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Rep. Kinzinger: ‘It’s time’ for leaders to disavow QAnon
Politico ^

Posted on 08/17/2020 7:55:24 AM PDT by MNDude

Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday emphasized the importance of President Donald Trump and other leaders calling out QAnon — a set of far-right conspiracy theories that allege the existence of a “deep state” against Trump.

The Illinois Republican, who posted a video on YouTube explaining QAnon on Sunday morning, said it’s time for other lawmakers to definitively and emphatically denounce the theories.

While QAnon theories have circulated in recent years, they have received more attention since Marjorie Taylor Greene’s primary runoff win in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District on Tuesday.

Greene has vocally supported QAnon theories, and Trump endorsed her candidacy. The president went so far as to call her a “future Republican star” after her primary win. She is heavily favored to win in November.

Speaking on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” Kinzinger said he supported Greene’s primary challenger, neurosurgeon John Cowan, in the runoff.

“I think up to maybe about a week ago there wasn’t a reason to denounce it because it didn’t need the attention, but now that it's made mainstream — we have a candidate that embraces it that won a primary,” he said.

In a briefing last week, Trump sidestepped a question about Greene’s support for QAnon. Kinzinger said it’s time for the president and leading lawmakers to disavow it.

“The president hasn’t fully denounced it or denounced it at all,” he said. “Now it's time for leaders to come out and denounce it.”

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To: MNDude

This guy was a buddy of McCain and Linda. He has a lot to hide. Millie Weaver exposed these turds.


21 posted on 08/17/2020 8:15:42 AM PDT by dforest
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To: MNDude

If the s their beef with QAnon then they’ve got none. There is clearly a Deep State.


22 posted on 08/17/2020 8:17:50 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: ClearCase_guy

Good observation, ClearCase_guy.

The CNN attack on QAnon is a sign that Q is having an impact! Ha, ha!


23 posted on 08/17/2020 8:18:13 AM PDT by poconopundit (Iron fist in an Irish velvet glove: Kayleigh the Shillelagh we salute your work!)
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To: MNDude

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Kinzinger

Kinzinger was ranked as the 40th most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 114th United States Congress (and the third most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois) in the Bipartisan Index created by The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy that ranks members of the United States Congress by their degree of bipartisanship (by measuring the frequency each member’s bills attract co-sponsors from the opposite party and each member’s co-sponsorship of bills by members of the opposite party)


He is a Mitten’s clone.


24 posted on 08/17/2020 8:18:36 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: MNDude

Neither do I associate with Qanon, nor have I ever endorsed it (him/her/them), but to say that there is no “deep state” is ridiculous.

Washington DC is not run by elected politicians. They come and they go. Not just operationally, but on almost every effective level except the semi-symbolic representatives who are sent there, that place is run by career bureaucrats. This spans the gamut from almost all of the three letter agencies dealing with regulation, policy enforcement, and law enforcement to the public sector service personnel and even teachers, most of whom get their paychecks from some local public jurisdiction or board of education. Many of them, en masse, have relatively activist viewpoints, and are willing to exploit their positions to promote them.

This is not a conspiracy theory.


25 posted on 08/17/2020 8:19:04 AM PDT by z3n
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To: MNDude

I don’t follow QAnon, but I have been suspicious of government behavior for a long time. I think it is beyond obvious that big business and foreign governments have corrupted Washington politicians and bureaucrats on BOTH sides of the the aisle . . . call it “Deep State” if you like . . . but it is obvious our representatives are definitely not acting in the interest of “we the people”. They are selling us out for their own interest. They have become masters of hiding payoff money for selling us out.

In my opinion, theories of conspiracy have progressed WAY BEYOND theories. We are now just watching the “man behind the curtain” do his dirty work. Every one that takes advantage of hard-working citizens by selling the power of their position, regardless of party affiliation, deserves to hang by the neck until the buzzards pick them clean. Q-Anon is just a symptom of a huge problem that resides on the government side . . . the proverbial tip of an extraordinarily large iceberg.


26 posted on 08/17/2020 8:20:12 AM PDT by RatRipper ( Democrats and socialists are vile liars, thieves and murderers - enemies of good and America.)
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To: MNDude
Why should “leaders” disavow free speech? Should they also disavow the playing of Dungeons and Dragons? If you don’t follow Q it should be viewed the same as D&Ds.
27 posted on 08/17/2020 8:20:24 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: Seruzawa
This is the greatest effect that the Q hoax will ever create.

Hate to break it to ya, but its not a hoax.

Its very real, and the attacks on it by the derp state is also very real.

The silent war continues.

#GetInTheGame


28 posted on 08/17/2020 8:21:56 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: MNDude

Why now? The elite must be planning an assassination or a mass murder before the election by one of their agents, who will be papered to be connected to the Qanaon movement. This must be their plan for a final push to discredit President Trump. They probably plan to kill thousands. Demons.


29 posted on 08/17/2020 8:23:40 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Politics is the continuation of war by other means. --Clausewitz)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Good point. This Clinesmith guy must know something. Perhaps an assassination or mass murder attempt in the planning, that would be false-flagged on Qanon?


30 posted on 08/17/2020 8:24:45 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Politics is the continuation of war by other means. --Clausewitz)
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To: MNDude

Shut up, Adam.

L


31 posted on 08/17/2020 8:25:18 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: backwoods-engineer
The elite must be planning an assassination or a mass murder before the election...

The derps must destroy Trump before he destroys them.

Its that simple.

#TheSilentWarContinues


32 posted on 08/17/2020 8:26:29 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Seruzawa

Spot on. A hoax that has enough random truth in it to get all the right people scared of it. Hilarious.


33 posted on 08/17/2020 8:26:38 AM PDT by Codeflier (Covid-19 taught me: Two types of "conservatives", frightened safety seekers vs. freedom lovers)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I wonder what they are afraid of?

They're afraid of people thinking for themselves.

34 posted on 08/17/2020 8:27:24 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: MNDude

..if Q is a LARP—they protest too much methinks...


35 posted on 08/17/2020 8:28:26 AM PDT by WalterSkinner (In Memory of My Father, WWII Vet 2007 , and Mom, the Best Mother Ever 2019)
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To: Codeflier
A hoax that has enough random truth in it to get all the right people scared of it. Hilarious.

Pssst. Not a hoax.

Pass it on.


36 posted on 08/17/2020 8:29:39 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: MNDude

https://www.rollcall.com/2018/12/20/paul-ryan-aide-rep-adam-kinzinger-received-steele-dossier-early-court-documents-show/

Paul Ryan Aide, Rep. Adam Kinzinger Received Steele Dossier Early, Court Documents Show

Longtime associate of Sen. John McCain and Obama’s top Russia expert also received report

GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger and a longtime aide to Speaker Paul D. Ryan each were given an early look at the final report added to the infamous “Steele dossier,” court documents in a lawsuit against BuzzFeed News show.

Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence agent who compiled the unsubstantiated research booklet in 2016 about Donald Trump’s connections to Russia before he became president, gave the report to Kinzinger and Jonathan Burks, Ryan’s longtime chief of staff, after he completed it on Dec. 13, 2016, according to the court memo.

In addition to Kinzinger and Burks, Steele also handed off the 17th and final report of his dossier, Report 166, to a longtime associate of Sen. John McCain and the top Russia expert on President Barack Obama’s National Security Council.

https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/03/rep-kinzinger-defends-the-late-john-mccain-in-op-ed.html

REP. KINZINGER DEFENDS THE LATE JOHN MCCAIN IN OP-ED

WASHINGTON DC - Illinois’ U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger penned a defense of the late Senator John McCain Friday on Fox News.com, saying McCain was a mentor and hero to him. For the past three days, President Trump has publicly criticized Senator McCain and his family for disagreements the two held while McCain was still alive.

Senator McCain most famously defied the President’s efforts to overturn Obamacare when he appeared on the U.S. Senate floor before his death and with a thumbs-down motion defeated the measure.

Kinzinger writes:

John and I shared a similar world view and valued the freedoms that America provided us and millions of others. We agreed that America has a unique and important role in the world for human dignity and peace; to stand as a beacon of hope for others around the world.

The life of the Maverick McCain will be seen as a testament to the strength of the American character, and people around the world will forever see him as a symbol of courage, hope, and perseverance.

I still miss my friend, my mentor, and my hero, John McCain. I hope that we take the time to remember the importance of civil discourse, passion in one’s beliefs, and the value of American leadership. God knows America, and the world, need it now more than ever


37 posted on 08/17/2020 8:30:20 AM PDT by maggief
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To: MNDude
Kinzinger is a John McCain acolyte, he's as deep state as they come.


38 posted on 08/17/2020 8:32:18 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: bagster
Three years ago:

Jeffrey Epstein is running an underage sex slave ring that is used to control powerful people, elites from the political, entertainment, corporate, and media world.

People: Ridiculous. Conspiracy theory. LARP.

Today: WTF. Epstein is running an underage sex slave ring that is used to control powerful people, elites from the political, entertainment, corporate, and media world.


39 posted on 08/17/2020 8:34:30 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: rlmorel
“Millenial Millie” the Infowars reporter who was jailed for burglary had a documentary she created about just that, and is recently jailed.

I hope she sues everyone involved, including who arrested her.

40 posted on 08/17/2020 8:35:27 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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