Fmr. GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger breaks down why the right feels threatened by voting access

[@blueberry-ri7eb]

There should be no reason voting lines are 8 hours in minority GA areas

[@CarlosLopez-eg9im]

And yet, there are black republicans screaming for other blacks to “wake up” and “not vote Democrat just because you’re black.” Smh.

[@caseycoady3063]

Polling places are ran by volunteers. lines that long are a result of those communities not volunteering . do the research

[@jayess9933]

@@caseycoady3063They are mostly the result of polling locations being shutdown and moved at a moment’s notice. In 2022, Lincoln County, GA which has about 8,000 registered voters closed 7 out of 8 of their polling locations which forced some voters to drive over 30 miles to vote. It’s basically another form of gerrymandering.

[@caseycoady3063]

@@jayess9933 closed because they have no volunteers derp! geez

[@jayess9933]

@@caseycoady3063 They closed them about a year ahead of time, what are you talking about? The whole thing made national news back in 2022. Do you live under a rock?

[@RNS55553]

They also don't want it to be a national holiday so working people can't vote.

[@gilbertsoto2472]

WHATTTttt 😂😂FUNNY ,PS; THAT THE PROBLEM TRUMPS& HIS MAGA CULT DONT HAVE ANY BETTER IDEAS🤦‍♂️ 🚫😢😅😭😭🤣

[@tw8464]

Exactly! Nailed it! Voting needs to move to Sunday like Europe, NOT the "trickle down" "Tuesday" to keep working people and young people from voting. And we need PAID time off and Required by Law to Allow employees to go vote 🗳

[@brianzuchelli2988]

Hey einstein, know before you speak.

[@joygibbs3019]

@@tw8464 i actually work for a company that gives us 2 pto hours to go vote!!

[@KevinSisson-b8e]

​@brianzdeplorable. whatchutalkinboutwillis!

[@Xubono]

Hearing Adam Kinzinger speak gives me hope for the future. I might have a politically ‘left’ bias, but Adam has my full respect and admiration.

[@DavidSibley040461]

The man is shamelessly dishonest. The J6 Committee supposedly was suppose to find the truth. Kinzinger and the others absolutely lied and Ray Epps is Exhibit 1

[@alex124241]

The problem right now is that we have to go back to square one and reteach right from wrong, how to have discourse, and how to verify information, among other things. It’s just the current state of the Republican Party. They have to be talked to and treated like toddlers.

[@Volfan2]

@@Xubono he needs to be back in government! MAGA ran him out. They attack every single descent, moderate Republican that runs. It's a take over. They aren't the 'actual' Republican party, they are imposters who want a dictatorial rule.

[@Volfan2]

@@alex124241 because they're fakers. They don't need to be taught anything, they already know, they simply don't give a s***. They are making it a crusade to drive every single moderate Republican out of office. Kinzinger and Chaney both lost because MAGA "Republicans" poured millions of dollars into campaigning against them. Don't let yourself be fooled, this is a political coup and it's dangerous. We are as close to losing our freedom as we've ever been. Billionaires, like Musk, who isn't even a real American (he was raised in S.Africa & Canada and wants his son to be made, "King of Canada"; Google it) as pouring millions of $ into defeating fellow Republicans that are the ones we are all used to. The ones that want to work together in Congress to Actually make laws. This new party is creepy and nothing like the old one.

[@peterburrows1359]

Adam did not drink the Kool Aid.You can tell because he makes no excuses for Trumps crazy comments or rants and conspiracy theories

[@melanief6113]

There should be voting locations EVERYWHERE. It should be federally mandated.

[@davidserlin8097]

And you should get time off from work to be able to vote! That should be mandated for every employer in the country.

[@shareika]

In Germany, we vote on sundays, the toll booth must be reachable on foot for every citizen, and people can also send in their vote. The way the US does it would just be plain illegal and is considered very anti-democratic here.

[@octaviawashington1901]

And automatic voting registration when you turn 18.

[@RalfOltmanns]

​@@octaviawashington1901 In Germany, nobody needs to register to vote. When you turn 18 (and for some local elections 16), you automatically will be mailed your voting documents when an election is due soon.

[@harrojansz4313]

@@RalfOltmannsIt's the same in the Netherlands. I honestly don't understand why that isn't standard in the United States.

[@meredithtiller2090]

Yeah it's what I love about Australia. Noone can stop you voting because you have to. We had electoral officers fly up to remote islands so 7 people could vote. THATS democracy.

[@alexsmart5452]

Forcing someone to do something is not democracy. Its the opposite.

[@redwingswinthecup1462]

The irony. Imagine banning guns in a country where kangaroos exist.

[@robyngrieve9665]

Well you can pay the $20 fine if you prefer not too but most people turn up. ​@@alexsmart5452

[@perrosdemaiz]

They don’t have to vote. They get fined if they don’t though.

[@hannotn]

​@@alexsmart5452No, it's saying that voting is a duty as a citizen.

[@tw8464]

Thank you Adam for your ongoing integrity. A genuinely striving selfless service sincere American FOR USA 🇺🇸 Respect 🇺🇸

[@Volfan2]

@@tw8464 Word!

[@Carol-fx4uk]

This started with Regan and Nixon. "The Southern Strategy" is alive and well. 😮😮

[@byanymeansnecessary9329]

Started as soon as black men were allowed to vote in amerikkka, learn real history

[@NativeTexan1]

You got that right! And we are being occupied by Republicans again here in the South! Feels like the reconstruction, again!

[@ElectricPickleAttack]

It started a lot earlier than that. Pretty much as soon as the civil war ended and freed slaves were guaranteed the right to vote, southerners immediately started using every trick imaginable to keep blacks and other minorities from voting. Poll taxes, literacy tests, convoluted id requirements, removing ballot boxes near Indian reservations and passing bizarre laws whose sole purpose was to give a reason to arrest blacks to make them ineligible to vote. This wasn't a secret, they were open about it and proud of it. Sen Carter Glass (one of the major proponents of felony disenfranchisement in the early 1900s) said outright: "Discrimination! Why that is exactly what we propose. To remove every n*gro voter who can be gotten rid of, legally, without materially impairing the numerical strength of the white electorate."

[@AnteaterOne]

The Southern Strategy wasn’t so much about suppressing the vote, but by appealing to white southerners’ racism, so that they would vote Republican.

[@badwolf3618]

​@@AnteaterOneyes that was the over all strategy and goal, and the Republicans' efforts to stop minorities from voting is one part of that overall strategy.

[@nealiecruz2532]

Thank you for your honesty, integrity and service to this country, Adam!!!!!

[@thinskin091]

Than you Mr Kinzinger!

[@philc8575]

Adam Kinzinger! A true patriot who puts country before party!!!👏👏👏🇺🇸💯

[@scottlocke3645]

Let's not forget he gave us trump!

[@barbarahill9176]

​@@scottlocke3645He's sorry.

[@scottlocke3645]

@@barbarahill9176 lol

[@johntodd8854]

KAMALA should pick Kinzinger as her VP choice!! Wouldn't that shake things up??!! I think that would be a ticket BOTH Dems & Old guard Republicans would support plus it'd be SOoo unexpected it'd blow up all the game rules!! Go BLUE...with a little Red!!

[@lisawall9068]

Amen!

[@yolandazach]

They know they can't win they have no new ideas.

[@tomgates316]

That is why the GOP is a minority numbers party. They must restrict who votes against them.

[@allibababoo]

Oh they've got ideas. P2025 might be "old ideas" but they're aiming to push them.

[@johnl9977]

Well, and they really have only one policy that they fight for: That the obscenely wealthy (their donors) pay no taxes. That just is not supported by the majority.

[@johnjanssen7097]

And having Trump support to not certify all over the place … 🟦

[@donnapug]

You’d have to have ideas before actually having new ideas 😂

[@tjmcqueen7270]

Thank you, A.K, for being a true patriot!

[@Jacmel-e8w]

You’re the man Adam! We should still be able to communicate even if we have different political views. I appreciate you.

[@randyburgess5341]

Get rid of the electoral college. Please. Make ever vote count.

[@pauldecker4630]

Make it even, 3 per state with the distribution decided with the state's votes. Getting rid of the electoral college altogether makes different states powerful and lets states with small population get neglected.

[@whatsup968]

​​@@pauldecker4630People who are upset with the electoral college point out that under the EC system, one individual person's vote is not counted the same across different states. Would your solution not increase that disparity? For example: Giving Alaska the same amount of votes as Texas would give Alaskans disproportionate voting power Genuine question: why are we focusing on being fair to states rather than being fair to individuals? Because that is how your suggestion sounds to me

[@HellaGust]

@@pauldecker4630 I'm sorry are you actually suggesting that each state have the same number of votes in the electoral college? Making all the states have the same number of votes means that the vote of a person in a state with a small population will count for more than the votes of hundreds of people put together from people in large states. I guess the first thing is to decide whether you feel like "states" or "people" should hold the power in a democracy. But the name is kind of a hint. Political effort should absolutely be spent on making sure that minorities (such as anyone from rural areas) are heard, but there are many ways to enshrine that in law without disenfranchising the vast majority of the population. There ain't no pretty fixes to democracy, and there will never be a perfect balance between individual rights and collective rights, but your idea straight up abolishes democracy, which I feel you really ought to lead with if that's your ideal scenario. It *exacerbates* the problem of people's votes not being equal and presenting it as a moderate alternative to abolishing the EC. But hopefully I'm misreading you and you're not *actually* suggesting democracy be abolished on the federal level. Right?

[@whatsup968]

We do have the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact which is still chugging along and is well over halfway there, if you didn't know and are interested

[@meanmutton]

@@pauldecker4630 States aren't people. States don't get votes. PEOPLE get votes. Everyone's vote should count the SAME because people are the ones who should vote.

[@soccerstudut]

One of the few Republicans I respect.

[@shawheenblount2685]

Voting should be accessible to everyone.

[@princea5886]

Including non-citizens?

[@donnawestbrook8992]

​@@princea5886 of course not, and that is a straw man that attempts to excuse gerrymandering and southern state voter restrictions. We can do so much better.

[@jimmib6143]

@@princea5886 That is a distraction and has nothing to do with the real world. Non-citizens cannot AND do not vote.

[@shawheenblount2685]

@@princea5886 You know non citizens cannot vote in America. I don't know why you would bring that up.

[@user-pd2gk7so7k]

​@@shawheenblount2685Yes they can. Without asking for ID, how do you know who is voting? Every democracy besides America require ID to vote. And every democracy besides America have better voter turnout so voter ID is not a barrier, unless you think POCs are incapable of getting and ID.

[@Leo82155]

The Electoral College is what kept the Republican Party alive.

[@janetblanc7658]

But it's an unfair system.

[@bethe006]

​​​@janetblanc7658 EXACTLY. His comment is meant to be sarcastic. 😅

[@smartersean]

And imaginary friend clubs...

[@caseycoady3063]

@@janetblanc7658 it isnt. popular vote is a mess. look at the countries who actually use it.

[@djzpt2]

@Leo. The Electoral College is the Republican's Official Affirmative Action Program.

[@johnschlaff5732]

Get back up in the saddle,Adam,this nation needs folk like you👍

[@richg1746]

As always Adam hits nail on the head.❣️⚘️🦋

[@Bob-m2f]

Big crybaby

[@Braveheart.22]

​@@Bob-m2fthere is a course on analytical reasoning online through the "Great Courses". You may enjoy that.

[@KevinSisson-b8e]

​@@Bob-m2f Well then go out and get you some tissues

[@karenhuff5209]

Exactly. Everyone running for office should be encouraging every eligible citizen to regiaster and to vote.

[@wyattbella6459]

Yes, every eligible citizen should vote. Idk why these people are twisting this republican view. We want people to vote. We don't want non citizens voting. The easiest way to ensure that is to require identification that proves you are a united States citizen. Why is that such a hard concept to accept?

[@ilovecookiesization]

@@wyattbella6459because republicans have closed down polling locations, especially in poorer or regions with a prominent people’s of color population.

[@caitlinomalley80]

@@ilovecookiesization Don't forget them closing down offices for getting IDs/DLs as well. I've read of people having so many dmv offices in their area closed, that the nearest one was a 4+ hour drive from them.

[@FrogGuy-tt1wq]

@@wyattbella6459Preventing ppl from voting isn’t part of the republican ideology, you’re correct. However, many republican politicians have often created/proposed various ideas to stop people who would vote against them from voting, esp minorities. think of things like viveks idea to make civics tests required for voters under 25

[@MrMrjchips]

​@ilovecookiesization there was an investigation, and what you've said is a lie and spreading disinformation

[@user-yk9yi8wz7o]

Adam was one of the FEW Republicans worth Voting for💙💙💙

[@mattturner5750]

What does that tell you about him?

[@MichaelSardo-up1vl]

​@@mattturner5750That he has INTEGRITY!!🤔😐🍺😎

[@mattturner5750]

@@MichaelSardo-up1vl integrity based on what? If his only support is not of "his party"....

[@MichaelSardo-up1vl]

​@@mattturner5750HIS party if you mean maga republicans are a bunch do nothing eight graders!!

[@bourneslippy8039]

@@mattturner5750All it means is that Adam is an old school republican who hasn’t thrown away his values to be a sycophant. That is the embodiment of integrity, not changing your values based on whatever whim “fearless leader” has. The leader of the current GOP doesn’t support his party, he supports himself. I don’t agree with Adam on most issues but I recognize integrity.

[@judibickford5306]

We need more Republicans like Kinzinger.

[@meanmutton]

Trump kicked them all out. They had real conservatives who were in office - Mitt Romney, Adam Kinzinger, Peter Meijer, Liz Cheney - they were all conservative and I disagree with all of them on most issues but they were people you could respect.

[@mceasermcmc]

They need to start their own party!

[@gund89123]

That’s why he quit ? 😂 Republicans have moved to far right.

[@dwang552]

Any Republican candidate is better than Trump.

[@barbarahill9176]

​​@@gund89123There were a number of reasons that contributed to Adam not re-running... including him AND his family getting a LOT of threats after Trump & his congressional allies censured him. Basically put a target on him. But he has not "quit" ...he is outspoken and speaks publicly wherever possible.

[@avothfis]

If Kinzinger was running, sane people would vote for him. He presidential in manners, words and action.

[@anitacicora2779]

I would vote for him…I am a democrat, but have always voted for the person who I thought would make a difference and it hasn’t always been party over country.

[@kathymarie3723]

I wouldn’t. He voted 99% with what Trump wanted when Trump was in office.

[@nickiemcnichols5397]

@@kathymarie3723huh? Really? I’d love to hear his reasons for it.

[@tammynester2293]

I have so much respect for Adam. I wish he would run because I believe he would win. ❤

[@perfectlyinsane1376]

@@nickiemcnichols5397 Sanity.

[@donnasiemen2516]

Thank you for telling the truth. Like you say if You can’t win then change and do better.

[@edunbar3244]

Love Adam Kinzinger. I admire his courage.

[@scottlocke3645]

Where was his courage when he gave us trump to begin with. He's an idiot!

[@surgeinc1]

I agree!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@fredwright9755]

Courage😅😅😅😅😅

[@kimberlywooldridge9563]

Love you both!!! Go Adam 💪 🇺🇲

[@vilmarowe1338]

Mr Kinzinger you are such a respectful person. Blessings!

[@brianmi40]

Putting the MAJORITY in control is STEP #1 to FIXING this country, but STEP #2 is getting people to STOP VOTING AGAINST THEIR OWN SELF INTERESTS through the LIES and MISCONCEPTIONS they believe.

[@nargaflarga]

The “majority” would probably mean electing a straight white person to the White House, statistically speaking. Though Trump is quite orange so I don’t know if he counts…

[@LifeontheGrass]

@@brianmi40 so you want mob rule? Ignore the minorities and people without power and let the slightest majority dictate what is best for all the states? The hilarious part is you end with “stop voting against their own self interest through the lies and misconceptions they believe” I’m curious, what’s it like to ignore reality to justify your ignorance?

[@juliejanssen7637]

#3 Improve the public school system so graduates would recognize a conman-hustler and not vote for him

[@perfectlyinsane1376]

@@juliejanssen7637 You agree that voting for a compulsive liar was a mistake too? I always thought voting for Joe Biden was an act of intentional ignorance myself.

[@redbearington3345]

@@perfectlyinsane1376 imagine the hilarity of calling anyone a compulsive liar while supporting Trump. It's like being the fattest man on earth calling the skinniest man on earth overweight

[@Otakuako842002]

I respect that Adam Kinzinger as a Republican was not afraid to call out Donald Trump for the wannabe cult Dictator behavior but Adam also was not willing to work with Democrats for the majority of things Americans openly want.

[@J174T]

As an outsider, seems the left wings are acting more like communists. I have talked to many ccp, and the left wing supporters talk exactly like the ccp supporters. It’s scary

[@maggieparnell2853]

Well to be fair he’s a Republican so I wouldn’t expect him to vote with Dems. He is however an honest and moral person that couldn’t stand the lies of the Republican Party and the tearing down of democracy. He stood up for country over his own party. It’s just pathetic so few others didn’t do the same.

[@GilbertFaustina]

They have to vote in lockstep.

[@nathanmorgan3647]

It's not his or any politician's job to work towards the things "Americans" openly want. It's their job to work for the things the specific subset of Americans they represent want, and against those things they don't.

[@happycamper4ever873]

Oh that’s an awesome location.

[@marysharvey]

Amen!!!! Voting should be easily accessible to all in America.

[@danielareyes199]

Voting is not accessible in all America?? For real? That’s news to me

[@Somefrostybeverage]

To all CITIZENS

[@allenestes5265]

You have just verified my comment on this post. "All in America ". No country permits non-citiicens to vote.

[@mattturner5750]

All citizens? Sure.

[@MichaelSardo-up1vl]

If you are legally allowed to vote you should be able to vote. No ifs, buts or ands about it!!

[@Gemini9298]

We need a new conservative party that works for all Americans not just the rich and famous. For now, Vote Blue 🗳!!

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

If it works for all people, it can't be conservative. Conservatism is about the concentration of wealth and power.. basically an extension of aristocracy within a democratic social structure.

[@Tao_Tology]

"We need a new conservative......." Nu-uhhh.

[@narda1072]

@@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394exactly why dont people get this.

[@Exisist5151]

@@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394 That may be what it’s become but that’s not what it has to be. America was anti-aristocratic and pro-freedoms since its inception. Wanting to conserve that ideology would serve us well.

[@pedronoa1973]

Yes, the " rinos " should start another party and relegate the gop to the Maga morons, then watch them go from 3rd party to no party.

[@wessager8659]

When hatefulness and cruelty are your party's platform, look forward to push-back.

[@perfectlyinsane1376]

That's the Democrats playbook currently. Ignore Biden and Harris' past failing! Focus on how much we hate Trump's tweets!

[@birdbandit9]

Neither party has your best interest in mind at an equal rate. They are both using fear to control you year after year. People need to refuse to vote until we figure out a system so these elected officials work for us and don't have financial interests in listening to corporations. None of them should be able to profit off of their position other than a paycheck

[@allenestes5265]

Look at yourself.

[@Linusmom7346]

​@@perfectlyinsane1376 You're in denial.

[@perfectlyinsane1376]

@@Linusmom7346 Am I wrong?

[@Sleeepy.]

And it’s insane to not make it a national holiday

[@colaboytje]

Make voting mandatory and make the day of voting a mandatory holiday. Remove the electoral college, and make the popular vote the deciding factor. Remove the senate. Learn from other countries that the election process in the US does not work and is not representative of the will of the people.

[@JLF201]

Changing and learning from other countries seems so... un-American.

[@d.e.7467]

I agree with everything except we should allow voting by mail nationwide. It's worked in Oregon since 1998. We can turn in our ballots at a leisurely pace either by mail or ballot boxes.

[@nargaflarga]

@@d.e.7467I think a federal holiday would be best. I don’t believe in these widespread voter fraud conspiracies, but it would be quite easy to say there isn’t any mail fraud if everyone just voted in person

[@nargaflarga]

Removing the Senate isn’t helpful. What should realistically be done is to expand the House membership. Reps currently represent far too many people in some areas compared to others

[@colaboytje]

@@nargaflarga It is helpful. Here in Belgium we also have 2 instances: the chamber (parliament) and the senate. In the past, this created a situation where bills that passed the chamber, were rejected by the senate, just like in the US. This led to impasses and stalling of the legislative branch, just like in the US. The government recognised that it was stalling progress for the country. The senate was not removed, but the role of the senate was reformed. We still have a senate, but the senate can only advise or propose. The senate can not block bills anymore that were democraticly agreed upon. This change made it much more easy to pass much needed laws. Objections to passed laws (through opposition by a political party or by humanitarian instances) are now handled by 2 possible entities: 1 is called Council of the State and the other is the supreme court. They check whether a passed law is in conflict with the constitution or in conflict with other laws or impede on the rights of the citizens).

[@deborahdunn7844]

Thank you, Mr. K. Voting rights should be the priority!

[@jujubees711]

As an Independent, I have not voted for Republican since 2014. I would happily vote for a Republican like Adam Kinzinger. and Liz Cheney. I wish there were more true patriotic Republicans with integrity like them. Unbelievable what's happened to the party.

[@GilbertFaustina]

$ = Integrity ?

[@StyxTBuferd]

@@GilbertFaustina You gonna substantiate that or are you just a Russian bot?

[@MichaelSardo-up1vl]

Same here anyone saids they have any thing to do with maga I'm voting for the other person!!🤔💙🍺😎

[@alexanderschneider5954]

Democrats don’t have integrity either. Look at Kirsten sinema,Joe Manson and Ross Perot before them. As soon as the Dems have a chance to pass real progressive legislation, one of them becomes a turncoat and blocks it. Neither party is for the people, but at least one of them believes in putting America and Americans first

[@DarrenHwang]

If they have nothing to hide from why not make it as accessible to vote as getting a state ID? Wait what? they are making it hard to get an ID now? 😂

[@chronenojysk5107]

We should introduce a new bill. Remove the Electoral College.

[@leeman1525]

I agree it should be removed but it would take more than a bill. It would require a constitutional amendment

[@Babinkley]

You will need 2/3 of both houses of Congress and 3/4 of the state legislatures, at minimum. I am all for doing away with the Electoral College but it is a high bar to do it

[@michaelburk9171]

It would require a constitutional amendment. That takes a while. The issue is the states that benefit the most from the EC would have to give up that position

[@catherinephonevalencia2937]

Yes, the Electoral College must be ended. Election by the popular vote.

[@InSearchofaFeministUtopia]

Every vote needs to count.

[@kimkristensen2816]

America is possibly the country with the lowest (64%) voter participation among advanced democrazies where it is 70-90%. Why, because it is consideret a privilage and duty to effect politics of their countries. So if you want change, vote blue in mas

[@colaboytje]

64% is in a "exceptional year". Most of the time, it is lower than 60%.

[@komninosm]

​​@@colaboytje check out Greece in the last years.

[@MrMonoposon]

Voting blue is what got us here.

[@princea5886]

Obama had a supermajority. What voting reforms did he pass?

[@colaboytje]

@@princea5886 The subject is voter turnout. Not policy.

[@SuperSpace2009]

Thank you Mr. Kinzinger. Here is a man who was Republican. And he made more sense. I would vote for him.

[@pristineparr7509]

This man should be the republican nominee

[@Uller1967]

Sadly, the GOP don't want him anymore because he didn't bend the knee.

[@pamelafaucette3064]

Or Kamala's VP!

[@rebeccarebeccaa2515]

Haven't you heard is a RINO

[@rebeccarebeccaa2515]

Haven't you heard he is a RINO

[@mceasermcmc]

​@@pamelafaucette3064 yet we're about to elect her president! Goooo Figure!

[@tigioma3761]

For 40yrs the Republicans "appeal" has been sliding. Rep Kinzinger nailed it. If people aren't voting for your ideas/policies, GET BETTER POLICIES. But the Rep/GOP went down the culture war path, gerrymandering and making voting harder path....

[@themorn2112]

He represented a district in my state is Illinois, and he is one of the few Republicans i could vote for with a clear conscience.

[@Chairman-w7q]

Adam K., this is a man who served and continues to serve to protect his country, its constitution and its future! One day when this dark shroud that’s covering the eyes of the Republican Party…they can turn to Adam and Liz!

[@ymbw574]

What those two should be doing is endorsing Harris regardless of policies at this time. Having you know who in the White House again is far more dangerous than disagreements on policy that have to pass through Congress before they become law. People like Adam and Liz should be more vocal NOW and save this country.

[@rezaman2080]

He said it perfectly! If only more GOP's had the courage to speak out against the mindless cultist mob

[@marja-leefreeman5004]

Key word is COURAGE!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@frederickwilt5541]

Glad to see you have become addicted to the liberal Kool-Aid.

[@antonbruce1241]

When you Democrats do the same...maybe more Republicans will.

[@Africa-ky1bg]

❗❗❗

[@charlesmoore9547]

​@@frederickwilt5541we see that you're still addicted to defendant trump's orange cult kool-aid.

[@Lelffy]

I agree! It is refreshing to hear a Republican admit this.

[@a.martinez5618]

Adam Kinzinger, Cheney and a few others are the only real Republicans left.

[@Toejoe5252]

Regardless of their party or policy they have integrity. They’ll be back at some point I’m sure.

[@veilmontTV]

​@@Toejoe5252id vote for kinsinger over a lefty that was a danger to democracy and I'm a leftist. I feel like more leftists and liberals would do this than conservatives.

[@SeanPS]

Kinzinger is an idiot who fell for Ukrainian ghost of Kiev propaganda.

[@allenestes5265]

No, they call themselves Republicans to get elected in their districts. Liz couldn't get elected in Wyoming as a Democrat.

[@georgediaz5522]

Whoa Liz Cheney foes. Ot deserve the credit. What she did to her own sister and her waiti g 150 plus days to finally concede that Biden won. She's no hero. She just finally had enough of the Orange Traitor's lies.​@veilmontTV

[@gladius1275]

A Republican that understands Democracy and America!

[@perfectlyinsane1376]

Great, if only he understood what a constitutional federal republic was, then he would understand about government of the United States of America.

[@idamcneill8005]

​@perfectlyinsane1376 You, apparently, do not understand the words "representative democracy". And therefore, do not know where of you speak.

[@gladius1275]

@@perfectlyinsane1376 Did you say Constitutional? Like when Trump said that all articles of the Constitution could be terminated because he lost the 2020 election? It’s only a Constitutional Democratic Republic as long as you’re leader isn’t an Autocratic Authoritarian bent on taking over the government.

[@PamelaSue-nx8gh]

I admire & respect Adam Kinzinger for all that he has done for this Country & for all that he has yet to do! 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸

[@girlcheck]

Come on! Adam acts like this is a new thing 🙄 He knows and has known. It's his party. The republican party has been stating openly they don't want everyone to vote and making it harder to vote for decades.

[@nargaflarga]

Voter ID laws are pretty basic though, and are used in other countries. I’ve seen people saying it goes against those who lost their documents, but they can be replaced or possibly use a different form of ID

[@girlcheck]

@@nargaflarga You forget gerrymandering, and states' and their legislative impacts on poll locations and the rules and bylaws surrounding the act of voting itself. That is the science of suppression. Not voter id laws. That's just a cover. I live in a blue state and when I vote in person they ask for ID. If I vote by mail, I don't need ID because they sent the ballot to me at my address where I am registered and live in that district.

[@nargaflarga]

@@girlcheck If that's truly the case, more people should be supporting stuff like making election day a holiday. It ended up in limbo, unfortunately

[@girlcheck]

@@nargaflarga People should be supporting mail in ballots and early voting. In my opinion if you make election day a national holiday then they'll have the excuse to eliminate early voting and mail-in ballots because they'll say everyone has all day to vote on that one day. Aside from the fact it only happens every 4 years. Not to mention all of the other elections that go on that are not the presidential election would want their election day to be a holiday too.

[@maggiedub]

Then why didn’t he so Liz Cheney vote I in favor of the John Lewis voting rights bill when he was in congress?

[@76482]

Maybe he didn't agree with a bunch of totally unrelated other random stuff that was thrown into the bill?

[@pjposton5001]

Now you know why the GQP hates Kinzinger. He tells the truth.

[@AdamEdn]

📠

[@allenestes5265]

No. His affiliation as a Republican is evidence he is a liar. He is a Democrat at heart.

[@1986statechamps]

Not even close

[@pjposton5001]

@@1986statechamps I suppose you believe tRUMP? ha ha ha ha ha ha ha clowns

[@jolenevandolah5553]

Love Adam Kinzinger! He's a Republican with a conscience and common sense.

[@archmage7813]

The GOP wants guns to be absolutely accessible to all but not people's right to vote. Strange

[@Mrwhite-u3g]

Not all. Reagan put restrictions on it when he was Governor of California. But that was because he didn’t want them in black hands……….

[@archmage7813]

@@Mrwhite-u3g yes there was a strong response to the black Panthers arming themselves.

[@bobbynolf8370]

If only that were true, but it's not

[@archmage7813]

@@bobbynolf8370 What are you claiming is not true because everything said in this conversation so far is objectively true.

[@bobbynolf8370]

@archmage7813 when did any GOP say that they didn't want legal Americans to vote? They never did. Democrats want or should I say "need" voting to be so easy that voter fraud is simple.

[@user-jj1yb7mz9b]

Short answer: racism and classism

[@quitheschmoe]

Spot on. Classism in western countries is out of control because, they use their money to control it(lobbyists) . The racism is mostly their side gig and, what they pay those other networks/people to spout.

[@Merriwether-w8k]

Uh and sexism - Roe v Wade

[@justtom5903]

Trump ism

[@SS-ps3sm]

It’s racist to suggest PoC don’t know how to get an ID

[@mjm.9082]

Adam Kinzingee is a true Patriot who cares about this country and knows that voting, honesty, and truth are rights we should not take for granted. Many other people in the World do not experience the Liberties of the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave. ❤

[@BrooklynNY1979]

Kinsinger is the ONLY republican I would absolutely vote for!

[@Justusson]

He should stay in office. He’s the only sane one in the right.

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

Let's not forget that Kinzinger voted AGAINST any voting reform bills.

[@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr]

At that time, was he holding his party line or did he believe that way?

[@mc76]

People are not allowed to change their minds anymore?

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

@@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr BOTH

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

@@mc76 HAS he changed his mind?

[@nargaflarga]

@@bulkvanderhuge9006I think you’ll find he has. He’s quite outspoken against what the Republican Party has become

[@stephan1558]

I always respected and supported Kinziner on his patriotic stance. I am a liberal living in Dan Newhouse's district and have crossed party lines to vote for Newhouse, who has voted to impeach Trump. More real conservatives need to speak out against the MAGA party to save their won party.

[@sallyannesmith3607]

How can it be ok to make it harder or impossible for people to vote?

[@perfectlyinsane1376]

Depends who and why you are making it harder or impossible for. Anyone who isn't a citizen is not allowed to vote. If it is possible for them to vote there are serious problems with election integrity. If it's possible for someone to vote on behalf of a deceased person, again election integrity issue. Anyone voting on behalf of someone else, election integrity issue.

[@SirDweeKno]

Says the person who voted against the voting rights bill! Man please!!

[@larrybuss677]

So true.

[@geridinewhite869]

No he didn't ! Yall got this man mistaken for somebody else!

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

EXACTLY!

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

@@geridinewhite869 NO, HE VOTED AGAINST THE BILL, so did CHENEY.

[@halamander1112]

He also voted to repeal Obamacare.

[@rucsric]

All Blue in 2024 for veterans, unions, seniors freedoms, women’s rights, the constitution & all Americans freedoms 💙🇺🇸💯

[@RPauliecc]

"better ideas" what maga and their cult leader never thought about this. Vote for sanity and peace💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸

[@J174T]

Agree! The left wing cult had gone too far

[@nargaflarga]

Peace seems like a distant dream so long as Ukraine and Israel are at war. If Biden can’t deal with it now, I don’t know that Kamala could do much to change that.

[@jantzfitzgerald6115]

LOL, peace? Where? Sure as f*^k seems like a while lotta killing going on in Gaza and Ukraine. Duh.

[@nathanmorgan3647]

Our ideas ARE better. Your mistake is the erroneous belief that your 'new' (actually old and failed) ideas are better simply because they are 'new' and you decided under heavy group think pressure to adopt them.

[@danabrown6341]

That makes sense. I thought it was just because the GOP wants to take away every right of anyone who doesn't agree with them.

[@fredrickwheeler6852]

Especially ironic given that they're the party always crying about their freedoms.

[@marlenaforbes-reidy9876]

Thank you Adam you are a true patriot and a dedicated Republican putting Country before Party.

[@eh3477]

Ask Kinzinger why he did NOT support voting rights bills in Congress.

[@Gearjammer1957]

He messed up. At least he's trying to make it right. Too many underestimated the threat that Trump.and m a g a posed to the country and thought it was just partisan politics as usual. They were wrong.

[@TanCampBruno]

Why? Today’s Republicans are sour grapes wussy losers! 😂

[@susanseifert4472]

He's literally out of congress bc he stopped putting party over country. So he proved that theory.

[@kimashmore9941]

You have the right to vote, he had the right to change his mind about the GOP 😊

[@BigO44716]

At least he's on the right side of history. Can't say that for the rest of Republicans in Congress.

[@teddymgemeda]

This guy is awesome! I hope people like him take back the Republican Party.

[@Infinityandsome]

Should be like Australia. Accessible and mandatory.

[@bjdefilippo447]

Maybe because while Dems tend to want every eligible voter registered and casting a ballot, while the GOP seems to want to make it more difficult, especially for those they expect wouldn't support them. Georgia actually has a website where you can question other people's registration, which will result in eligible people being kicked off & having to appeal, but likely without enough time to do so before the election. Other states are trying to toss ballots that arrive after election day, even if they are postmarked a week early, while the postal service is run by De Joy, who slows mail processing. Some are fighting having drop boxes at the VA or college campuses. Overseas military? Away at college? Too bad.

[@perfectlyinsane1376]

How many dead people are still registered to vote? People that the state the died in know that they are deceased... yet they are still registered to vote.

[@perfectlyinsane1376]

There's reasons to question the integrity of elections. Questions that are not partisan at all, yet some don't want those questions asked?

[@sheenacollins9171]

Always well said. Man, we need more A. Kinzingers!!!!

[@ianrundle5862]

Absolutely, Adam Krizenger is right. If you have a right to vote, there should be NO HINDERANCE.

[@salpah09]

Thank you for your service in the military and in civil service as a congressman Mr Kinzinger

[@kristenevans4557]

Adam just defined Democracy, in a nutshell shell.

[@perfectlyinsane1376]

Be better if he understood what a constitutional federal republic was.

[@marilyns2353]

We all get why they're restricting access for voting. They are so transparent, more than they realize!

[@user-ti5if6xi3e]

Every other country that has had an electoral college got rid of it.

[@perfectlyinsane1376]

Australia has something rather like an electoral college.

[@DrStfuFool]

@@user-ti5if6xi3e Every other country is smaller than most of our states. It’s makes sense for us, because otherwise you’d have New York and California deciding for everyone. Don’t forget, Abraham Lincoln was elected based on the Electoral College. He did not carry the popular vote, and was left off the ballot in a number of states.

[@leiaclark8388]

What other countries got rid of it?

[@poohgettc]

Vote out the GOP! Vote Blue. We are not going back!

[@annaw7384]

very refreshing to hear a politician talk like this, im actually kinda stunned

[@Koke01-24]

I am proud of you !! ,you are honest conservative Republican !!!

[@spirit1600]

getting rid of the electoral college makes sense. Right now essentially it is only 5 states that candidates care about. Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada and Georgia. There are a few other purple states, but how many other states get visits by candidates every cycle? If we go to the popular vote, every state would get a visit. Texas would get visists from Democratic candidates, Washington state and California would get GOP visits. Every single vote would count. Thing is though, GOP won't do it. The Dems have won the popular vote 7 of the last 8 presidential elections.

[@leeman1525]

Absolutely. It would give a larger voice to people in safe states. No one currently cares about South Dakota. If every vote counted than they would have to get turn out everywhere not just in a few states. The senate would still act as an equalizer for the states. So small states and large states would be represented

[@MrMezmerized]

​I think it's not so bad to give low population states more weight. The differences are just way too big. I think the amount of people House representatives represent is also too much in favour of those representing relatively few.

[@perfectlyinsane1376]

How many states do you think candidates would care about if there was no electoral college?

[@leeman1525]

@@perfectlyinsane1376 no individual state would matter. They would have to work on most states to get their supporters to turn out. Republicans could focus on California and the democrats could work on people in Texas. That currently do not matter. It could help moderate both sides some if they don’t have safe areas and have to work on policies

[@spirit1600]

@@perfectlyinsane1376 At the very least California and New York. Most candidates would make short pit stops in all the states but focus on the high density ones. States like Oregon and Idaho probably would not get too many visits, but they would get at least one.

[@gwendolynwashington7187]

Yes Mr. Kiplinger's u are so right he has nothing to talk about.

[@sassymo529]

And now Trump is sueing so that veterans can't vote ...I've had enough of that man

[@destiny9705]

I can't believe their are people who are blind to what's going on. He's totally disrespected vets. And now, with Vance saying that senior citizens' votes don't matter. And that they are about to die anyway, so the votes shouldn't count, I can't believe the disrespect for our older generation.

[@theman0070]

😂what???

[@destiny9705]

@@theman0070 He is. Look it up. Veterans from the association even spoke about it.

[@sassymo529]

@theman0070 yes you heard right ..I said the same thing ..

[@perfectlyinsane1376]

@@sassymo529 Source?

[@kimberleyhosmer5997]

What a novel idea! Just imagine how much more we could accomplish if the Republicans were to apply their long term planning skills to positive improvements that actually helped the American people instead of plotting to overthrow our democracy!

[@mnlw1363]

So appreciate and love Adam Kinzinger. Gives me hope

[@neospook]

Pure class, and quality comments! 👌😁

[@byedon5564]

Harris/Kinzinger 2024...unbeatable!

[@mitsystearman1461]

Yes!!

[@user-dw4yf1lk4z]

O M G !!!!!! A MAN TELLING A TRUTH AND EXPLAINING GOP UNFOUNDED FEARS

[@DaveE99]

They have a larger right amygdala associated with out group aggression. I don’t think they know how not to be like thus

[@jeffs8803]

They're scared little birches

[@Merriwether-w8k]

Exactly! More people should know this - everyone should know this

[@DaveE99]

@@Merriwether-w8k they are basically a new type of neurodivergence oddly, just the largest one. Liberals too in their own way

[@Merriwether-w8k]

@@DaveE99 Curious - then how do you feel about a national divorce? These two (or more) ways of experiencing reality are truly coming to loggerheads

[@DaveE99]

@@Merriwether-w8k national divorce dosent work because tomorrow just because your a red state with 51% of the vote does not mean that the whole state is red. And there are diversity of people so that doesn’t work, sides if it happens the red states would find their gdp shrink so much that they would be without a lot of stuff and in all honesty, the country is a complex system, on some level you actually, like it or not, rely on the left to clean up messes, economic ones especially, and to also treat people in a way that makes them less likley to riot. The right wing way of treating people is in short term interest of capital while left is long term interests of capital. Capital meaning neoliberal interests who run candidates in both parties. And to beat them we have to recognize how they leverage the fear of culture war as the circus and the dopamine of tech drugs etc, as the 🍞, making the bread and circus to distract you from the fact that they still are acting in ways to make your wage less and it less likley for your kids to have health care and housing and maybe even yourself.. only way to beat them is to recognize the bread and circus and how it prevents us from learning logic and how they manipulate us against each other by amplify the difference to such a high degree we hate each others. The hate is in their interest to, especially when you hate and angry alone at home. So we need to get passed culture war and realize none of that is ever designed to be fixed ever and most of it can’t be because it’s based on genetic or biological characteristics and then you got the fact that the the abortion thing- dosent affect you one bit unless what your concerned about is having workers to force into low paying jobs. Like none of it will ever be solved, because it doesn’t work to make people feel hopeless and traumatized and expect them not to lash back. So it’s a see saw that never goes anywhere. So instead what we need is a party to run candidates in both parties that focuses on the needs on the 90% of the population that owns only 10% of the stock market. And we need to learn how taxes down pay the federal budget and while there is more to this than I’m going into, the gist of it, when the “how do you pay for it question comes up” the answer is “the same way the government pays for everything” We also need a deep nuanced education and way of tracking all elements of inflation. Not incomplete political arguments about how it works. If you don’t understand it all, it often just leads you to make partisan arguments so deep learning on that is neccesary.

[@Air-bear]

Gadfly here 😕. No wonder Adam left the Republican Party. He is against their most basic policy. Deny the vote.🥶😶‍🌫️

[@lourdesbrown1800]

I just love Adam Kinzinger! Thank you.

[@francoisobasi1310]

Limiting voting rights is oppressive. Period.

[@frederickwilt5541]

Except the Rs are not trying to limit voting rights. They ARE trying to protect them.

[@Kuchhh]

Conservatives love oppression! It’s one of the core tenets of their favorite “news” broadcast station! Fear Oppression Xenophobia News!

[@jaxjax3842]

​@@frederickwilt5541😂😂😂😂

[@donaldcarlin6385]

Did you get dropped on your head? - the in print (2025) republican platform is "no more voting if we win".​@frederickwilt5541

[@francoisobasi1310]

@frederickwilt5541 where you get that fact from? You may be confusing Suppression with Protection.

[@dianemartin677]

Yes! You are amazing!

[@euniceransfer7873]

Mr. Kinzinger I totally agree with you.

[@arteliadraper7287]

Bravo 👏 Mr. Kinzinger 😅

[@Cheristm]

The only GOP guy I ever liked❣️💙

[@Nacash666]

@@Cheristm because he isn’t GOP and we asked him here not to run again.

[@timjacobs4711]

Preach brother! And all the people say, AMEN!

[@robertbauer3676]

Hmm, what do you know, a republican who actually supports American values. Guess that's why they got rid of him.

[@antonbruce1241]

Actually, it was the Democratic legislature of Illinois who eliminated his district during "reapportionment" after the 2010 census. The GOP didn't "get rid of him" - the Democrats did.

[@UneedAname45]

This is my exact sentiment for the past 15 years.

[@elaineseagraves5302]

Amen brother!! You said it spot on! ✌🏼❤️

[@wjb6468]

Such a refreshing notion : Instead of suppressing the vote, How about earning the vote.

[@KimberlySkalyo]

Thank you, Adam!!! ❤