Republican House leader Liz Cheney is NOT alone in questioning the Republican Party being married to Donald Trump and his actions in his alternative universe…
GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) on Sunday compared the Republican Party to the Titanic amid an internal battle over Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and the push to oust her from her leadership position.
When asked about the intraparty conflict by host John Dickerson on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Kinzinger said the GOP is “in the middle of this slow sink.”
“Right now, it’s basically the Titanic. We’re like, you know, in the middle of this slow sink. We have a band playing on the deck telling everybody it’s fine. And meanwhile, as I’ve said, you know, Donald Trump’s running around trying to find women’s clothing and get on the first lifeboat,” Kinzger said.
“And I think there’s a few of us that are just saying, ‘Guys, this is not good,’ not just for the future of the party, but this is not good for the future of this country,” he added.
Kinzinger also zeroed in on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) comments regarding former President Trump’s role in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, adding that Cheney has been consistent.
“Liz Cheney is saying exactly what Kevin McCarthy said the day of the insurrection. She’s just consistently been saying it. And a few weeks later, Kevin McCarthy changed to attacking other people,” Kinzinger said.
He added that the Republican Party needs to have “an internal look and a full accounting as to what led to Jan. 6.”….
On CNN’s “State of the Union,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) urged his party to allow for differences, while recognizing that the GOP is “very divided.”
“It shows that we’re very divided as a party, and that’s no secret. I’m not the first person to say that, but as we talk about broadening the tent and bringing in a new generation of Republicans, we really have to allow for those types of differences,” Cox told host Jake Tapper….
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Sunday the Republican Party experienced its “worst four years we’ve had, ever” under President Donald Trump, noting the party’s losses in both chambers of Congress and the White House.
“We’ve got to get back to winning elections again. And we have to be able to have a Republican Party that appeals to a broader group of people,” said Hogan, a Republican, on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” “Successful politics is about addition and multiplication, not subtraction and division.”…
image…Axios
Wait until Republicans find out that Trump is looking to find women’s clothing so that he can get on the first lifeboat. Maybe it will cause Republicans to slow down on their anti-trans legislation?
Nah….
They are rushing full speed ahead amplifying his lies and giving him their money….
If Kinzinger thinks the GOP is the Titanic why is he staying on it?
Kinzinger is rather conservative. I don’t see much hope for him as a Democrat. Most likely, he will be defeated in the GOP primary next election, although I hope he survives.
History will remember him favorably – whether or not he leaves the GOP.
I’m not saying he should be a Democrat. But he clearly thinks the GOP is doomed on it’s current path. He should become an independent. He would be more likely to keep his seat that way as Republicans probably wouldn’t field a candidate against him for fear of splitting the vote and handing the seat to the Democrats
Of course his district mat be different post redistricting next year anyway
I think the GOP would challenge him- and win both the primary and the general election. If I recall correctly, Kinzinger hails from La Salle county- which is rather rural, although it is not that far from the Southwestern Chicago suburbs, so it is possible he could get redistricted into a Democratic district.
Illinois Democrats gerrymander every bit as much as Republicans in other states.
Kinzinger was on Bill Mahers show about a month ago and readily conceded that he might not be re-elected or even defeated in a Republican primary.
He appeared fatalistic about it.
He’s a good man but once again admitted that he wasn’t a national figure and was only acting out his own conscience .