Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said on Tuesday that some people “equate Donald Trump with the person of Jesus Christ” in their hearts.
“To them, if you even come against this amazing man, Donald Trump, which obviously quite flawed, you are coming out against Jesus, against their Christian values,” he told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner. “And when you go after their religion, that violates the depth of who they are.”
Kinzinger made the remark in response to a question Wagner asked him about criticism he has received from his own family members in relation to opposing former President Trump.
The congressman, who is one of Trump’s fiercest critics in the GOP, received a letter signed by 11 members of his family after he called for Trump to be removed from office through the 25th Amendment to the Constitution in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
The letter says that Kinzinger is a “disappointment to us and to God.” The family members said they were once proud of his accomplishments, but he has gone against his “Christian principles” and joined the “devil’s army,” which they identify as Democrats and the “fake news media.”
Kinzinger told Wagner that people fear being kicked out of their own tribe, and Republicanism or Trumpism has become people’s identity. He said many pastors in the country are “failing” their congregations through refusing to talk about how “corrosive” Trumpism is.
“I’ve been kicked out of my tribe, and that’s OK,” Kinzinger said.
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Kinzinger: Some people "equate Donald Trump with the person of Jesus Christ" https://t.co/26nt44ueNM pic.twitter.com/oGa20fMDZ0
— The Hill (@thehill) August 18, 2022
"Obviously the Republicans have become a cult. So I'm going to try to pull the people from that cult if I can." – @AdamKinzinger pulls no punches in talking about the current state of the Republican Party pic.twitter.com/1mp1I4xRY8
— Alex Wagner Tonight (@WagnerTonight) August 17, 2022
fact check: true https://t.co/sxN8lDRzJj
— Jeff Timmer (@jefftimmer) August 18, 2022
Former president Donald Trump bombarded his supporters with more than 100 emails asking for money based on the FBI’s search of his Florida Mar-a-Lago Club for classified materials last week.
They paid off. https://t.co/vkNIf14oTF
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 17, 2022
I agree. And I was the CIA Director https://t.co/LRAHDDyy4n
— Gen Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden) August 17, 2022
Adam, actually, the pseudo-Christians have replaced Jesus Christ with Donald. He is their god.
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