Adam Kinzinger, the man so distraught over the Capitol protests in 2021 that he cried during an initial hearing on the matter and admitted he had “barricaded” himself in his office with his gun at the ready, pulled up his little big boy pants, stomped on over to CNN, and insisted he’s not afraid of Donald Trump.
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Specifically, Trump’s suggestion that members of the highly-partisan January 6th committee investigating the incident belong in prison.
The President-elect (it’s important to call him that since the committee’s entire purpose for existing was to prevent Trump from bearing that title ever again) addressed the J6 committee in a recent interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker.
He explained that the Island of Misfit politicians pushed a false narrative about the riot and added, “Those people committed a major crime.”
“Honestly, they should go to jail,” Trump said.
Kinzinger, in a rebuttal on CNN, provided the kind of commentary you’d expect from the testosterone-deprived former Congressman.
Madam Kinzinger puts on his big boy pants and insists he’s not afraid of Trump’s jail threats.
Narrator: He’s afraid. The dude literally hid behind his desk during the Capitol protest.
Kinzinger: “He’s all butt hurt, right now because he was embarrassed.” pic.twitter.com/93EFOQLoY3
— Rusty (@Rusty_Weiss) December 9, 2024
“No, I have absolutely no worries about this,” Kinzinger told CNN’s “Inside Politics” host Manu Raju over the weekend.
The self-described Republican from Illinois turned “White Dude for Harris” further suggested the committee’s biggest crime was embarrassing Trump. You know, not the fact that they pushed debunked conspiracy theories to the public, doctored text messages, or even that they destroyed evidence before the GOP took control of the House.
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No, no. It was about ketchup … or something.
“First off, the executive branch can’t go after the legislative branch because we embarrassed him. That’s not a sin. That’s not against the law,” Kinzinger told Raju. “Ultimately, when we talked about him throwing his ketchup and hamburger against the wall, there’s nothing illegal about that.”
The CNN commentator is referencing testimony provided by former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who laughably testified about an angry Trump throwing a plate against the wall, resulting in “ketchup dripping down that wall.”
Hutchinson is emblematic of the problem with the J6 committee. She allegedly engaged in back-channel text messages with Kinzinger’s twin, Liz Cheney, leading to accusations of her testimony being influenced. Then, she repeatedly provided false testimony regarding absurd self-imagined stories.
According to Kinzinger, that’s neither here nor there. Trump’s anger with the committee is about his feelings being hurt. That’s it. End of story.
“So look, he’s all butt hurt right now because he was embarrassed,” Adam said. “He’s not going to come after us, and I’m not worried about it at all in the least.”
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I don’t know how much money Democrats and CNN left on the nightstand for Kinzinger to abandon every principle he ever held to become their personal propaganda prostitute, but it’s likely not enough.
It’s always fascinating when the poster boy for transitioning into a drama queen insists he’s not afraid of the big, evil orange man by going on CNN and insisting to the world that he is one bad hombre.
This is the same guy who openly sobbed during a hearing for the J6 committee.
“We may have our deep differences on other policy issues, but we are all Americans today,” he said at the time, eyes puffy, biting his lip. “And we thank you for holding that line.”
In emotional remarks, GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger praises officers who defended U.S. Capitol: “You guys won. You guys held.”
“Democracies are not defined by our bad days. We’re defined by how we come back from bad days.” https://t.co/Ivqza5UmhT pic.twitter.com/aqyBdqM8gk
— ABC News (@ABC) July 27, 2021
That’s the guy who wants you to think he’ll someday become a real boy. The same guy who thought he was going to have to turn Rambo on January 6th and start shooting rioters.
Kinzinger admitted during an interview for Rolling Stone that he contemplated firing his gun as pro-Trump supporters calmly walked through the Capitol.
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The former lawmaker said he left “pretty much when the proceedings started” and then “spent basically the next six hours in my office, hunkered down, with my gun out, prepared to defend against my own party.”
“So I barricaded myself in here, thinking, ‘If this is as bad as it seems, they may end up at my office, breaking this crap down, and I may have to do what I can,'” he added.
AOC, who indicated she was almost literally “murdered” on January 6th, has nothing on this guy. What a rube.
