Former Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Monday tore into Senator JD Vance (R-Ohio), criticizing him for echoing Kremlin propaganda and opposing aid to Ukraine amidst its battle against Russian aggression.
In a fiery interview on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Kinzinger blasted Vance’s pro-Russia stance, saying: “They are celebrating that choice both in Milwaukee tonight and in Moscow,” Kinzinger said, referencing the locations of this week’s Republican National Convention (RNC) and Russia’s capital city.
“JD Vance is the one that has… very loudly talked about how he doesn’t care what happens in Ukraine. He has opposed aid to Ukraine,” Kinzinger continued. “At a time where, since World War II, the biggest defense of a country, of freedom, that is happening right now.”
“And all we have to do is help finance that,” Kinzinger explained. “We are not even fighting. And JD Vance has aggressively parroted actual Russian talking points.”
“To me, he’s a guy that was an anti-Trumper, that all of a sudden is the biggest pro-Trumper,” Kinzinger said. “He has no moral soul, no center. And how you can like Russia and what they are doing in Ukraine is beyond me. I think it was a terrible pick for the president.”
The former congressman lambasted Vance’s flip-flopping from anti-Trump to pro-Trump without any moral compass.
“He has no moral soul, no center. And how you can like Russia and what they are doing in Ukraine is beyond me,” Kinzinger asserted. “I think it was a terrible pick for the president.”
Vance’s “America First” foreign policy echoes Trump’s isolationist views, advocating for reduced U.S. involvement in European defense efforts and downplaying the urgency of supporting Ukraine. Kinzinger condemned Vance’s skepticism of U.S. military aid to Ukraine as shortsighted and dangerous, highlighting Vance’s controversial call for engagement with Vladimir Putin despite the Russian leader’s hostile actions.
Kinzinger’s critique comes after Trump was officially named the GOP nominee for president at the Republican convention following an assassination attempt at a rally over the weekend.
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Former Congressman Adam Kinzinger absolutely ripped into Vatnik Vance and his Russian talking points on Stephen Colbert’s show last night.🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/cMHMsHTanz
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