Rep. Adam Kinzinger
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In a video titled “Courage over Conspiracies”, Kinzinger said: “The president does not want to acknowledge the defeat and no one wants to do it. But he is currently trying to dishonor the election results through falsehoods and conspiracies.”
“Since someone trusted to lead, I have a choice,” he continued. ‘I can be quiet and try to survive by taking the easy way out.
The legislature explained the dangers of how quickly what he describes as misinformation can travel quickly in political conversations that date back years. He said: “As civil servants we are responsible to serve in good faith”, despite political outcomes.
Trump and several GOP legislators have claimed that the 2020 election was tainted by widespread voter fraud. Federal election officials as well as former attorney general William Barr
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After the election, the Trump campaign also waged several legal battles in the field to contest the election results, including in Michigan, Georgia, Arizona and Pennsylvania. These lawsuits were largely unsuccessful.
Kinzinger said the Republicans who trusted the allegations “know this is not true,” but “fear their next election.”
“A snowball of self-protection has grown rapidly,” said Kinzinger, a critic of Trump and his allies.
On Wednesday, Sen. Josh Hawley
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“Millions of voters concerned about the integrity of the election deserve to be heard,” Hawley said when announcing his objection.
Kinzinger warned that actions like this jeopardize the integrity of future elections.
“We were sent to lead regardless of our preference, and we must lead,” Kinzinger said. “It will start a terrible cycle that every election will have to oppose and will eventually lose our capacity for self-government.”
Sen. Ben Sasse
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“Let’s be clear what’s going on here: we have a bunch of ambitious politicians who think there’s a quick way to use the president’s populist base without causing real long – term damage,” he said on Thursday.
“But they are wrong – and this issue is bigger than anyone’s personal ambitions. Adults are not aiming a loaded gun at the heart of legitimate self-government.”