{"id":1683569,"date":"2022-10-11T12:23:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T16:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1683569"},"modified":"2022-10-11T12:25:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T16:25:14","slug":"disgraced-hack-rino-adam-kinzinger-backs-democrats-in-midterm-endorsement-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disgraced-hack-rino-adam-kinzinger-backs-democrats-in-midterm-endorsement-spree\/","title":{"rendered":"Disgraced Hack-RINO Adam Kinzinger Backs Democrats in Midterm Endorsement Spree"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fdisgraced-hack-rino-adam-kinzinger-backs-democrats-in-midterm-endorsement-spree%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=1683569&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 class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">O<\/span>utgoing Rep. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/adam-kinzinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Kinzinger<\/a> (R-IL) is throwing his weight behind several Democrats in the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/midterm-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">midterm election<\/a> cycle. <\/p>\n<p>The unabashed critic of former President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>, who has often bemoaned the current state of the GOP, rolled out multiple bipartisan endorsements Tuesday through his Country First political action committee, backing six Democrats, four Republicans, and two independents. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/tulsi-gabbard-leaves-democratic-party-denounces-control-of-an-elitist-cabal-of-warmongers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TULSI GABBARD LEAVES DEMOCRATIC PARTY, DENOUNCES \u2018CONTROL OF AN ELITIST CABAL OF WARMONGERS\u2019<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now 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 \u2014 regardless of their political party affiliation,\u201d Kinzinger proclaimed in a statement. \u201cWe must set partisan politics and ideology aside in order to preserve our nation\u2019s democracy.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Four of the Democrats he backed included contenders in secretary of state races \u2014 which has been ground zero for 2020 election <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/09\/12\/opinion\/mark-finchem-arizona-trump.html\">discourse<\/a>. Kinzinger backed Steve Simon in Minnesota, Jocelyn Benson in Michigan, Adrian Fontes in Arizona, and Cisco Aguilar in Nevada. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><source data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n                Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks to the media, Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<br \/>\n               <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">\n                (Jacquelyn Martin\/AP)\n               <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The sole Republican he backed for secretary of state was Brad Raffensperger in Georgia. The other two Democrats he backed were Josh Shapiro for Pennsylvania governor and Katie Hobbs for Arizona governor. Both of their Republican counterparts have trafficked in claims that the 2020 election was rife with malfeasance \u2014 a major sticking point for Kinzinger. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m proud to endorse this slate of candidates that are ready to put our country and the American people first,&#8221; Kinzinger added. <\/p>\n<p>On the Republican side, he is also backing Sen.\u00a0Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Larry Lazor for Connecticut&#8217;s 1st Congressional District, and Thomas Knecht for state representative in Minnesota, in addition to Raffensperger. The independents he is backing include Evan McMullin for Utah Senate and Clint Smith for Arizona\u2019s 5th Congressional District. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s easy for me as a pushed-out or a homeless Republican to just stick with Republicans \u2014 to get involved in the primaries and kind of go away for the general,\u201d Kinzinger <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/10\/11\/kinzinger-endorses-dems-in-major-governor-secretary-of-state-races-00061128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> <i>Politico<\/i>. \u201cThe reality is we can disagree on policy, but that defense of democracy is the thing that I think can bring the union down.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger formed the Country First PAC following the Jan. 6 riot. He has also been ostracized by parts of the Republican Party for his vocal criticisms of the party and Trump, whom he voted to impeach. Kinzinger has also taken a pronounced role as one of two Republicans on the Jan. 6 committee. He opted not to vie for reelection after redistricting put him on a likely collision course with Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL). <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Candidates who demonstrate a commitment to standing for truth and defending democracy have earned the respect and support of those who put country over party. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m proud to endorse them &#8211; join us! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q7u1lGzNwT\">https:\/\/t.co\/Q7u1lGzNwT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Kinzinger #fella (@AdamKinzinger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamKinzinger\/status\/1579809865794719745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2022<\/a>\n             <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The congressman has previously <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/kinzinger-toys-with-primary-challenge-against-trump-in-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">left the door open<\/a> to running for the Senate, governor, or even the presidency. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what I identify with anymore,&#8221; he told <i><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-republican-party_n_62589a79e4b0723f80173a6b\">HuffPost<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>about his political party earlier this year. &#8220;I&#8217;m just not a Democrat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outgoing Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) is throwing his weight behind several Democrats in the midterm election cycle. 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