Kinzinger says his child 'will be proud to have the last name' while other lawmakers 'will have kids that'll be ashamed of them'



Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois has asserted that while his child will be proud of his last name, the children of other lawmakers will feel "ashamed" of their parents.

"I have zero regrets. And I know my kid, I know this, he will be proud to have the last name. And a lot of my colleagues will have kids that'll be ashamed of them," Kinzinger said, according to NBC News.

Kinzinger is one of the two Republicans who served on the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot — Liz Cheney of Wyoming is the other GOP member who served on the committee.

"It's not that we're courageous. We're really not," Kinzinger said regarding himself and Cheney, according to NBC News. "It's that cowardice is everywhere."

Cheney and Kinzinger were among the 10 House Republicans who voted in favor of impeaching then-President Donald Trump in the wake of the Capitol riot last year.

Both lawmakers will be departing from Congress in early 2023.

Kinzinger, who has served in the House since 2011, indicated in October 2021 that the time had come for him to "move on from Congress" — he did not seek reelection in 2022.

\u201cLooking forward to the next chapter!\u201d
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Cheney, who has served in the House since 2017, lost the 2022 GOP primary earlier this year to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman, who went on to win the general election.

Earlier this month, Kinzinger expressed support for former House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican who choked up while delivering remarks honoring outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat. Boehner, in an apparent reference to his daughters, said that his "girls" told him to tell Pelosi how much they admire her.

"John Boehner is a class act. Be more like Boehner," Kinzginer tweeted.

\u201cJohn Boehner is a class act. Be more like Boehner\u201d
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Pence says he and Trump 'may never see eye to eye' on Capitol riot, but he is still proud of their administration



Former Vice President Mike Pence addressed the Jan. 6 Capitol riot during a speech on Thursday, revealing that he and former President Donald Trump "may never see eye to eye" on the events of that day.

Pence reiterated, however, that he is still proud of the accomplishments of the Trump administration.

What are the details?

In an address at a fundraiser in New Hampshire at a Lincoln-Reagan dinner hosted by the Hillsborough County GOP, Pence spent the majority of the speech lambasting the Biden administration for "failed leadership," hitting out against the "agenda of the radical left."

Fox News reported that Pence also delivered "his most extensive comments to date about the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by right-wing extremists and other supporters of then-President Trump who aimed to disrupt congressional certification of [President Joe] Biden's electoral college victory."

"I learned a lot serving alongside President Donald Trump," Pence said early on in his talk. "Some people think we're a little bit different," he continued, leading the audience to respond with laughter. "But I think what President Trump showed us was what Republicans can accomplish when our leaders stand firm on conservative principles and don't back down."

Pence went on to tout several of the accomplishments of the administration, before addressing the Jan. 6 events, which he called a "tragedy at our nation's Capitol."

"As I said that day, Jan. 6 was a dark day in the history of the United States Capitol," he said. "But thanks to the swift action of the Capitol police and federal law enforcement, violence was quelled. The Capitol was secured. And that same day, we reconvened the Congress and did our duty under the Constitution and the laws of the United States."

"You know, President Trump and I have spoken many times since we left office," Pence continued. "And I don't know if we'll ever see eye to eye on that day, but I will always be proud of what we accomplished for the American people over the last four years."

You may watch Pence's speech in its entirety below. His remarks on Jan. 6 begin around the 1:09 mark:

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What's the background?

Following a rally hosted by Trump on the National Mall on Jan. 6, several of his supporters marched to the Capitol building and forced their way inside as Congress worked to confirm Biden's electoral college win.

Rioters called for hanging Pence, and Trump criticized the vice president for refusing to reject electoral college votes while presiding over the Senate that day.

The vice president and members of the House and Senate from both parties were rushed to safe locations during the Capitol siege, and later returned to confirm every state's electoral college results.

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