{"id":187856,"date":"2021-03-03T06:59:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T11:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=187856"},"modified":"2021-03-03T07:00:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T12:00:05","slug":"anti-trumper-adam-kinzinger-and-his-bill-gates-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-trumper-adam-kinzinger-and-his-bill-gates-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Trumper Adam Kinzinger and His Bill Gates Connection"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fanti-trumper-adam-kinzinger-and-his-bill-gates-connection%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=187856&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><a class=\"republishingLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.libertynation.com\/republishing-guidelines\/\">Please respect our republishing guidelines &#8211; Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feature-img wp-caption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Adam-Kinzinger-feature.jpg\" alt=\"Anti-Trumper Adam Kinzinger and His Bill Gates Connection\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam Kinzinger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Political allies of Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) announced on Feb. 28 that they are starting up a super PAC with the explicit task of defending Republican members of Congress who joined with Democrats to support the second impeachment of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertynation.com\/the-gop-needs-trump-more-than-he-needs-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>. \u201cAmericans Keeping Country First has a clearly defined mission to provide air cover for the members of Congress who took votes of conscience to impeach or convict President Trump,\u201d Mario Castillo, a GOP lobbyist and adviser to the new PAC, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<h3>Who\u2019s on First?<\/h3>\n<p>Perhaps it would be a good time, then, to take a closer at Kinzinger\u2019s allies. Americans Keeping Country First will be working alongside Country First, the leadership PAC Kinzinger founded in January. The <em>Chicago Sun-Times<\/em> reported on Jan. 31 that:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cKinzinger said \u2018Country First\u2019 is being bankrolled by one of his political action committees, the Future First Leadership PAC. The PAC had a balance of $39,956 as of Dec. 31. Its donors included philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates, who each gave $5,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_564235\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-564235\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-564235\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Melinda-Gates-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"Melinda Gates\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-564235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melinda Gates<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s right, renowned globalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertynation.com\/bill-gates-no-meat-for-you-but-take-three-vaccines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Gates<\/a> is funding Kinzinger\u2019s Country First alternative to Trump\u2019s America First movement. It makes one wonder why Kinzinger chose that rather clunky name. Two years ago, Melinda Gates attracted a bit of attention by using the words \u201ccountry first\u201d in the power couple\u2019s Gates Notes Annual 2019 Letter. Her remarks were cited as \u201ca not-so-subtle nudge at Trump.\u201d She stated, \u201cThere is nothing about putting your country first that requires turning your back on the rest of the world. If anything, the opposite is true.\u201d In this way, Mrs. Gates seems to stoutly defend internationalist interventionism on the part of the United States.<\/p>\n<h3>Coincidence?<\/h3>\n<p>Bill &#038; Melinda are also donors to Kinzinger\u2019s Campaign Committee. Their foundation gave $5,600 in 2020, according to information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/members-of-congress\/contributors?cid=N00030667&#038;cycle=2020&#038;recs=100&#038;type=I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listed<\/a> on the website Open Secrets. A search of the heading Campaign Committee &#038; Leadership PAC Combined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/members-of-congress\/contributors?cid=N00030667&#038;cycle=2020&#038;recs=100&#038;type=C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shows<\/a> the Gates Foundation giving $15,600 to Kinzinger for the 2019-20 election cycle.<\/p>\n<h3>Let\u2019s Go Away Together<\/h3>\n<p>Kinzinger appears to have strong ties to Gates\u2019 orbit dating back to his earliest days in Congress, which began in 2011. A November 2015 <em>Chicago Tribune<\/em> investigative piece exposed the pricey globetrotting affinities of Illinois\u2019 congressional delegation. Guess who was the worst offender?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe state\u2019s 20 members of Congress took 70 foreign trips and visited 44 countries over the past two years at a cost of more than $518,000, a <em>Tribune<\/em> analysis found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe actual cost, which under the rules of Congress can be paid for by a number of entities, is hard to pinpoint. When military aircraft are used on congressional trips, that expense is mentioned \u2014 but a dollar figure is not attached. When foreign governments pay for trips, the cost remains a mystery. And some reports from recent trips have not been filed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdam Kinzinger, a Republican from Channahon, was the most frequent flier. He has taken nine foreign trips since October 2013, the analysis found.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The matter of who paid for Kinzinger\u2019s exotic travels becomes all the more interesting when Africa is on the itinerary. The continent is an especial focus of Gates\u2019 \u201cphilanthropic\u201d efforts. A May 15, 2015, post on Kinzinger\u2019s congressional web page reveals details of one of his trips:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn April, I traveled to Ethiopia and Kenya with the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition to explore the relationship between America\u2019s national security and economic interests in the sub-Saharan Africa region.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) is an organization dedicated to expanding an aggressive American approach to international affairs. The very first funding source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usglc.org\/about-us\/partners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">named<\/a> on its website is the Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_564234\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-564234\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-564234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Adam-Kinzinger-feature-300x226-1.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Kinzinger feature\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-564234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam Kinzinger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The National Interest<\/em> reported in February 2020 that Hunter Biden served on the board of directors for the coalition\u2019s \u201ceducational arm,\u201d the Center for U.S. Global Leadership, in 2014 while he was involved with the Ukrainian energy company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertynation.com\/biden-burisma-report-exposes-cozy-swamp-cartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burisma<\/a>. The USGLC \u201cadded a series of Ukraine-related bills to its lobbying portfolio at around the same time, lobbying disclosures show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When he\u2019s not jaunting off to Africa with the USGLC, Kinzinger is a frequent participant in the coalition\u2019s various programs. He spoke at the group\u2019s State Leaders Summit in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepKinzinger\/status\/611172455046971392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizSchrayer\/status\/874641035531517954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017<\/a> and has appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usglc.org\/events\/global-leadership-forum-with-representative-kinzinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">luncheons<\/a> and other functions.<\/p>\n<p>Other heavyweight funders of the USGLC include globalist progressive billionaire George Soros\u2019 Open Society Foundations and the Rockefeller Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger told <em>The Washington Post<\/em> last month that he isn\u2019t concerned about the anger he is whipping up inside the GOP grassroots with his strident opposition to the overwhelmingly popular Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bottom line, I don\u2019t need the job. I enjoy doing it. I\u2019d like to win again, but if I don\u2019t, I can look at myself in the mirror and I\u2019m at total peace,\u201d he told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Que sera sera. After all, with friends like Bill Gates, who needs to worry about the wrath of irate constituents?<\/p>\n<p><em>~<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Read more from<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertynation.com\/author\/joeschaeffer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Joe Schaeffer<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please respect our republishing guidelines &#8211; Click HereAdam Kinzinger Political allies of Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) announced on Feb. 28 that they are starting up a super PAC with &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274639,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Adam-Kinzinger-feature.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Anti-Trumper Adam Kinzinger and His Bill Gates Connection","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Adam-Kinzinger-feature.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Anti-Trumper Adam Kinzinger and His Bill Gates Connection","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187856","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=187856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}