Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Tuesday said former President Trump “brought heaps of fear” into the GOP as lawmakers worried disloyalty to their party leader could knock them out of favor. “For some reason, somewhere, it all became about power, and it all became about fear. And Donald Trump brought heaps of fear into the Republican Party,” Kinzinger said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “For like a year or two, people thought maybe we could take down Donald Trump. When he kept surviving, this fear cam... Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) released the following statement on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: “Sofia and I extend our deepest condolences to the Royal Family and the entire Commonwealth. The world has lost a great force for good today.” “Queen Elizabeth, during her over seven decades of service to the British people, has been a steadfast supporter of the relationship between our two great nations. From her broadcasts to the children of the United King... Read more

REP. ADAM KINZINGER (R-Ill.) called former President Donald Trump’s removal of highly classified documents from the White House “disgusting,” saying that “no president should act this way.” Kinzinger appeared on Sunday’s Meet the Press where host Chuck Todd asked whether the Department of Justice has enough evidence to charge the former president. “I’m no expert in you know what it takes to indict somebody. You know, I’m a pilot. That’s about it, but knowing what I know, I look at this and I go,... Read more

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said on Tuesday that some people “equate Donald Trump with the person of Jesus Christ” in their hearts. “To them, if you even come against this amazing man, Donald Trump, which obviously quite flawed, you are coming out against Jesus, against their Christian values,” he told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner. “And when you go after their religion, that violates the depth of who they are.” Kinzinger made the remark in response to a question Wagner asked him about criticism he has r... Read more

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Tuesday warned Americans not to allow Republicans to "pretend" that the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan wasn't "set in motion" by former President Trump and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Why it matters: This week marks one year since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan, an event that kick-started a decline in President Biden's polling numbers and was seized by Republicans as a defining issue. The White House plans to circulate a new memo defending ... Read more

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard, released the following statement on confirmation that the U.S. government has killed Ayman al Zawahiri, the current leader of al Qaeda, in Kabul. “The successful U.S. operation to take out Ayman al Zawahiri, a founding member of the jihadist movement al Qaeda, longtime deputy to Osama bin Ladin, and one of the key strategists behind the internati... Read more

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) praised witnesses who appeared before the Jan. 6 committee on which he serves. In doing so, he took a shot at the men in his own party. Appearing on Wednesday’s edition of The Lead on CNN, Jake Tapper asked the congressman about anonymous claims made by sources contradicting testimony given to the committee under oath. Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Mark Meadows, testified that a White House official told her Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the p... Read more

When Adam Kinzinger came to Congress in 2011, the 32-year-old Air Force vet was considered a rising star in the GOP. Today he’s persona non grata within his own party. The Illinois lawmaker, among the few House Republicans who have been deeply critical of former President Donald Trump, is one of only two on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Over the course of eight public hearings this summer, the Jan. 6 committee has painted a devastating picture of... Read more

Adam Kinzinger remembers what it was like to be the cool kid, the youngest star of the conservative revolution in 2010. “I was one of his favorites early on,” the Illinois Republican recalled. Kinzinger was referencing the current House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who a dozen years ago, as a junior member of Republican leadership, helped recruit Kinzinger and dozens of others who propelled the party into the House majority. The two stayed close over the years, as McCarthy would ... Read more

Washington, DC – Yesterday, Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Congresswoman Elaine Luria (D-VA) led the Select Committee to investigate the attack on the United States Capitol hearing that focused on the 187 minutes where former President Donald Trump watched as the Capitol was under siege. The hearing brought into sharp focus the egregious violation of former President Trump’s oath when he watched the attack on the United States Capitol building on TV for more than three hours and did nothi... Read more