Rep. Adam Kinzinger
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In a video entitled “Courage Over Conspiracies,” Kinzinger said, “The president does not want to admit defeat and no one would. But he is currently trying to discredit the election results through lies and conspiracies.”
“As someone trusted to lead, I have a choice,” he continued. ‘I can be quiet and try to survive by walking the easy way. Or I can give my opinion and lead without worrying about the consequences. ‘
The legislator explained the dangers of how quickly what he described as disinformation can travel quickly in political discourse from years ago. He stated, “As officials, we have a responsibility to serve in good faith,” despite political results.
Trump and several GOP lawmakers have claimed that the 2020 election was tainted by widespread voter fraud. However, federal election officials and former Attorney General William Barr
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After the election, the Trump campaign also spawned several legal battles in battlefield states to contest the election results, including in Michigan, Georgia, Arizona, and Pennsylvania. These lawsuits have largely failed.
Kinzinger said Republicans who have given credence to those claims “know it’s not true,” but “fear their next election.”
“A snowball of self-defense has grown rapidly,” said Kinzinger, a critic of Trump and his allies.
On Wednesday, Sen. Josh Hawley
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“Millions of voters concerned about the integrity of the election deserve to be heard,” Hawley said in disclosing his objection.
Kinzinger warned that actions like this endanger the integrity of future elections.
“We were sent to lead, regardless of our desired outcome, and we must lead,” Kinzinger said. “This will set in motion a terrible cycle where every election must be objected to and we will eventually lose our ability to self-govern.”
Her. Ben Sasse
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“Let’s be clear what is happening here: we have a bunch of ambitious politicians who think there is a quick way to tap into the president’s populist base without causing any real, long-term damage,” he said Thursday.
But they are wrong – and this issue is bigger than anyone’s personal ambitions. Adults don’t point with a loaded gun at the heart of legitimate self-government. ‘