Posted on 06/21/2022 9:27:12 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Tom Rice, John Katko, Fred Upton, Adam Kinzinger and Anthony Gonzalez. Five Republican members of Congress who voted to impeach President Donald Trump.
Rice lost in a recent Republican primary and the rest are not running for re-election.
Political decisions have consequences. The careers of Rice, Katko, Upton, Kingzinger and Gonzalez are examples of that. blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
5 of the Republicans, who voted to impeach President Trump, won’t return to Congress:
❌Tom Rice
❌John Katko
❌Fred Upton
❌Adam Kinzinger
❌Anthony Gonzalez
— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) June 17, 2022
Kinzinger of Illinois has been perhaps the most defiant. Confronted by members of his own family critical of his vote against Trump in his second impeachment, Kinzinger said conservative churches had brainwashed them, The New York Times reported.
After voting with Trump 90 percent of the time, Kinzinger took a hard position against him following the former president’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
Rice of South Carolina is the first of the 10 Republicans who voted for the second impeachment to be turned out of office.
Besides the four who decided not to run, the remaining five Republicans are Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Peter Meijer of Michigan, Jaime Herrera Beutler and Dan Newhouse, both of Washington, and David Valadao of California.
Prior to being defeated by Trump-backed state Rep. Russell Fry, Rice told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Trump was “harmful” to the Republican Party.
“I think he is a narcissist. I think he craves attention and as long as he can get attention, he will try to remain the standard-bearer. But in the end I think he’s harmful for the Republican Party.”
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In my estimation, about 95% of all politicians are narcissists. . . including Tom Rice
Seriesly, who cares about the GOPee?
They don’t care about us or America.
Kinzinger thought that if he sucked up to the RATs they wouldn’t gerrymander his seat out of existence. More the fools he. Neither RATs or Pubes will vote for him now. Maybe he can go back to being a city official. Lol. He’s never had a real job in his life. Straight into govt work after his political science degree.
They chose to vote to remove from office, somebody who was leaving office in ten days.
They thought themselves brave, and proved themselves fools.
“Kinzinger said conservative churches had brainwashed them”
I thank God every day he washed my brain....kinzingers should give it a try some time....
Get rid of RINOs!
They are killing America.
Democrats, we expect to be POS, and anticipate
the worst from them, it is what they are, they can’t help it.
But we don’t need people that pretend to be friends
stabbing us in the back. That is the most vile form of human
that exists.
These people believe joy begat and joy Reid
Actually trump won 2020. By a huge margin. He still enjoys that support
Any person who believes what they read about trump versus DeSantis is as stupid and misled as these people
Narcissist pshaw. Obama and Biden are narcissists. One can always determine that by the miserable often addicted family and the sheer lack of friends Boh present and past to determine that
That’s just an aside and a ridiculous point from a likely projecting narcissistic politician jealous and compromised
Yes, with a few exceptions politicians, they almost have to be a narcissist to knowingly lie and do it without remorse or shame.
I am glad to see them gone. No more assistant Democrats.
Any word yet on whether Kinzinger himself wrote that letter he trotted out yesterday that threatened him? There’s been a lot of speculation.
This is the BEST story of the day!
He probably wrote it himself. Or had someone write it. People like him have a god complex.
They are just fine when the RSCC sends me ‘gibsmedat beg donation letters’ with President Trump’s picture on their 4-color glossies I get in the mail. But in action? No, they’re largely ALL Trump haters.
I’d like to wipe my butt with their glossies and mail them back to them but I’m sure they’d refer it to DOJ to prosecute for “biohazard terrorism.”
No mention of the despicable Peter Meijers who replaced Justin Amash in my District. He voted to impeach, but TPTB don’t seem to care. Good riddance to Upton and these others. Very few are honoring their Constitutional Oath, so purge on.
They all get threats regularly. It goes with the territory. He’s just trotting this one out in a sympathy quest.
They were content to receive their lifelong cadillac health care plan and say adios.
I really don’t care about democrat or republican...
I care about conservative ideology versus liberal ideology...
Conservative ideology 100% GOOD, liberal ideology 100% BAD!!!!
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