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Kinzinger calls out Mike Johnson for Trump verdict comments: ‘Disappointed to see a person of faith lie’

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger said he was “very disappointed” in House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for what his former colleague said about former President Donald Trump’s guilty verdict.

The one-time Illinois congressman and current CNN senior political commentator was referring to Johnson’s comment that Trump’s conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records “will probably guarantee” he wins a second term in the White House.

“As a person of faith myself, I’m very disappointed to see a person of faith … especially in such a powerful position, lie about this,” Kinzinger said. “I don’t think you can just take it right to the U.S. Supreme Court, but from the raw political perspective … I don’t think there is a single person that was committed to Joe Biden that, because of these felonies, has now said, ‘I’m going to vote for Donald Trump.’”

Kinzinger attributed that narrative to social media, paired with what he called “mass psychosis.”

“It may please 30% of the most hardcore Trump base, but the rest of America is going, ‘Wow, this is weird,’” Kinzinger said.

One of the most prominent conservative Trump critics, Kinzinger was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach him for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, and he and former Rep. Liz Cheney were the only GOP members on the select subcommittee that investigated that attack.

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“I think there are people, Republicans particularly, not a ton of them, but some that are uncomfortable voting for a convicted felon,” Kinzinger said.

Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, four days before the Republican National Convention, at which he is set to be named the party’s presidential nominee.

FILE - Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 19, 2022. The Open Field, a Penguin Random House imprint overseen by Maria Shriver, announced Tuesday that Kinzinger’s “Renegade: My Life in Faith, the Military, and Defending America from Trump’s Attack on Democracy” is scheduled for on release Oct. 17. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) (Jacquelyn Martin)
FILE – Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 19, 2022. The Open Field, a Penguin Random House imprint overseen by Maria Shriver, announced Tuesday that Kinzinger’s “Renegade: My Life in Faith, the Military, and Defending America from Trump’s Attack on Democracy” is scheduled for on release Oct. 17. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) (Jacquelyn Martin)
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