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Adam Kinzinger

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1915 total appearances

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The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

You know, all these people were sitting there trying, they want to make him happy so that when they call and say, hey, my, you know, my National Guard unit needs a new whatever, you know, Swiffer sweeper, you know, he can do it. He'll take their calls.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

You know, all these people were sitting there trying, they want to make him happy so that when they call and say, hey, my, you know, my National Guard unit needs a new whatever, you know, Swiffer sweeper, you know, he can do it. He'll take their calls.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

Yep. My wife had made a point today because she used to work in the she worked for Pence kind of under the Scaramucci regime for Trump for a little bit. She actually dislikes the administration even more than I do, which is funny.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

Yep. My wife had made a point today because she used to work in the she worked for Pence kind of under the Scaramucci regime for Trump for a little bit. She actually dislikes the administration even more than I do, which is funny.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

Yep. My wife had made a point today because she used to work in the she worked for Pence kind of under the Scaramucci regime for Trump for a little bit. She actually dislikes the administration even more than I do, which is funny.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

She can do it in Spanish, too. So there you go. Broaden the audience. But she made the point. She goes, a lot of people think that Congress is this separate and equal branch. I guess technically it is. But the reality is...

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

She can do it in Spanish, too. So there you go. Broaden the audience. But she made the point. She goes, a lot of people think that Congress is this separate and equal branch. I guess technically it is. But the reality is...

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

She can do it in Spanish, too. So there you go. Broaden the audience. But she made the point. She goes, a lot of people think that Congress is this separate and equal branch. I guess technically it is. But the reality is...

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

Congress gets starstruck by the administration like Congress gets when you see somebody that you see on TV that's in the administration or that's close to who the president is or that runs this branch or this, you know, whatever this agency, all of a sudden, instead of being oversight, you're trying to get in good with these people, right? And that's the dirty secret is it's not actual oversight.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

Congress gets starstruck by the administration like Congress gets when you see somebody that you see on TV that's in the administration or that's close to who the president is or that runs this branch or this, you know, whatever this agency, all of a sudden, instead of being oversight, you're trying to get in good with these people, right? And that's the dirty secret is it's not actual oversight.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

Congress gets starstruck by the administration like Congress gets when you see somebody that you see on TV that's in the administration or that's close to who the president is or that runs this branch or this, you know, whatever this agency, all of a sudden, instead of being oversight, you're trying to get in good with these people, right? And that's the dirty secret is it's not actual oversight.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

It's more like access. And that's what this modern American country is. And so terrible questions by the Republicans. And Pete Agseth. Now, can I mention, I haven't seen many people writing anything about this, but the fact that he didn't meet with

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

It's more like access. And that's what this modern American country is. And so terrible questions by the Republicans. And Pete Agseth. Now, can I mention, I haven't seen many people writing anything about this, but the fact that he didn't meet with

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

It's more like access. And that's what this modern American country is. And so terrible questions by the Republicans. And Pete Agseth. Now, can I mention, I haven't seen many people writing anything about this, but the fact that he didn't meet with

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

any or most at least of the Democratic senators is not only unprecedented, it is absolutely a shame because he's making it very clear that he is going to be a Republican in charge of the Department of Defense. Now, we all know that there are Republicans or Democrats that get appointed to head the Department of Defense. But once you take that position,

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

any or most at least of the Democratic senators is not only unprecedented, it is absolutely a shame because he's making it very clear that he is going to be a Republican in charge of the Department of Defense. Now, we all know that there are Republicans or Democrats that get appointed to head the Department of Defense. But once you take that position,

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

any or most at least of the Democratic senators is not only unprecedented, it is absolutely a shame because he's making it very clear that he is going to be a Republican in charge of the Department of Defense. Now, we all know that there are Republicans or Democrats that get appointed to head the Department of Defense. But once you take that position,

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

Or once you're nominated for that position, you at least put on the pretend to be nonpartisan thing by him going and only speaking to Republicans. He made it very clear he will be a Republican military. And that that bothers me a lot, Tim.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

Or once you're nominated for that position, you at least put on the pretend to be nonpartisan thing by him going and only speaking to Republicans. He made it very clear he will be a Republican military. And that that bothers me a lot, Tim.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

Or once you're nominated for that position, you at least put on the pretend to be nonpartisan thing by him going and only speaking to Republicans. He made it very clear he will be a Republican military. And that that bothers me a lot, Tim.