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'Fascist cosplay': Ex-GOP lawmaker shows how Trump reveals his true 'weakness'
9 months ago

'Fascist cosplay': Ex-GOP lawmaker shows how Trump reveals his true 'weakness'

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump is engaging in "fascist cosplay," wrote former Rep. Adam Kinzinger in a scathing article on his Substack — and it only reveals what a hollow and weak leader he really is. He followed the well-known blueprint for dictatorship, which included dehumanizing outsiders, predictions of violence, and dramatic warnings about a supposed emergency facing the nation," wrote …

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Kinzinger: Every 'single Trump supporter' will disavow 'cult leader' within 10 years
2 years, 5 months ago

Kinzinger: Every 'single Trump supporter' will disavow 'cult leader' within 10 years

Raw Story  

Rep. Adam Kinzinger predicted over the weekend that every "single Trump supporter" would deny voting for the former president within "about 10 years." I think what's most important is what does history say in five or 10 years because I can guarantee -- well, I can get about as close as I can to guaranteeing that in about 10 years, …

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Jan. 6 committee’s members are on diverging political paths
2 years, 6 months ago

Jan. 6 committee’s members are on diverging political paths

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The nine members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection are on diverging political paths as they prepare for public hearings that could become a defining moment in their careers. Working in private rooms in a Capitol office building, the seven Democrats and two Republicans have participated in hours of interviews, hearing testimony from …

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Republican rift exposes choice: With Trump or against him
2 years, 10 months ago

Republican rift exposes choice: With Trump or against him

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Senate Republicans blame the Republican National Committee. The Republican rift over a symbolic RNC vote to censure Trump’s two GOP House critics has exposed in stark contrast the competing forces fighting to control the party. Instead of fighting President Joe Biden’s agenda, the former president said, McConnell “bails out the radical left and the RINOs” — shorthand …

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Trump maintains grip on GOP despite violent insurrection
2 years, 11 months ago

Trump maintains grip on GOP despite violent insurrection

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As a raging band of his supporters scaled walls, smashed windows, used flagpoles to beat police and breached the U.S. Capitol in a bid to overturn a free and fair election, Donald Trump’s excommunication from the Republican Party seemed a near certainty, his name tarnished beyond repair. Instead, she said, “there were people defending the insurrectionists and defending …

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Police to detail violence, injuries at first Jan. 6 hearing
3 years, 4 months ago

Police to detail violence, injuries at first Jan. 6 hearing

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’re going to tell this story from the beginning,” said Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, …

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Pelosi appoints 2nd GOP critic of Trump to Jan. 6 committee
3 years, 4 months ago

Pelosi appoints 2nd GOP critic of Trump to Jan. 6 committee

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday named a second Republican critic of Donald Trump, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, to a special committee investigating the Capitol riot and pledged that the Democratic-majority panel will “get to the truth.” Kinzinger said he “humbly accepted” the appointment even as his party’s leadership is boycotting the inquiry. That mission, she said, must be …

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Democrats name Republican Trump critic to Capitol riot panel
3 years, 5 months ago

Democrats name Republican Trump critic to Capitol riot panel

Al Jazeera  

Democratic Party leader Nancy Pelosi has named a Republican legislator critical of former President Donald Trump to a panel set to investigate the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol building in January. Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, on Sunday named Republican Adam Kinzinger to a special committee probing the January 6 riot in Washington, DC by …

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Pelosi says ‘deadly serious’ Jan. 6 probe to go without GOP
3 years, 5 months ago

Pelosi says ‘deadly serious’ Jan. 6 probe to go without GOP

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Unfazed by Republican threats of a boycott, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared that a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection will take on its “deadly serious” work whether Republicans participate or not. The Republicans’ House leader, Kevin McCarthy, called the committee a “sham process” and suggested that GOP lawmakers who take part could face consequences. McCarthy …

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GOP civil war: Adam Kinzinger tears into Josh Hawley and his “smug face” during CPAC speech
3 years, 9 months ago

GOP civil war: Adam Kinzinger tears into Josh Hawley and his “smug face” during CPAC speech

Salon  

Anti-Trump Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger tore into fellow Republican, but leader of the so-called insurrectionist caucus of the GOP, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., for bragging about his efforts to overturn the election during his speech at CPAC on Friday. During a CNN interview, Kinzinger was asked whether he expects to get answers from FBI director Christopher Wray's hearing before the …

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US lawmakers approve resolution calling to remove Trump
3 years, 11 months ago

US lawmakers approve resolution calling to remove Trump

Al Jazeera  

The vote will unlikely sway Vice President Mike Pence who already said he does not support invoking the 25th Amendment. 13 Jan 2021 - 04:28 GMT House members approve resolution urging VP Pence to invoke 25th Amendment removing Trump from office The Democratic-led US House of Representatives has officially approved a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke …

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