Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) is raising concerns among his Democrat allies that he fears Republicans will “demand an impeachment vote on President Biden every week” once the GOP controls the House.
Kinzinger raised the alarm on CNN’s “The Axe Files with David Axelrod.”
During the appearance, Kinzinger singled out Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who he suggested is one of the “crazies” in the Republican Party.
“Back before we had all the crazies here, just some crazies, you know, every vote we took, we had to somehow defund ObamaCare,” Kinzinger told Axelrod.
“You’ll remember, right when we took over it was we need to do the omnibus bill, but we’re not going to vote for it because it doesn’t defund ObamaCare.
“That’s going to look like child’s play in terms of what Marjorie Taylor Greene is going to demand of Kevin McCarthy.
“They’re going to demand an impeachment vote on President Biden every week.”
He said of Kevin McCarthy as House speaker:
“I think it’ll be a very difficult majority for him to govern unless he just chooses to go absolutely crazy with them.
“In which case you may see the rise of the silent, non-existent moderate Republican that may still exist out there, but I don’t know,”
However, he said McCarthy may not have the votes within the GOP to win the speakership.
“I think if there’s, particularly if there’s a narrow Republican majority, let’s say there’s five, a five-seat Republican majority, it only takes five Republicans or six Republicans to come together, deny Kevin the speakership,” the outgoing congressman said.
“Because they weren’t, let’s say, Jim Jordan where they have this idea that Donald Trump can sit as speaker.
“Any of them can do that.
“And I know these Freedom Caucus members fairly well, and I know that they have no problem turning their back on McCarthy and they will,” he said.
A combat vet, @RepKinzinger says losing a seat over impeachment was an act of duty, not courage. “I don’t think what I have done or what Liz has done is courage at all. It just looks like courage because there’s so much cowardice out here.”#AxeFiles👉https://t.co/2nyfReGnPS pic.twitter.com/lyGFY3CEx5
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) September 18, 2022
On #AxeFiles, @RepKinzinger foresees stormy days for a Speaker McCarthy w/his own caucus.
“They’re going to demand an impeachment vote on President Biden every week. They’re going to demand things like, ‘Let’s make abortion illegal in all circumstances.'”https://t.co/2nyfReGnPS pic.twitter.com/I7cOyLt1XW— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) September 19, 2022
In the same #AxeFiles conversation, @RepKinzinger also predicted that Trump may turn on McCarthy & block his selection as Speaker.
“He does not respect people that suck up to him & you see that because everybody that sucks up to him at some point gets thrown out by Donald Trump.” https://t.co/pWEhhmtFVf— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) September 19, 2022
