{"id":1683376,"date":"2022-10-11T10:49:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T14:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1683376"},"modified":"2022-10-11T10:51:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T14:51:53","slug":"republican-rep-adam-kinzinger-backs-democrats-in-key-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-rep-adam-kinzinger-backs-democrats-in-key-races\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger Backs Democrats In Key Races"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Frepublican-rep-adam-kinzinger-backs-democrats-in-key-races%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=1683376&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--><p>Rep. Adam Kinzinger\u2019s (R-IL) political action committee, Country First, announced Tuesday that it supports multiple Democrats in key November elections.<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger\u2019s PAC endorsements also included Republicans and an independent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow more than ever, it\u2019s critical we elect leaders up and down the ballot who are loyal to the Constitution and willing to be a bulwark for democracy \u2013 regardless of their political party affiliation,\u201d Kinzinger said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.country1st.com\/endorsed?utm_campaign=2022_gen_endorse&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=country1st\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must set partisan politics and ideology aside in order to preserve our nation\u2019s democracy and demand accountability in our leaders. I\u2019m proud to endorse this slate of candidates that are ready to put our country and the American people first,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats included Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro,\u00a0Arizona gubernatorial candidate\u00a0Katie Hobbs, and Arizona secretary of state candidate Adrian Fontes. The PAC\u2019s Democratic endorsements also included secretary of state candidates Cisco Aguilar in Nevada, Jocelyn Benson in Michigan, and Steve Simon in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Two key Republicans included in the PAC\u2019s endorsements are Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who voted to convict former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger. One independent, Utah Senate candidate Evan McMullin, was also among the picks on the list of Kinzinger\u2019s PAC endorsements.<\/p>\n<p>A brief description of the PAC\u2019s support for each candidate was also included in the announcement. The basis for Raffensperger\u2019s selection, for example, said, \u201cAs the top election official in Georgia, he overcame tremendous pressure from Donald Trump and his supporters to \u2018find\u2019 enough votes to declare Trump the winner. Few politicians are willing to risk their careers to do the right thing, which is why it\u2019s so important to support those, like Brad Raffensperger, who do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In August, Kinzinger said he would back Democrats against Republican candidates he believed were against democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have Republicans that are running against even left-wing Democrats that believe in democracy and believe in voting, that person should be elected over somebody who would basically overthrow the will of the people and, ultimately, destroy this country,\u201d Kinzinger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/transcripts\/meet-the-press\/meet-press-august-28-2022-n1298390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger launched his PAC in January 2021 to promote Republican candidates to combat Trump\u2019s influence over the party. He has also served on the House committee to investigate the events of January 6, 2021, participating along with just one other Republican in the group, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney.<\/p>\n<p>After the Illinois state legislature approved a new congressional map that changed Kinzinger\u2019s district, he announced his retirement from Congress following the current term. He served as one of ten House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after January 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Adam Kinzinger\u2019s (R-IL) political action committee, Country First, announced Tuesday that it supports multiple Democrats in key November elections. Kinzinger\u2019s PAC endorsements also included Republicans and an independent. \u201cNow more than ever, it\u2019s critical we elect leaders up and down the ballot who are loyal to the Constitution and willing to be a bulwark &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1683378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1683376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1683376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1683378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1683376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1683376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1683376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}