Adam Kinziger Says He Had Gun Out and Was Ready To Shoot Insurrectionists – IOTW Report

Adam Kinziger Says He Had Gun Out and Was Ready To Shoot Insurrectionists

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Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) revealed in a new interview that he considered firing his weapon on Jan. 6 as pro-Trump supporters were storming the Capitol.

During an interview with CNN political commentator S.E. Cupp for Rolling Stone that was published Monday, Kinzinger said he was “hunkered down” in his office for six hours “with my gun out, prepared to defend against my own party” when the rioters were making their way through the Capitol.

Pressed by Cupp about whether he considered the possibility that he would need to use his firearm against American citizens, Kinzinger said, “Yeah, I thought about it.”

“If you’re already at a point where you’re beating down police officers, and you’re willing to sack the U.S. Capitol, which hadn’t been done in hundreds of years, if you come face-to-face with Chief RINO in his office, who doesn’t believe that Donald Trump won reelection, yeah, they’re going to try to fight and kill me, and I’m not going to let that happen,” Kinzinger added, referring to the pejorative “Republican in name only.”

Asked if he was ever “genuinely scared” on Jan. 6, the Illinois Republican said he felt that way at around 2:30 p.m., a moment when he thought, “Man, there’s a real sense of evil.”

“I can’t explain it any further than that. And I’m not one of these guys that feels evil a lot. But I just felt a real darkness, like a thick, bad feeling,” he added.

He said that once the rioters breached the Capitol’s outer defenses, he knew they could “get anywhere,” including his office.

“I had been targeted on Twitter that day and prior, like, ‘Hangman’s noose. We’re coming for you,’” Kinzinger said.

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20 Comments on Adam Kinziger Says He Had Gun Out and Was Ready To Shoot Insurrectionists

  1. Sure you were, Adam. Funny, but you just don’t strike me as a real throw-down type of guy. More likely, you were cowering in your private bathroom with the door locked and the lights off, clutching a mop.

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  2. I bet he got beat up a lot when he was a kid.

    He’s not running for re-election (him and Jeff Flake are going to open up a gay bar in West Hollywood) so let him jersey pop on dopey CNN. He’s a puss, everyone knows it.

    And I heard he was found cowering under Liz Cheney’s desk.

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  3. playing off his mac-daddy’s ‘tough guy’ bullshit

    you’re just as a pathetic embarrassment as Brandon, you crapweasel … January 2023 can’t come soon enough … do us all a favor, avoid the RINO rush & leave now

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  4. He’s trying to butch up because he gets made fun of for his fake crying at Pelosi’s lame attempt at still trying to de-Trump the world.
    Heck I fake cried when I left a voicemail message for him on Sunday.

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