{"id":603572,"date":"2021-07-27T12:35:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T16:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=603572"},"modified":"2021-07-27T12:35:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T16:35:39","slug":"democracies-are-not-defined-by-our-bad-days-adam-kinzinger-breaks-down-during-jan-6-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democracies-are-not-defined-by-our-bad-days-adam-kinzinger-breaks-down-during-jan-6-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Democracies Are Not Defined By Our Bad Days\u2019: Adam Kinzinger Breaks Down During Jan. 6 Hearing"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fdemocracies-are-not-defined-by-our-bad-days-adam-kinzinger-breaks-down-during-jan-6-hearing%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=603572&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-27-at-10.50.41-AM-e1627403134549.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"49.045987376014\">\n<p>Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger broke down during Tuesday\u2019s opening hearing of the Jan. 6 Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/26\/kevin-mccarthy-pelosi-cheney-kinzinger-jan-6-committee-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> tapped Kinzinger to serve on the commission Sunday after removing Republican Reps. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/22\/joy-behar-accuses-jim-jordan-possible-involvement-capitol-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Jordan<\/a> of Ohio and Jim Banks of Indiana, and he got choked up as he explained the reasons he chose to accept. <strong><a class=\"text-black\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/25\/pelosi-adam-kinzinger-jan-6-commission-jordan-banks\/\">(RELATED: Pelosi Adds Adam Kinzinger To Jan. 6 Commission, Doubles Down On Ousting Jordan, Banks)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never expected today to be quite as emotional for me as it has been,\u201d Kinzinger began, pausing occasionally as he appeared to tear up. \u201cI have talked to a number of you and gotten to know you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s important to tell you right now, though, you guys may individually feel a little broken because I\u2019ll talk about the effects you have to deal with and you talked about the impact of that day,\u201d Kinzinger continued. \u201cYou guys won. You guys held. Democracies are not defined by our bad days. We\u2019re defined by how we come back from bad days, how we take accountability for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger went on to say that the goal of the committee was not to be partisan but to determine what had happened, so that it could never happen again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is toxic and a disservice to the officers and their families, to the staff and employees of the Capitol complex and to the American people who deserve the truth and to those generations before us who went to war to defend self-governance,\u201d Kinzinger said of those who argued that the committee was just another political fight.<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger concluded by noting that some critics complained about the Capitol riot getting an investigation despite the fact that there was no bipartisan commission looking at the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/23\/democrat-run-cities-burned-last-summer-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rioting<\/a> that stretched across the country throughout the summer of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was called on to serve during the summer riots as an Air National Guardsman. I condemn those riots and the destruction of property that resulted,\u201d Kinzinger continued. \u201cBut not once did I ever feel that the future of self-governance was threatened like I did on January 6th. There is a difference between breaking the law and rejecting the rule of law. Between a crime \u2014 even grave crimes \u2014 and a coup.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger broke down during Tuesday\u2019s opening hearing of the Jan. 6 Commission. 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