the hopes that they would be easier to defeat in a general against a more moderate Republican. One of the moderates in the race is Peter Meijer lost his primary. What\u2019s your reaction?\u201d CNN host Brianna Keilar asked. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/01\/dems-running-risky-midterm-gambit-hoping-doesnt-backfire\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0Democrats Are Running A Risky Midterm Gambit And Hoping To Heck It Doesn\u2019t Backfire)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Peter\u2019s opponent wins and goes on to November and wins the Democrats own that,\u201d Kinzinger said. \u201cCongratulations. I mean here\u2019s the thing, don\u2019t keep coming to me asking where are all the good Republicans are that defend democracy and then take your donor\u2019s money and spend half a million dollars promoting one of the worst election deniers that\u2019s out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cDemocrats own that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Adam Kinzinger on the GOP primary defeat of Rep. Peter Meijer, a Republican who voted to impeach President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DCCC needs to be ashamed of themselves,\u201d he says. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Pul80RvJM\">pic.twitter.com\/7Pul80RvJM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brianna Keilar (@brikeilarcnn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brikeilarcnn\/status\/1554807347310170113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer, one of ten Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump following the January 6 riot at the Capitol, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/03\/peter-meijer-loses-primary-challenge-john-gibbs-trump-impeachment-michigan-3rd-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lost his primary<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday to John Gibbs.\u00a0The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) spent nearly $450,000 on ads promoting Gibbs\u2019 opposition to abortion and his Trump endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DCCC needs to be ashamed of themselves,\u201d Kinzinger responded to the election results. \u201cThankfully some members of Congress, Democrats have spoken out and said they\u2019re disgusted. I respect that. I have spoken out against the National Republican Congressional Committee many times when they\u2019ve done things I\u2019ve disagreed with, and there are also people who say well this is just politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger called the strategy \u201ccynical,\u201d and added, \u201cthat\u2019s why the Americans are just sick of both parties, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois Rep. 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