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You joined the Devils Army: Adam Kinzinger reveals letter brainwashed Trump-loving relatives sent him after he voted for impeachment
(Independent UK) A Republican congressman who broke with Trump and was censured by his own party has shared a letter sent by relatives who he says were brainwashed, after they called him a disappointment.
Adam Kinzinger, who voted along with 10 other Republicans to impeach the former president on 13 January, was sent the letter by relatives after he broke ranks to condemn the events of 6 January, when Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol.
His family reportedly said in the letter two days later that Mr Kinzinger was a disappointment to them and to God!, and that his remarks about Mr Trump have embarrassed the Kinzinger family name.
Speaking in an interview published on Monday and after his Republican colleagues in the Senate voted to acquit the former president on Saturday the six-term Illinois Republican said the letter showed that his relatives had been brainwashed when it came to politics. ......(more)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/adam-kinzinger-trump-family-letter-b1802874.html
sakabatou
(42,204 posts)StClone
(11,692 posts)Some Republican members voted to acquit. And, Trump nearly had them killed in the Capitol Coup. They fear Mr.Tee more than death! That is as hard a cult belief as one can have.
Walleye
(31,156 posts)Ive never seen abortion or Socialism mentioned in the Bible,maybe I missed it
lindysalsagal
(20,795 posts)BeerBarrelPolka
(1,202 posts)Their own bible is an idol. Some carry it with them wherever they go, and rely on it like a crutch. I told my ex-wife, "Jesus never used the New Testament."
lindysalsagal
(20,795 posts)Just think about that for a minute. He wouldn't go away from home without it.
Why in hell would you need a stupid paperback book, if you believed any of it?
How would a few pages of typing compare to the reality of an all-knowing omnipotent god?
BeerBarrelPolka
(1,202 posts)That guy doesn't have faith...lol
I once showed my ex a book I had on basic electricity. It's a mammoth book. I told her that the book is just a basic introduction to electricity, yet it is 5 times as in depth as your bible. How can a book that is meant as the foundation of humanity be so scant? Her first line of attack was always that I'm an atheist and hate God and worship Satan.
lindysalsagal
(20,795 posts)The idea that they might not exist never enters their mind.
BeerBarrelPolka
(1,202 posts)And I love how they cherry pick bible quotes and how they live their life in judgement of others.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)jimfields33
(16,145 posts)Kinda funny really.
Walleye
(31,156 posts)My cousin who played guitar and sang had a duo with a guy who used to come to our family functions like a family member. She was staunch anti-Trump and he was opposite. They totally didnt talk to each other for years. In December she died of a stroke and they never got to reconcile. it makes me so sad.
jimfields33
(16,145 posts)Yes trump destroyed more then anybody knows. I am so sadden by the two good friends not reconciling before it was too late.
lindysalsagal
(20,795 posts)still_one
(92,526 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,327 posts)Akoto
(4,267 posts)Hekate
(91,042 posts)It sounds like Kinzinger was prepared for this, and has zero fcks left to give for his family.
Midnight Writer
(21,856 posts)Now you are whining because "they" are irrational?
That's like Dershowitz complaining about how Epstein treats little girls while he keeps going back to Lolita Island for more chaste massages.