RINO and Never Trumper Adam Kinzinger has just announced that he is not running for reelection in Congress next year:
FOX NEWS – Saying that he can’t run for reelection to Congress while at the same time waging a broader war for the future of the Republican Party, Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois on Friday announced that he wouldn’t run for reelection next year.
The six-term conservative congressman and combat pilot veteran made headlines in January as the second-most high profile of the 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach former President Donald Trump. He becomes the second of that group to not seek another two-year term in the House in the 2022 midterm elections, following Rep. Anthony Gonzales of Ohio.
As he fights to support the GOP from its current domination by the former president and works to back other anti-Trump Republicans, Kinzinger stressed in a video announcing his decision that it has “become increasingly obvious to me that in order to break the narrative, I cannot focus on both a reelection to Congress and a broader fight nationwide.”
“I want to make it clear, this isn’t the end of my political future but the beginning,” he also emphasized. “Let me be clear, my passion for this country has only grown. My desire to make a difference is bigger than it’s ever been.”
Before the NRO started complimenting Kinzinger for his ‘courage’ to stand up to Trump, they pointed out that he’s probably trying to set himself up for US Senate run or to be the governor of Illinois:
Kinzinger said earlier this month that he is not ruling out a run for Illinois governor, or for the Senate. Both Illinois governor J. B. Pritzker and Senator Tammy Duckworth are up for reelection in 2022.
Based on his statement about this not being an end to his political future, I’m pretty sure he’s just getting out of the House so he can run for higher office. So he’s definitely not going away; he’s just trying to move up in the political world.
But given how he’s become all about opposing Trump at every turn, I don’t see much success in his political future. And that would be fine with me.