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Kinzinger, journalist get into online spat over ‘Top Gun’ praise
The hill ^ | 05/30/2022 | Rachel Scully

Posted on 05/30/2022 8:29:40 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and a veteran journalist got into a Twitter spat on Sunday evening after the GOP representative praised the new film “Top Gun: Maverick.”

“The new @TopGunMovie was awesome,” Kinzinger wrote.

In response, Yashar Ali, who contributes to New York Magazine and the Huffington Post, quote tweeted Kinzinger and criticized him for complimenting the movie.

“Not kidding when I say this tweet will be shown to Scientologists as an example of Tom Cruise’s excellence and how he is the most dedicated Scientologist,” he wrote, referring to Cruise’s membership in the Church of Scientology.

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Kinzinger is pure garbage
1 posted on 05/30/2022 8:29:40 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Lesson: you can never sell out enough for the left.


2 posted on 05/30/2022 8:34:02 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I can’t wait to see the movie. Several neighbors saw it this past weekend and raved about it, wanting to see it again. The neighbors said something about American values that once were and must become again.


3 posted on 05/30/2022 8:36:49 AM PDT by elpadre (W)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Kinzinger is developing the online profile of mass shooter 💩🤡


4 posted on 05/30/2022 8:37:41 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: JonPreston

or a red flag candidate


5 posted on 05/30/2022 8:40:43 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The reporter does make a completely valid point. How many thousands of people has Scientology boy Cruise led into utter, eternal darkness by promoting his demented fake religion?


6 posted on 05/30/2022 8:42:28 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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Kinzinger is pure garbage

Liz Cheney wouldn't like you very much if she heard you say that.

7 posted on 05/30/2022 8:45:15 AM PDT by DaBroasta
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To: imabadboy99

Not to mention the billion year contract. Worse than a damn time share. 🤣


8 posted on 05/30/2022 8:46:24 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

You have to give it to Pelosi.

She screws McCarthy over appointing real Republicans and puts this nose picker on her little Inquisition commission and gives him priceless publicity when we all know he’s dead man walking.

But the damage is done. She gets to define who a Real Republican should be: a whiny, whipped little boy saying “Yes Mistress” to Big Mommy. And that’s what the world see’s as “The Republicans”.

Gotta hand it to the Commie Gangsta Girl. She knows how to paint people.


9 posted on 05/30/2022 8:48:11 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: imabadboy99
Joke post?
The “reporter”, Yashar Ali, who works for the New York Magazine and the Huffington Post, is no reporter.
He is a far left propagandist.
And what does Scientology have to do with how good “Top Gun” is?
10 posted on 05/30/2022 8:49:58 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: imabadboy99
What does Cruz's choice of 'religion' have to do with his acting or the current Top Gun movie? If we are going to not pay to see or watch any media that an actor we disagree with is in(and I have) then the entertainment choices are even further limited. I find that the vast majority of popular entertainers for decades have been personal slimes, politically, morally and religiously. But how is the movie? Obviously the message it sends is a problem for Kinzinger and his new buddies on the left, Cruz is just a red herring.
11 posted on 05/30/2022 8:50:56 AM PDT by Mastador1
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I for one can’t wait when the Left throws him overboard. He’s their useful idiot now, but after the midterms they’ll have no use for him. Kinzinger will be completely stranded.


12 posted on 05/30/2022 8:51:35 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: aynrandfreak

Lesson: you can never sell out enough for the left.

This!


13 posted on 05/30/2022 8:57:43 AM PDT by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I have no use for Kinzinger, Scientology, or Tom Cruise. But if the movie was good, and Kinzinger liked it, I don’t have a problem with him saying so. Anyone who “joins/sticks with” Scientology because Cruise is a good actor is a fool anyway.


14 posted on 05/30/2022 8:57:55 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("It's one thing if it's a minor incursion" - Joe Biden)
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To: imabadboy99

I disagree. Saying that you like “Top Gun” (or any movie in which Cruise appears) isn’t an endorsement of Scientology. I can’t stand Kinzinger, but it’s unfair to slam him for this. I’ve enjoyed numerous movies in which I disapprove of the views of the actors. If I say that I like “The Godfather,” am I endorsing Diane Keaton’s support for the Clintons and Obama?


15 posted on 05/30/2022 9:14:38 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: imabadboy99

It’s mind-boggling, I know, that “thousands” have been led astray by Scientology nonsense, and celebrity endorsements such as that of Tom Cruise are largely to blame.

People dumb enough to buy such nonsense are especially vulnerable to celebrity endorsements.

But keep in mind that thousands out of millions is not a high percentage. Sadly, there are thousands who believe the earth is flat.

So, when it comes to mass deceptions, Scientology, flat earth societies, and other fringe weirdo beliefs - they are not too scary.

If you want a scary deception, what about the fact that around 60% of Americans (over 200 million people) believe Joe Biden won fair and square in 2020? What about the fact that 40% (over 130 million) actually approve of the job he’s doing?

Now that’s scary!


16 posted on 05/30/2022 9:21:51 AM PDT by enumerated
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To: imabadboy99
Probably less then Yashar Ali has.
17 posted on 05/30/2022 9:23:20 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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To: Regulator

How’s her husbamd doing?


18 posted on 05/30/2022 9:39:22 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson

In Marin County?

He’ll walk with a kiss.


19 posted on 05/30/2022 9:40:31 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s worth seeing, awesome as he says, though it should be seen on an IMAX screen to get the full effect!


20 posted on 05/30/2022 9:49:05 AM PDT by gbs
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