I follow Kinzinger on BlueSky and I could have sworn he had left the party. I see now he refers to himself as RINO
Even though he has in the past voted for plenty things I disagree with and apparently “90% in line with Trump” before turning against him, I have to say… yes. If Kinzinger ran that’d be nice. Sadly, the GOP primary polls put Vance way ahead… Still early days, though. Who knows? DeSantis seemed to be doing well for 2024 until he wasn’t anymore. Maybe Vance screws up. Maybe Trump loses his appeal completely. It’d be nothing short of a miracle, though. Kinzinger actually even has a decent record on LGBT rights. It’d be a spectacular change.
As for Cheney… Not many people share this opinion, clearly it didn’t work, but I found Cheney useful in Harris’ campaign. To me it said “Look. Everyone from Sanders to Cheney opposes Trump. This is it. This is all of us. From left to right, everyone opposes Trump. Him and his friends are not even on the map. He’s far-right. He’s anti-democratic. He’s not part of the debate. He wants to end the debate.” (But yes, of course, I understand how the GOP enabled the oligarchy-driven autocracy that Trump is trying to cement. I know that Cheney isn’t one of the good guys)
That sounds like a lot of fun. Gotta love a shitshow Republican primary
I would think that if I didn’t see Trump rock through the 2016 field. Now I’d rather see Liz Cheney vs Kinzinger for the R nod
I follow Kinzinger on BlueSky and I could have sworn he had left the party. I see now he refers to himself as RINO
Even though he has in the past voted for plenty things I disagree with and apparently “90% in line with Trump” before turning against him, I have to say… yes. If Kinzinger ran that’d be nice. Sadly, the GOP primary polls put Vance way ahead… Still early days, though. Who knows? DeSantis seemed to be doing well for 2024 until he wasn’t anymore. Maybe Vance screws up. Maybe Trump loses his appeal completely. It’d be nothing short of a miracle, though. Kinzinger actually even has a decent record on LGBT rights. It’d be a spectacular change.
As for Cheney… Not many people share this opinion, clearly it didn’t work, but I found Cheney useful in Harris’ campaign. To me it said “Look. Everyone from Sanders to Cheney opposes Trump. This is it. This is all of us. From left to right, everyone opposes Trump. Him and his friends are not even on the map. He’s far-right. He’s anti-democratic. He’s not part of the debate. He wants to end the debate.” (But yes, of course, I understand how the GOP enabled the oligarchy-driven autocracy that Trump is trying to cement. I know that Cheney isn’t one of the good guys)
The idea of someone calling themselves RINO just makes no sense to me. If you’re admitting that, why the fuck are you still in the party?