Another Republican Breaks With Trump Over Syria

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Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) joined Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) Wednesday in breaking with President Donald Trump over his decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria.

Though Graham’s statement was stronger and longer, Kinzinger’s is a notable defection as a loyal ally who votes in line with Trump 98.9 percent of the time. 

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  1. Rep. Kinzinger must be nervous about his re-election on 2020, because he is generally a Trump rubberstamp. Illinois has gone from Blue to BLUE in the last two election cycles, and if 2020 is another Blue Tsunami, even GOP reps in heavily Republican downstate districts like Kinzinger could lose.

  2. Agreed. There’s no longer much (if any) in the way of upside to aligning with Rump for the House. Rump isn’t going to broaden his base and he’ll just drag down any Rep. whose district isn’t filled to the brim with feral trumpers.

  3. Trump has never met a lie he wasn’t willing to tell

  4. Ahahh! That’s what they are!

    I’ve been seeing those nasty things scurrying around (even in broad daylight!), but didn’t know what they were called!

  5. Yea well, until either either of you asshats actually vote for like you talk, you’ll pardon me for taking this with 127 metric fucktons of salt.

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