Consultant Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, accused the GOP of "profiting on populism" and stated the "focus" has change into "elevating cash."

Kinzinger is staunchly against former President Donald Trump and his continued grip on the Republican Get together. The GOP congressman frequently criticizes the previous president and Republican leaders that stay aligned with him. Throughout a Wednesday interview with Yahoo Information, he lamented that the GOP now extensively promotes "lies and conspiracies."

"It leaves me unhappy of what the occasion has change into. It is a occasion that at all times attracted me for the truth-tellingness, the sort of realism and the American power facet of overseas coverage, the not taking part in into individuals's feelings on the function of the federal authorities, the saying what must be stated when it will get too massive, and so on. That is been misplaced. It is now a celebration that's profiting on populism, and that has one focus: elevating cash," Kinzinger advised the information website.

"It is a disappointing second. We've to proceed to battle for the soul of it as a result of simply because it was corrupted over time, it may be mounted over time. However the backside line of it's that we're in a second the place reality does not matter, and this occasion will likely be round for some time," the congressman added.

"It is miserable to assume that is the place we're with it."

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Consultant Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) speaks after the Republican Home caucus voted to take away Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) from her management function on the U.S. Capitol on on Might 12 in Washington, D.C.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Pictures

Kinzinger was one in every of the ten Home Republicans who voted to question Trump for inciting his supporters to assault the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Since then, the GOP congressman has been one of many former president's strongest critics. He's additionally one in every of two Republicans—the opposite being Consultant Liz Cheney of Wyoming—who serves on the Home choose committee investigating the January 6 riot.

Throughout an interview final Friday with MSNBC, Kinzinger stated that his political occasion has change into "unrecognizable."

"What has modified is the usage of conspiracy, absolutely the lack of braveness to name it out, the concern that permeates leaders of the Republican Get together in opposition to a person [Trump] that's mainly insane. You realize, sending out press releases from Mar-a-Lago," the Republican lawmaker stated.

"It is unrecognizable, and it is unhappy as a result of the Republican Get together will exist, and it is a main political occasion in america. We'd like conservative voices on the market as properly," he added.

Kinzinger, together with Cheney, has obtained substantial backlash from Trump and lots of fellow Republicans. Professional-Trump GOP members of Congress have referred to as for Kinzinger's and Cheney's ouster from the Home Republican Convention, accusing them of being "spies for the Democrats." The previous president has stated publicly that he does not take into account Kinzinger and Cheney to be Republicans anymore.

Trump has endorsed a 2022 major challenger in opposition to Cheney in Wyoming. In the meantime, Kinzinger has determined to not search one other time period after his congressional district was merged with one other—which might have resulted in a contest in opposition to a pro-Trump Republican.

Newsweek reached out to the Republican Nationwide Committee for touch upon Kinzinger's evaluation however didn't instantly obtain a response.