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Republican Adam Kinzinger: "I don't think the GOP can be saved in the near term" - Salon Talks [View all]
Adam Kinzinger, the former congressman from Illinois, talks to Salon’s Andrew O’Hehir about the future of the GOP under president-elect Donald Trump in 2025. Kinzinger shares why the party walked away from its defining principles and why he has decided to support Democrats, despite still being a Republican.
He talks about Joe Biden’s presidency, Speaker Mike Johnson and what kind of leadership Republicans need to revive the party post-Trump. Kinzinger is the subject of Steve Pink’s new documentary, “The Last Republican," which follows his final year in Congress and his role in the January 6th Committee hearings. - 01/04/2025.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:57 Kinzinger's documentary "The Last Republican"
02:10 Understanding Trump's election victory
05:26 The January 6th Committee
07:03 Biden's successes and failures
10:53 How the Republican Party has changed
16:10 Two issues that doomed Democrats
19:05 Why Republicans folded after Jan. 6
21:19 Trump's second term
23:02 Putting morality above party
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