Kinzinger Attacks Republicans Denying Capitol Riot – Like Something Out Of ‘North Korea’

Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) went on “The View” on Friday morning to attack Republican lawmakers who are denying the severity of the Capitol riot, saying this is “something you see out of North Korea.”

“Congressman, the GOP is now attempting to rewrite history when it comes to the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6. Republican Congressman Andrew Clyde of Georgia said to call it an insurrection is quote ‘a bald-faced lie’ and that it looked more like a quote, ‘normal tourist visit,'” said cohost Sunny Hostin.

“We all seen what happened with our own eyes. This week body camera footage was released showing Officer Fanone being attacked by rioters. What was your reaction to that video and your colleagues lying?” she asked. 

Kinzinger Goes Off

That’s when Kinzinger took the opportunity to go off on Republicans.

“When I saw my colleagues speak, it feels like it’s in the 1984 novel or something you see out of North Korea,” he said. “Where we are just going to state whatever we want the reality to be. I was there on January 6. This was a real insurrection.’

“This was people who thought they were doing Trump’s bidding at the behest of Trump, not just on that day, but days leading up to that with the narrative of a stolen election,” he continued.

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Kinzinger Doubles Down

“I’ve become good friends with Michael Fanone, the officer whose body cam you are showing,” Kinzinger said. “He’s a man very disheartened now, not because of his job and not because of what he went through, but because the party that claims they support law enforcement is ignoring him.” 

“He’s asked Kevin McCarthy to talk to him and show him his body cam video,” Kinzinger added. “Kevin has yet to respond to that. Why? What are you afraid of? January 6 was real, and as a party, we have to take ownership of that, recognize what led to that so that we don’t do that again.”

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‘This isn’t ten years ago. this was four months ago. So the idea of, oh let’s move on, I agree, let’s move on after we take a full accounting of how we got here and how never to get to this position again,” he concluded. 

“This was a real insurrection.”

Rep. Kinzinger on Rep. Clyde comparing mob storming the Capitol to “normal tourist visit”: “The idea of ‘let’s just move on,’ I agree — let’s move on after we take a full accounting of how we got here and how never to get to this position again.” pic.twitter.com/rdBqrn1mas

— The View (@TheView) May 14, 2021

This piece was written by James Samson on May 15, 2021. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.

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