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Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

149. Congressman Adam Kinzinger. Is He Running for President? Will He Leave the Republican Party? Are We Facing an American Insurgency? What Is He Naming His Baby? Ted Cruz, Ray Epps, Ukraine & Afghanistan. Diapers vs Bottles.

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

Righteous Media | Bleav

Daily News, Veteran, News, Politics, News Commentary, National Security

4.6907 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

It’s a dark, cold time in America. In many ways. But even in the darkest, coldest times, there are always helpers. Sources of light to warm our spirits and guide us out of the cold. And one of those sources is our guest in this episode: Congressman Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger). The 43-year-old Illinois Republican Congressman, Air Force combat veteran, political maverick, and fighter of the good fight is the man of this moment in American politics. He’s catapulted to the forefront of America’s consciousness in the last few months as one of only two republicans on the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. He’s taking shots from all sides–and he’s fighting back.  But is he running for President in 2024? Does he think that we are facing an American insurgency? Will he leave the Republican Party? What’s he naming his new baby? Who the hell is Ray Epps? What should America do about Ukraine and Afghanistan? Why can’t he stop Tweeting about Senator Ted Cruz? What’s worse, changing diapers or cleaning bottles? Our intrepid host, Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff) presses Kinzinger on these questions and more in a fresh, candid and hard-hitting conversation that’s sure to make news.  Every episode of Independent Americans provides light to contrast the heat. And every episode delivers a dose of the Righteous Media 5 Is: independence, integrity, information, inspiration and impact. This is another insightful pod to help you stay vigilant. Because vigilance is the price of democracy.  In these trying times especially, Independent Americans will continue to be your trusted place for independent news, politics, inspiration and hope.  Get extra content, connect with guests, attend exclusive events, get merch discounts and support this critical show by joining us on Patreon.  You can WATCH the full video of this converation with Paul and Adam Kinzinger here. Please take our quick listener survey and get a shot at a free t-shirt! Find us on social media or www.IndependentAmericans.us. Independent Americans is powered by Righteous Media. Stay vigilant, America.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Power by righteous media.

0:15.6

Welcome to Independent Americans.

0:19.9

Welcome to episode 149, a very big episode 149.

0:26.4

I'm your host, Paul Reichoff.

0:29.2

And as 2022 really kicks in and the weather gets colder,

0:35.9

this is a very important time to stay vigilant.

0:41.0

Former president who lies about this election and the mob that attacked this capital

0:46.7

could not be further away from the core American values.

0:55.0

They want to rule or they will ruin.

1:00.3

They want to rule or they will ruin.

1:04.6

Biden's right.

1:06.1

He's been wrong a lot lately, but he's right about this.

1:10.2

The speech he gave on January 6th was one of the

1:13.2

best and most important of his entire life. It was a wartime speech, and it needed to be that.

1:20.7

The American insurgency is real and must be defeated by all of us. The threat is that real. It's that cold. And it's not shrinking.

1:33.1

It's growing like a dark winter storm. This is a cold winter in America already.

1:42.0

Legendary actor and activist Sidney Poitier has died. The Omicron variant continues to

1:48.7

spread like wildfire. Schools are shutting down all across America. 37 veterans are dying

1:55.4

every day from COVID. Putin continues to have Russian troops staged and threatening on the border of Ukraine.

2:03.6

Winter is ravaging Afghanistan, which continues to devolve into a humanitarian tragedy of the highest

2:10.6

magnitude. And the temperatures where I live have been in the single digits with a windchill of

2:17.3

negative eight.

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