As Liz Cheney lost her primary, the GOP representative from Illinois says his rejection of Trump also caused him to be spurned by some in his own “tribe.”
Adam Kinzinger says that politics have become so tribal that some conservatives now “equate Donald Trump with the person of Jesus Christ,” making any criticism of the former president an attack on their religion.
Speaking to MSNBC’s Alex Wagner Tuesday evening, the Illinois Republican representative noted how his rejection of former President Trump has led to him being ostracized by his party. Kinzinger made the remarks the same evening Republican Representative Liz Cheney lost a primary battle after prolonged intense criticism of Trump, calling him a threat to the Constitution.
Wagner asked Kinzinger why so many Republicans were so enthralled with Trump that they voted against Cheney, “who otherwise is everything you could want from a conservative Republican.” The daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, the Wyoming Republican voted along with the former president 93 percent of the time.
