{"id":2329684,"date":"2024-08-23T01:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T05:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-endorses-harris-claiming-democracy-knows-no-party-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T01:02:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T05:02:38","slug":"former-gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-endorses-harris-claiming-democracy-knows-no-party-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-endorses-harris-claiming-democracy-knows-no-party-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger endorses Harris, claiming \u2018democracy knows no party\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fformer-gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-endorses-harris-claiming-democracy-knows-no-party-washington-examiner%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=2329684&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>Former GOP \u200cRepresentative Adam Kinzinger made\u200d headlines with\u2062 his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention, arguing for a\u200c united\u2062 approach\u200d to democracy that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-beats-desantis-in-pray-vote-stand-summit-straw-poll\/\" title=\"Trump wins Pray Vote Stand Summit straw poll over DeSantis.\">transcends\u200c party lines<\/a>. In his\u2063 impassioned speech, Kinzinger\u200d urged fellow\u200d Republicans to &#8220;stand up \u200dto one weak man,&#8221; implicitly referring to former\u2063 President Donald Trump. He emphasized that while he may \u2062have policy differences with Harris, they are insignificant compared \u2064to their shared commitment to the\u200c rule of law, the Constitution, and democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger, a vocal critic \u200cof Trump\u2064 and a\u2063 member of the January 6 select committee, expressed \u2062concern that Trump&#8217;s influence has weakened the Republican Party, describing it as an &#8220;illness&#8221;\u2063 that has disconnected them from \u200dcore values. He called \u200con his \u200cparty to abandon \u200bTrump\u200b and consider\u200c alternatives, even suggesting that some Republicans might consider writing\u200c in\u2062 candidates rather \u200cthan voting\u200d for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Despite identifying as a\u200b Republican at a Democratic event, \u200cKinzinger \u200cnoted the warmth and respect he received from \u200bdelegates, indicating a sense of collaboration in defense\u2062 of democracy. He lamented the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vowed-to-elect-more-women-they-did-just-that\/\" title=\"Republicans Vowed To Elect More Women...They Did Just That\">current state<\/a> of the \u200cRepublican Party and asserted \u2063that his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-just-response\/\" title=\"A Just Response\">principles remain unchanged<\/a>, while highlighting the need for a revival of traditional Republican values.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger endorses Harris, claiming &lsquo;democracy knows no party&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1735615\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>CHICAGO &ndash; <\/strong>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-graham-careening-away-from-karine-jean-pierre\/\" title=\"Tim Graham: Careening Away From Karine Jean-Pierre\">prime-time speech<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic National Convention\">Democratic National Convention<\/a>, former GOP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/adam-kinzinger\/\">Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)<\/a> announced his support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republicans\">Kamala Harris<\/a>&rsquo;s campaign, encouraging other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republicans\">Republicans<\/a> to &ldquo;stand up to one weak man.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Some have questioned why I&rsquo;ve taken the stand I have. The answer is simple: We must put country first. And tonight, as a Republican speaking before you, I&rsquo;m putting our country first,&rdquo; Kinzinger said to applause.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because the fact is&mdash;I do belong here. I know Kamala Harris shares my allegiance to the rule of law, the Constitution and democracy. And she is dedicated to upholding all three in service to our country,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger went on to explain that his differences of opinion with Harris on certain topics &ldquo;pale in comparison with those fundamental matters of principle, of deficiency, of fidelity to this nation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democracy knows no party. It is a living, breathing ideal that defines us as a nation,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HUGE applause for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamKinzinger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AdamKinzinger<\/a> when he says: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve learned something about the Democratic Party. And I want to let my fellow Republicans in on the secret. The Democrats are as patriotic as us.&rdquo; Crowd is now chanting: &ldquo;USA, USA.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f1if2MmeBs\">pic.twitter.com\/f1if2MmeBs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Samantha-Jo Roth (@SamanthaJoRoth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamanthaJoRoth\/status\/1826804137691918728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The former Congressman, who retired from the House in 2023, has been a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump over the years. He served on the House&rsquo;s Jan. 6 select committee that investigated the insurrection. He was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump on the charge of inciting the Jan. 6 attack.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger slammed the former President in his speech, describing his role in the insurrection and whether he is truly patriotic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump has suffocated the soul of the Republican Party. His fundamental weakness has coursed through my party like an illness. Sapping our strength. Softening our spine. Whipping us into a fever that has untethered us from our values,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the speech Kinzinger spoke to the <em>Washington Examiner, <\/em>urging fellow Republicans&nbsp; to abandon former President Donald Trump in an effort to restore the party to what it used to be in the past.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the only way that the Republican party will wake up again is to recognize Trump is not a winning formula,&rdquo; Kinzinger said, speaking to the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>on the convention floor, acknowledging it&rsquo;s going to take losing this cycle to pull the party out of Trump&rsquo;s grasp.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamKinzinger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AdamKinzinger<\/a>, who is set to speak at the DNC tonight in prime-time, urges fellow GOP&rsquo;ers to &ldquo;wake up&rdquo; and recognize voting for Trump is not a winning formula. He tells he understands some Republicans can&rsquo;t get there on Harris, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s nothing wrong with writing someone in.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VK1OG3hwp4\">pic.twitter.com\/VK1OG3hwp4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Samantha-Jo Roth (@SamanthaJoRoth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamanthaJoRoth\/status\/1826763262081597493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As he stood on the floor, several delegates approached him asking for selfies and to shake his hand. He said he felt welcome despite being a Republican at a Democratic National Convention.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s just a lot of respect for each other here. Obviously, [Democrats] appreciate that I have spoken out. I appreciate the defense of democracy. And there&rsquo;s a lot of energy. It&rsquo;s amazing to me to see the amount of energy on the floor,&rdquo; Kinzinger said.<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger went on to say he doesn&rsquo;t recognize the current Republican party anymore, emphasizing his views have stayed consistent &ndash; the only thing that has changed is the leader at the top.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The crazy thing is, if you look at what I believe and what I say, it&rsquo;s been consistent, except for some maturity and growing up, a couple things, but it&rsquo;s the party that has changed,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger&rsquo;s speech rounded out the remarks from Republicans who have spoken at the DNC, which included Mayor John Giles of Mesa, Arizona, former Trump White House national security official Olivia Troye, former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham and former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan. In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3129553\/republicans-for-harris-dnc\/\">a number of Republicans<\/a> were sitting in the stands of the United Center and are actively working to get Harris elected.<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger, who still identifies as a Republican, said he understands if there are some fellow Republicans who aren&rsquo;t able to cast their ballot for Harris.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I get it. There&rsquo;s nothing wrong with writing someone in, you deserve having someone you want to vote for,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The other thing is look, the issues we disagree on with the Democrats will still be there in 100 years. We are always going to have these debates.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The question is &ndash; can we really sustain half the country actually believing the election was stolen, can we sustain Ukraine losing to Russia, I don&rsquo;t know.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1735615\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1735615\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger has publicly endorsed Kamala Harris, stating that &#8220;democracy knows no party&#8221; during a prime-time address at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He urged fellow Republicans to &#8220;stand up to one weak man,&#8221; emphasizing the importance of prioritizing the country over party loyalty. Kinzinger expressed his belief that he belongs at the convention and praised Harris for her commitment to the rule of law, the Constitution, and democracy. He acknowledged that while he may disagree with her on certain issues, those differences are minor compared to their shared principles.<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger received enthusiastic applause when he remarked on his newfound understanding of the Democratic Party&#8217;s patriotism, leading attendees to chant &#8220;USA, USA.&#8221; The former Congressman has been a vocal critic of Donald Trump and served on the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection. In his speech, he condemned Trump&#8217;s influence on the Republican Party as detrimental and called for a return to its core values.<\/p>\n<p>Before his speech, Kinzinger spoke with reporters about encouraging Republicans to move away from Trump\u2019s leadership in order to revitalize their party. He noted that some Republicans might not be ready to support Harris but suggested writing in another candidate is acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>As he interacted with delegates at the convention floor who approached him for selfies and handshakes, Kinzinger felt welcomed despite being a Republican among Democrats. He reflected on how much respect there was between members of both parties and expressed concern about sustaining national unity amid deep divisions regarding election integrity and international conflicts like Ukraine&#8217;s situation with Russia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2329685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Adam-Kinzinger-at-DNC-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32957,34695,5521,35892,32603],"class_list":["post-2329684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-adam-kinzinger","tag-bipartisan-support","tag-democracy","tag-harris-endorsement","tag-political-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Adam-Kinzinger-at-DNC-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329684","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\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2329684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2329685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2329684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2329684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2329684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}