Republican Representative Kinzinger, who voted to impeach Trump, will not seek re-election By Reuters
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger feels emotional as he speaks during a hearing of the House Committee to Inquiry into the January 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2021. Oliver Contreras/Paul via Reuters/File photo
Written by Jason Lang
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger, one of the 10 Republicans in the House of Representatives who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump on charges of inciting the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, said Friday he would not seek to impeach President Donald Trump. Trump. 2022 elections.
The Illinois congressman, who also bucked the party’s leadership by joining the House committee investigating the Capitol riots, lamented national divisions when announcing his departure.
“I can’t focus on reelecting Congress and a broader struggle nationwide,” Kinzinger, 43, said in a video posted to Twitter (NYSE: NYSE). He is in his sixth two-year term and represents an area outside of Chicago.
Kinzinger was the second of 10 Republican members of the House of Representatives to vote to impeach Trump for choosing not to seek re-election in the 2022 contests that will determine control of Congress. Democrats have slim majorities in the House and Senate.
Trump, the first president in history to be impeached twice, was narrowly acquitted by the Senate, slamming Kinzinger and other Republicans who have criticized him for falsely claiming he lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden for voter fraud.
In September, Ohio Representative Anthony Gonzalez, another Republican who voted to impeach Trump, withdrew from his re-election race, citing “toxic dynamics within our party.”
Representative Liz Cheney was removed from her leadership position in the House of Representatives after she repeatedly criticized Trump’s allegations. Once considered a rising star in the party, she faces a tough re-election battle in her hometown of Wyoming.
Kinzinger, who was also one of Trump’s fiercest critics in the Republican Party, was less focused in the video announcing his exit.
“My disappointment in leaders who do not lead is great,” he said. “We must separate from the lies we received.”
(Corrections to reflect that Kinzinger is the second, not the third, impeachment voter for a Republican not seeking reelection; Steve Stevens did not vote for impeachment)
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