Adam Kinzinger

And when I ran in 2010, you know, with respect to the lady I beat in 2010, we had a lot of people showing up at her town halls and she quit doing them. And in fact, at one town hall had her chief of staff answer questions. And what happens is they end up going into defense mode. They end up reacting poorly. And also...

And when I ran in 2010, you know, with respect to the lady I beat in 2010, we had a lot of people showing up at her town halls and she quit doing them. And in fact, at one town hall had her chief of staff answer questions. And what happens is they end up going into defense mode. They end up reacting poorly. And also...

And when I ran in 2010, you know, with respect to the lady I beat in 2010, we had a lot of people showing up at her town halls and she quit doing them. And in fact, at one town hall had her chief of staff answer questions. And what happens is they end up going into defense mode. They end up reacting poorly. And also...

they now may end up finding the courage to stand up to Donald Trump, truly, because now they're like, gosh, I may lose my election. Maybe not in a 75% red district, but there are a lot of districts that Donald Trump over a 10-year period turned that are actually gettable here.

they now may end up finding the courage to stand up to Donald Trump, truly, because now they're like, gosh, I may lose my election. Maybe not in a 75% red district, but there are a lot of districts that Donald Trump over a 10-year period turned that are actually gettable here.

they now may end up finding the courage to stand up to Donald Trump, truly, because now they're like, gosh, I may lose my election. Maybe not in a 75% red district, but there are a lot of districts that Donald Trump over a 10-year period turned that are actually gettable here.

Yeah, I fully actually agree with you. So I think when I, I guess maybe I misstated it when I said not ideological, I mean, don't turn this into a defund the police movement. Don't turn this into, you know, we need to triple the amount of genders we recognize, you know, something like that. Right. Because the tea party movement started out with the Rick Santelli screed. Yeah.

Yeah, I fully actually agree with you. So I think when I, I guess maybe I misstated it when I said not ideological, I mean, don't turn this into a defund the police movement. Don't turn this into, you know, we need to triple the amount of genders we recognize, you know, something like that. Right. Because the tea party movement started out with the Rick Santelli screed. Yeah.

Yeah, I fully actually agree with you. So I think when I, I guess maybe I misstated it when I said not ideological, I mean, don't turn this into a defund the police movement. Don't turn this into, you know, we need to triple the amount of genders we recognize, you know, something like that. Right. Because the tea party movement started out with the Rick Santelli screed. Yeah.

And at one point, and this is maybe after the election, it ended up with, you promised me you'll never raise the debt limit. You promised me you'll always eternally vote to defund Obamacare. I do think you're right about there's got to be a rallying cry. And honestly, I agree with you. I actually think it's Elon Musk. And I think it's the billionaire oppression.

And at one point, and this is maybe after the election, it ended up with, you promised me you'll never raise the debt limit. You promised me you'll always eternally vote to defund Obamacare. I do think you're right about there's got to be a rallying cry. And honestly, I agree with you. I actually think it's Elon Musk. And I think it's the billionaire oppression.

And at one point, and this is maybe after the election, it ended up with, you promised me you'll never raise the debt limit. You promised me you'll always eternally vote to defund Obamacare. I do think you're right about there's got to be a rallying cry. And honestly, I agree with you. I actually think it's Elon Musk. And I think it's the billionaire oppression.

The fact that, I think you said this yesterday, the richest guy and the most powerful guy are best friends and now in control of government. And they're out there trying to determine what the government looks like that we live under. Not Congress. Not the people that we elect to go figure this out for us. I mean, look, if Congress wanted to shut down every agency, honestly, I'd oppose it.

The fact that, I think you said this yesterday, the richest guy and the most powerful guy are best friends and now in control of government. And they're out there trying to determine what the government looks like that we live under. Not Congress. Not the people that we elect to go figure this out for us. I mean, look, if Congress wanted to shut down every agency, honestly, I'd oppose it.

The fact that, I think you said this yesterday, the richest guy and the most powerful guy are best friends and now in control of government. And they're out there trying to determine what the government looks like that we live under. Not Congress. Not the people that we elect to go figure this out for us. I mean, look, if Congress wanted to shut down every agency, honestly, I'd oppose it.

But fine. That's what Congress's job is. And so I think when you tell the American people, look, the founding fathers never intended. For Elon Musk to have more power than you. Yes, they intended for Donald Trump to have more power than you. There's nothing we can do about that. But Elon Musk, no. Jeff Bezos, no. They never intended that. So what are we going to do? We're going to stop it.

But fine. That's what Congress's job is. And so I think when you tell the American people, look, the founding fathers never intended. For Elon Musk to have more power than you. Yes, they intended for Donald Trump to have more power than you. There's nothing we can do about that. But Elon Musk, no. Jeff Bezos, no. They never intended that. So what are we going to do? We're going to stop it.

But fine. That's what Congress's job is. And so I think when you tell the American people, look, the founding fathers never intended. For Elon Musk to have more power than you. Yes, they intended for Donald Trump to have more power than you. There's nothing we can do about that. But Elon Musk, no. Jeff Bezos, no. They never intended that. So what are we going to do? We're going to stop it.

We're going to rise up and say we're not going to be controlled by billionaires. I do think that is a brilliant rallying cry. And frankly, it's not just the anti-Trump stuff, right, which kind of ran its course, still has some legs. But this is real. This is like Americans don't feel good about this.

We're going to rise up and say we're not going to be controlled by billionaires. I do think that is a brilliant rallying cry. And frankly, it's not just the anti-Trump stuff, right, which kind of ran its course, still has some legs. But this is real. This is like Americans don't feel good about this.