{"id":508444,"date":"2021-05-14T15:35:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T19:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=508444"},"modified":"2021-05-14T15:35:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T19:35:17","slug":"gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-says-its-clear-trump-is-the-party-leader-because-theres-an-absence-of-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-says-its-clear-trump-is-the-party-leader-because-theres-an-absence-of-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger Says It\u2019s Clear Trump Is The Party Leader Because \u2018There\u2019s An Absence Of Leadership\u2019"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fgop-rep-adam-kinzinger-says-its-clear-trump-is-the-party-leader-because-theres-an-absence-of-leadership%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=508444&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kinzinger-1-e1621014196358.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"52.851639770953\">\n<p>Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger explained that it was clear that former President Donald Trump was the leader of the Republican Party following the removal of Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess I agree, he is the leader because there is an absence of leaders right now,\u201d Kinzinger explained to \u201cThe View\u201d Co-host Joy Behar. \u201cNobody is stepping up to take the leadership role from him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger said that even House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has allowed Trump to take over his leadership duties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s where Liz has done such a great job of standing up and saying, \u2018Look I\u2019m going to tell you the truth. The truth is the election of Joe Biden was legitimate. That is our call to go out and win more people. But, the election wasn\u2019t stolen.\u2019 That\u2019s what leadership is,\u201d Kinzinger continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo yes, I guess he is the leader of the party at the moment,\u201d Kinzinger said, explaining that he doesn\u2019t feel that everyone is \u201cunified behind him.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/10\/donald-trump-calls-republicans-oust-liz-cheney-house-leadership-elise-stefanik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Calls On GOP To Oust Cheney From House Leadership, Put In Stefanik)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople look to us for honesty, right. People look to us for answers. When we just kind of go back to the past and go with a loser president that lost, and lost the house for us, and lost the senate, that\u2019s not providing people any kind of path to the future,\u201d Kinzinger said, commenting on the recent ousting of Cheney from her leadership role.<\/p>\n<p>Cheney was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/12\/liz-cheney-ousted-house-republican-leadership-role\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ousted<\/a> Thursday from her leadership role within the Republican Party. Following Cheney\u2019s removal, House Republicans voted to elect Republican New York Rep. Elise <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/14\/house-republicans-elect-elise-stefanik-conference-chair-liz-cheney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stefanik<\/a> for the position of the new conference chair for the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Trump released several statements <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/12\/donald-trump-responds-liz-cheney-ouster-republican-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">celebrating<\/a> Cheney\u2019s removal from her leadership position, referencing her as \u201ca bitter, horrible human being,\u201d who was bad for the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Illinois Rep. 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