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"they are laughing that they can manipulate you so easily" [1]

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Date: 2022-07-22

We all saw the January 6th Committee hearings last night during prime time and learned more about how trump and his enablers in Congress ran rough shod over our Democracy by inciting and fanning the insurrection against our nation on Jan 6. There were some riveting testimony by witnesses and powerful speeches by members of the committee.

This morning, on CNN, Adam Kinzinger, did something you rarely see done by Democrats — directly talk to MAGA republicans and shame them for being fools for supporting trump and trump’s money-making machine. It was great to see someone address republican voters and tell them that their interest lies not with trump and his enablers but with a revived republican party, one led by sane leaders, not lunatics and grifters. It may not make much difference with hardcore trump supporters, but it might sow some seeds of doubt with republican-leaning Independents. I think we need more of this.

And Republicans in particular, let me talk to you. You deserve far better than somebody that's going to stand in front of you, knowingly lie to you so they can steal your money from you and tell you lies so that you believe it and then they laugh behind your back. Trust me, they are laughing that they can manipulate you so easily; so you can get mad at people like myself and Liz Cheney for telling you the truth, but the people you should be mad at are those that are lying to you and completely disgracing you and your family. And that's what we have to, as Americans, say if our parties aren't going to represent us, we have to do something different, dang it. It's up to us to take our party back.

He continued, with this suggestion to MAGA republicans that their fellow republicans will soon abandon trump and they should too.

x Kinzinger says in 10 yrs he thinks "you're not gonna be able to find a single person that admits to supporting or voting for Donald Trump in this country. Because they're gonna be embarrassed, because their kids are gonna say, 'you actually supported Trump? Are you kidding me?'" pic.twitter.com/sxbgMOv7OV — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 22, 2022

Cheney was more generous to trump supporters last night, calling them patriots, but also stating emphatically that they were being fooled and manipulated by trump.

x "Trump knows that millions of Americans who supported him would stand up... he is preying on their patriotism... And on January 6th, he turned their love of country into a weapon against our Capitol and our Constitution."

- Vice Chair @RepLizCheney — January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) July 22, 2022

Here are some more statements by Adam Kinzinger last night, castigating trump and appealing to those (esp republicans) who love and who have served this country —

x "Whatever your politics, whatever you think about the outcome of the election, we as Americans must all agree on this: Donald Trump’s conduct on January 6th was a supreme violation of his oath of office, and a complete dereliction of his duty to our Nation."

- @RepKinzinger — January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) July 22, 2022

x “Donald Trump’s conduct on Jan. 6 was a supreme violation of his oath of office and a complete dereliction of his duty to our nation. It is a stain on our history. It is a dishonor to all those who have sacrificed and died in the service of our democracy” — Rep. Adam Kinzinger — Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) July 22, 2022

Kinzinger’s takes a dig at his fellow lawmakers. He certainly has taken a courageous stand for integrity and for his oath of office.

x Rep. Adam Kinzinger "We, as leaders, must be willing to sacrifice our political careers when integrity and our oath requires it."



MAGA Republicans have failed their oath of office. Jan6Justice pic.twitter.com/MewlLElvmq — Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) July 16, 2022

A concise summary of last night’s hearings — “trump CHOSE not to act.”

x Rep. Adam Kinzinger put it well:



Trump didn’t just “fail to act” for 187 fateful minutes as the armed and violent mob he had assembled and aimed at the Capitol rampaged and desecrated the nation’s citadel of democracy.



“He CHOSE not to act.”



There’s a world of difference. — Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 22, 2022

The closing remarks by Adam Kinzinger were powerful —

We the people must demand more of our politicians and ourselves. Oaths matter. Character matters. Truth matters. If we do not renew our faith and commitment to these principles, this great experiment of ours, our shining beacon on a hill, will not endure.

x GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger: ‘We the people must demand more of our politicians … Oaths matter, character matters, truth matters’ pic.twitter.com/FIom64gnLl — NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 22, 2022

Praise for Kinzinger -

x .@RepKinzinger displaying the anger that his fellow Republicans don't have the courage to conjure up for their country. — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 22, 2022

Are these hearings changing minds? Yes -

x Cracks appear in Trump's standing among Republicans after Jan. 6 hearings, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows https://t.co/d6D8wBNglE pic.twitter.com/3aPtaBCEFD — Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) July 22, 2022

The two-day poll, finished hours before a scheduled eighth hearing of the congressional probe, showed that 40% percent of Republicans now believe Trump is at least partly to blame for the deadly riot, up from 33% in a poll conducted six weeks ago.

Yes, Cheney and Kinzinger are republicans; they do not share our ideas and ideals on many policy matters. But, they are sane and sanity is in short supply in the republican party. We need all the help we can get, to divide the republican party, energize Democratic voters and give our candidates a better chance of winning in November.

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