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JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 08:12 AM Jan 2021

Kinzinger says he is 'in total peace' after impeachment vote

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach President Trump on Wednesday, said in his first post-vote interview that he was "in total peace" with the decision.

"Do I worry about my political future? Not really, because honestly, I never got into this to build some political empire," Kinzinger told NBC's Savannah Guthrie. "I did it to do the right thing and I am in total peace today that my vote was the right thing, and I actually think history will judge it that way."

Guthrie went on to ask Kinzinger if he believed the single article of impeachment will attract any Republican support in the Senate trial. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said he will not reconvene the chamber for a trial before Trump leaves office, but a New York Times report earlier this week claimed McConnell believes Trump has committed impeachable offenses and is pleased with the impeachment effort.

Kinzinger said he believed Senate Republicans were more receptive to voting to remove the president after the deadly riot in the U.S. Capitol.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/534138-kinzinger-says-he-is-in-total-peace-after-impeachment-vote?amp&__twitter_impression=true

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Kinzinger says he is 'in total peace' after impeachment vote (Original Post) JonLP24 Jan 2021 OP
Kinzinger and the 9 other republicans will have their names in the history books madaboutharry Jan 2021 #1
Yeah now your at peace.... mikeysnot Jan 2021 #2

madaboutharry

(40,219 posts)
1. Kinzinger and the 9 other republicans will have their names in the history books
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 08:19 AM
Jan 2021

and written about as Profiles in Courage.

It should be easy for people to do the righteous thing, but for most it seem to be very hard.

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