GOP lawmaker fires again at Fox News host who referred to as for his defeat: “Outrage for profit”

Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger of Illinois fired again at Fox News’ Mark Levin on New Year’s Eve after the host referred to as for his defeat within the subsequent GOP major.

In a collection of Thursday tweets, Levin referred to as Kinzinger a “very devious and reckless politician,” and referred to as on Republican voters to oust him within the subsequent election cycle.

“He was elected as a Tea Party candidate 10 years ago and quickly turned on them. He is now an activist for the administrative state and against constitutionalists,” the host mentioned. “He should be defeated at the ballot box in the next Republican primary.”

Kinzinger shortly responded by calling Levin “The Godfather of ‘outrage for profit'” who has “for some reason been obsessed with me for a while.”

“I guess I hit a nerve. Don’t flatter yourself, Hollywood,” Levin shot again. “And don’t worry about my finances. I pay your overpaid salary. Just do your damn job.”

Kinzinger concluded the net dispute by sharing a headline from April 2016 that confirmed Levin saying, “I would never vote for Trump.” The Illinois lawmaker referred to as the Fox News host’s assertion, a “pre-grift.”

Levin initially focused Kinzinger for publicly criticizing President Donald Trump and his allies over efforts to oppose the Electoral College certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s win.

“Unsurprisingly, he’s celebrated by the Dem-Party media,” Levin tweeted. “His attack on those earnestly trying to fix what the Dems broke during this election cycle & their efforts to prevent further usurpations of the Constitution (as they’ve announced their intentions), is unconscionable.”

On Wednesday, Kinzinger predicted that greater than 100 members of the Republican social gathering may step ahead to problem the congressional certification of electoral votes on January 6. “I hope I’m wrong,” Kinzinger mentioned on The Bulwark Podcast. “I’m guessing it could be upwards of 100.”

One day later, Kinzinger shared a video to YouTube debunking Trump’s unverified allegations of widespread voter fraud, which he claims precipitated his election loss to Biden, and addressing the prevalence of political conspiracy theories in America.

“The president doesn’t want to admit defeat and nobody would, but he’s currently trying to discredit the election results through falsehoods and conspiracies,” Kinzinger mentioned. “As someone entrusted to lead, I have a choice. I can be quiet and I can survive by taking the easy path or I can speak up and lead without concern for the consequences. I choose to lead without fear.”

The lawmaker, one of many president’s most vocal critics throughout the GOP, has mentioned Trump’s makes an attempt at overturning the election “ain’t gonna work,” whereas predicting that the president will “never admit he lost so he’ll always blame somebody else.”

All 50 U.S. states have now licensed their electoral votes. Biden secured 306 Electoral College votes, surpassing the 270 wanted to win the presidential election.

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