Kinzinger Slams His Own Party in Fiery Final Floor Speech: ‘We Shelter the Ignorant, the Racist’
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) was not hesitant to go off on his own party while delivering his final speech on the House floor. During the speech delivered on Thursday, Kinzinger declared, “We must not abandon our values…
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) was not hesitant to go off on his own party while delivering his final speech on the House floor.
During the speech delivered on Thursday, Kinzinger declared, “We must not abandon our values or our beliefs in the U.S. Constitution.”
He continued, “We all swore an oath in this very chamber to support and defend the Constitution of the United States – not a political party and not a single man.”
Kinzinger called on his party to “renew this belief while casting out those that take the unprecedented call to abolish this sacred document.”
The lawmaker claimed leaders today “belittle and, in some cases, justify attacks on the U.S. Capitol as ‘legitimate political discourse.'”
He explained, “The once great party of Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Reagan has turned its back on the ideals of liberty and self-governance. Instead, it has embraced lies and deceit.”
According to Kinzinger, “The Republican Party used to believe in a big tent, which welcomed the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Now we shelter the ignorant, the racist – who only stoke anger and hatred to those who are different than us.”
Watch his speech below:
Additionally, Kinzinger took aim at Democratic colleagues for pouring “millions of dollars into the campaigns of MAGA Republicans – the same candidates President Biden called a national security threat.”
Kinzinger said this is “no longer Politics