Left-Wing Hostility Towards Kinzinger is Misplaced

When Illinois Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger announced on Friday that he would not seek a seventh term to the House of Representatives Trump World was predictably pleased. After all, Kinzinger was one of only 10 Republican Congressmen who voted to impeach former President Trump for his role in the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol and has, along with Liz Cheney, served on the House Select Committee to investigate said attack. For his part, former President Trump simply said, "2 down, 8 to go!"

But many left-wingers were equally disdainful even while acknowledging his vote to impeach Trump.

Don Winslow: "Before you going getting all boo hoo, remember this:

Adam Kinzinger voted 90% of the time for Trump policies. 90%."

Majid Padellan (a.k.a. BrooklynDad_Defiant): "WHOA! Rep. Adam Kinzinger has decided not to run for reelection. While I appreciate him voting to impeach trump, I also remember he voted for trump policies most of the time, so buh bye."

Avenger Resister: "Adam Kinzinger voted with Trump 90% of the time so no, I won’t miss him. Let’s flip it blue!"

Ricky Davila: "People are calling Adam Kinzinger a principled Republican just because he’s been an outspoken MAGA critic, but all I remember is that he voted against the John Lewis Voting Rights Act as well as voted for Agolf Twitler and 90% of his destructive policies. All I see is GQP."

The common thread here is that Kinzinger should not be admired because he voted with Trump 90% of the time. In so doing they miss the point in its entirely. In Trump World, supporting Trump 90% of the time is treason. It's either 100% or 0%. You're all in or you're all out.

Adam Kinzinger isn't a liberal and has never pretended to be one. Like Cheney, he drew a line when Trump saw fit to prevent the peaceful transition of power and, in so doing, put an end to his career as an elected official. Not only has Kinzinger been disowned by Republicans, he has been disowned by members of his own family.

By all means feel free to disagree with his votes but to suggest Kinzinger is nothing more than a QAnon supporter is both delusional and dishonest. The left-wing hostility towards Kinzinger is simply misplaced and is every bit as nasty as that coming from Trump supporters. In which case, perhaps they are two of a kind and are no better than the Trump supporters they claim to despise.