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oldsoftie

(12,558 posts)
Wed Feb 2, 2022, 08:07 PM Feb 2022

Rep. Adam Kinzinger Pushes 'Uneasy Alliance' to Thwart Trump's Allies [View all]

Source: WTTW.com

NEW YORK (AP) — In the high-stakes fight for the GOP’s future, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., is calling on Democrats and independents to form an “uneasy alliance” with Republicans to fight former President Donald Trump's influence.

Kinzinger, one of Trump’s fiercest Republican critics in Congress, has directed his political organization to initiate a novel campaign to convince non-Republicans to support anti-Trump Republican candidates in GOP primary contests across the country later this year. Experts suggest the practice, sometimes known as “party raiding,” will be hard to execute on a broad scale, but Kinzinger warned that failure to shift the GOP’s embrace of Trump could undermine democracy or even lead to “failed state.”

“People need to wake up to that real possibility,” Kinzinger, who is not seeking reelection this fall, told The Associated Press. “We have to be able to have uneasy alliances, as uneasy as they may be in this moment.”

There are few modern examples of a sitting Republican member of Congress so openly asking Democrats to help take down a former president of his own party.

Read more: https://news.wttw.com/2022/02/02/rep-adam-kinzinger-pushes-uneasy-alliance-thwart-trump-s-allies



I already planned to do this in GA. Stacy Abrams has no primary opponent anyway. Defeat Perdue & Jody Hice. And if you're in a reliably Red state, even MORE reason to do it. Vote in the GOP primary and defeat the Trump shills that he needs in place to tamper with the NEXT election. If you live in Liz Cheney's district, vote for her.
Not only does it defeat trumps lackeys, the bonus is that it will drive Trump absolutely NUTS
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If there is such a thing as a good republican C_U_L8R Feb 2022 #1
mitt romney, profile in cowardice nt msongs Feb 2022 #2
But if you have 2 republicans running for a seat a republican is likely to win; oldsoftie Feb 2022 #3
Absolutely! If there's no chance a Democrat will win, why not vote that way? XacerbatedDem Feb 2022 #22
I recommend doing this if you're in a state that's uncompetitive for Democrats. Haggard Celine Feb 2022 #4
I think it would depend on the district crud Feb 2022 #5
I've seen that strategy work well bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #6
Did this type of strategic voting... appmanga Feb 2022 #7
I remember that. nt oldsoftie Feb 2022 #10
Which Republicans? They're all in with the traitor. BlueTsunami2018 Feb 2022 #8
So you see no difference between Jim Jordan & Liz Cheney? Cheney & Marjorie Taylor Greene? oldsoftie Feb 2022 #9
Cheney is just as evil as any of them. BlueTsunami2018 Feb 2022 #12
Stopping trump's plan should be the focus. Its bigger than their party. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #14
I agree... XacerbatedDem Feb 2022 #23
Cheney would take away health care Alpeduez21 Feb 2022 #13
So would the trump-lover who would replace her. Excise the national cancer. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #25
His district was eliminated post census. Lucky Luciano Feb 2022 #18
His district was altered, not eliminated. He'll still be running. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #24
If you are still a member of the Alpeduez21 Feb 2022 #11
Our country needs Democrats and Democrats ONLY bluestarone Feb 2022 #15
Strategic voting. roamer65 Feb 2022 #16
Really like Kinzinger rustysgurl Feb 2022 #17
He has the right idea. kentuck Feb 2022 #19
Yes. Too many aren't seeing the forest for the trees oldsoftie Feb 2022 #21
Depends on the Republican ibegurpard Feb 2022 #20
I don't think Perdue's run is a real run. Calista241 Feb 2022 #26
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