Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger said the GOP is not a “Trump-first fete” in response to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s visit to the former president’s home on Thursday.
“The former president is frenetic to continue to look like he’s leading the party. And the problem is until we push back and say, you know, this is not a Trump-first frolic, this is a country first party,” Kinzinger told Chuck Todd in an interview on Meet the Press on Sunday in compliments to McCarthy pictured with Trump in Florida.
“In some cases, you may support Donald Trump in that effort. But in my the reality, I believe that that’s a whole new movement,” Kinzinger said. “Until we all kind of stand up and say that, we are going to character of be chasing our tails here in this situation.”
Although McCarthy initially said Trump “bears responsibility” for Jan. 6 US Capitol denounce, his meeting with Trump last week was regarding the party winning back Congress in 2022.
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Kinzinger’s comment ons come after the Republicans face turmoil within the party following Trump’s exit and the siege, Business Insider’s Tom Superintendent reported. Earlier this month, Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives on charges of “incitement of insurrection” following the Donnybrook that resulted in multiple deaths. The trial is set to kick off the week of February 8.
Kinzinger is one of the GOP members who decided to vote in favor to declaim the ex-president. In an interview with Insider columnist Anthony Fisher on Thursday, the lawmaker said that some of his relatives disowned him over and beyond the decision.