Kinzinger Reacts To McCarthy Calling Him a ‘Pelosi Republican’
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) says it is “childish” for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy ( R-Calif.) to call him names after he accepted an appointment to the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the…
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) says it is “childish” for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to call him names after he accepted an appointment to the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The Illinois Republican was asked on Monday to respond to McCarthy’s comment, he said, “It’s childish. We’re doing big things right now. We’re getting to the answers of the worst attack on the Capitol since the War of 1812. He can call me whatever names he wants.”
“The bottom line I’m an elected member of Congress. I’m a Republican. Kevin McCarthy is technically my Republican leader, and to call members of Congress by childish names like Donald Trump used to do, I guess, is just kinda par for the course,” he added.
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Earlier this month, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) named Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) to the committee, and on Sunday, she named Kinzinger to the panel, as IJR reported.
Cheney and Kinzinger have both been vocal critics of former President Donald Trump, and both voted