Karl Rove to headline March 31 virtual fundraiser for Rep. Adam Kinzinger

[IcyPeas]

From linked Chicago Sun Times article in tweet:

Karl Rove to headline March 31 virtual fundraiser for Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Top lllinois GOP donors among co-hosts

Kinzinger is one of 10 Republicans to vote with House Democrats to impeach Trump for “incitement of insurrection” for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol as Congress was taking the final steps to validate Joe Biden’s presidential election.

Kinzinger has emerged as a national leader of the non-Trump wing of the Republican Party because of his willingness to denounce conspiracy theories and Trump’s embrace of the lie that he won the election. He was also one of 11 Republicans to vote with Democrats to strip freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., from committees for her embrace of QAnon conspiracy theories and threats to harm Democrats.

Kinzinger is using another political war chest, his Future First Leadership PAC, to bolster his “Country First” drive to build a movement to diminish Trump’s grip on the Republican Party.

Trump launched an attack on Rove this month, after Rove, in his Wall Street Journal column, criticized Trump’s speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump, in a statement from his “Save America” PAC, called Rove “a pompous fool.”

Link to tweet

[elleng]

1. Interesting

[crickets]

2. Hilarious for Needy Amin to call anyone "a pompous fool" -- even if he is correct. nt

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Seems We File That Under...

...takes one to know one.
But, I can't prove it, but I just know it's true that this is the second time ever where T#&@p was correct at something.
The other time was after a bad shot on the golf course when he said "I suck!"

[Silent3]

4. Gee, maybe a tiny bit of regret for the monster he helped create?

Or, more likely, some other ulterior motive?

[JI7]

5. Or just thinking of long term survival of the party

[ProfessorGAC]

6. The Latter

He was critical of T&@#p nearly the full 4 years.
He also told the Freedumb Caucus to get lost, which is why they primaries him in 2014 & 2020.
He won both primaries in a romp. In both cases, his primary win was substantially larger than his win in the GE.
I live in his district. In fact, I've substitute taught at the school about a mile from his house.
Here's what I think he's up to:
He believes T&@$p's influence will wane quickly. A Rs need to undergo a restructuring, he becomes big heat & maybe the face of the party.
I'm not sure he's wrong.

[Silent3]

7. I should have been more clear that I was referring about Rove, not Kinzinger

Although I suspect your response might have been similar, apart from the fact Rove doesn't hold an elective office.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Easy To Confuse, I Suppose

But, AK appears to be up to something. So, I can see why we got our wires crossed.