{"id":1778645,"date":"2022-12-17T08:31:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T13:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1778645"},"modified":"2022-12-17T10:18:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T15:18:25","slug":"tucker-carlson-bids-farewell-to-rep-kinzinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-bids-farewell-to-rep-kinzinger\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker Carlson Bids Farewell to Rep. Kinzinger"},"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\">14<\/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%2Ftucker-carlson-bids-farewell-to-rep-kinzinger%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=1778645&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>Outgoing Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger <a href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/dougp-3137\/2022\/12\/15\/heroic-and-selfless-reason-rep-adam-kinzinger-says-he-lost-his-job-earns-a-fact-checking\/\">said this week<\/a> \u201chad I known that standing up for truth would cost me my job, friendships, and even my personal security, I would, without hesitation, do it all over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that \u201cstanding up for truth\u201d has nothing to do with the reason Kinzinger\u2019s losing his House seat. But Don\u2019t believe us \u2014 take it from this Washington Post story last year:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/kinzingerwapo-e1671143148472.jpg\" alt=\"null\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger\u2019s departure from Congress was part of the focus of Tucker Carlson Friday night on Fox News, and it was something else. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OMG \u2013 Did anyone just watch Tucker Carlson\u2019s monologue? <\/p>\n<p>WTF? \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Catturd \u2122 (@catturd2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/catturd2\/status\/1603920167678926850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Carlson segment is perfection: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LMFAO<\/p>\n<p>Tucker Carlson\u2019s Farewell To Adam Kinzinger <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdam Kinzinger will live forever in our hearts as an example of what a man can be when he stops trying to be a man, and unleashes the emotionally fragile divorced single mom within.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PuDlKum8C6\">pic.twitter.com\/PuDlKum8C6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Columbia Bugle \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ColumbiaBugle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColumbiaBugle\/status\/1603923133877977088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s the part mentioning Kinzinger\u2019s long battle with Catturd: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tucker Carlson Reacts To Adam Kinzinger Threatening <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/catturd2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@catturd2<\/a> Over A Meme<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And so alone and battling debilitating hot flashes in his kitchen, fighting the urge to open yet another bag of chips ahoy, Adam Kinzinger fought back.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OZychGxPCJ\">pic.twitter.com\/OZychGxPCJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Columbia Bugle \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ColumbiaBugle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColumbiaBugle\/status\/1603924124228759553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tucker Carlson: &#8220;Our heart goes out to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/catturd2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@catturd2<\/a> tonight who is probably cowering in a litter box somewhere waiting for Adam Kinzinger to show up with sharpened nails! Mock the Ukrainian Flag, get scratched! Those are the rules, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/catturd2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@catturd2<\/a>. It&#8217;s a tough town.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uj9ADT7aT8\">https:\/\/t.co\/Uj9ADT7aT8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Columbia Bugle \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ColumbiaBugle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColumbiaBugle\/status\/1603928956058497025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnd so alone and battling debilitating hot flashes in his kitchen, fighting the urge to open yet another bag of chips ahoy, Adam Kinzinger fought back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s solid gold right there.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is sheer poetry <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nq9uqCbgvt\">https:\/\/t.co\/nq9uqCbgvt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Geisha in Advent (@sisterinferior) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sisterinferior\/status\/1603929358200078339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">O.M.G! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/catturd2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@catturd2<\/a> You made it on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tucker?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tucker<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DoVC6kAbwL\">pic.twitter.com\/DoVC6kAbwL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laurie (@WaltsPrincesss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WaltsPrincesss\/status\/1603919980961071104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"art\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J5DFkNhNG1\">https:\/\/t.co\/J5DFkNhNG1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Catturd \u2122 (@catturd2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/catturd2\/status\/1603923546467667968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Possibly the greatest image in the history of the internet. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7gfthhZTHn\">pic.twitter.com\/7gfthhZTHn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Bowman (@jessepbowman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessepbowman\/status\/1603926228121141249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kinzinger will be able to tell tales of his epic battles against Catturd when and if he lands at MSNBC or wherever. <\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/samj-3930\/2022\/11\/22\/adam-kinzinger-getting-all-big-and-bad-threatening-catturd-over-a-meme-goes-so-so-so-wrong\/\">Adam Kinzinger getting all big and bad THREATENING Catturd over a meme goes SO SO SO wrong<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/brettt-3136\/2022\/11\/19\/nikki-fried-gets-into-a-fight-with-catturd-over-her-election-record\/\">Nikki Fried gets into a fight with Catturd\u2122 over her election record<\/a><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Help us keep owning the libs! 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