GOP lawmaker criticizes Trump and colleagues for ‘trying to discredit’ election

representative Adam kinzingerAdam Daniel Kinzinger GOP lawmaker believes 100 Republicans could challenge Electoral College results Sunday – Opposition to Trump’s COVID-19 relief bill dominates GOP lawmaker calls Trump’s election fraud allegations “ scam ” MORE (R-Ill.) Criticized his fellow Republican and President TrumpDonald Trump Trump cuts his trip to Florida short and returns to Washington on Thursday Intel vice president says the cyberattack on a government agency “ may have started earlier. ” for what he said were attempts to discredit the results of the 2020 presidential election.

In a video titled “Courage over Conspiraces,” Kinzinger said, “The president does not want to admit defeat and no one would. But he is currently trying to discredit the election results with lies and conspiracies.”

“As someone I can trust to lead, I have a choice,” he continued. “I can be silent and try to survive on the easy path. Or I can speak and lead without worrying about the consequences.”

The lawmaker explained the dangers of how quickly what he described as disinformation can quickly travel through political discourse stretching back years. He said, “As public servants, we have a responsibility to serve in good faith”, despite the political results.

Trump and several GOP lawmakers have claimed that the 2020 election was marred by widespread electoral fraud. However, federal election officials as well as the former attorney general William barrBill BarrBiden calls for modernization of US defenses after massive Kevin Clinesmith hack, but why is he the FBI downfall guy? Churches Offer Discounted Online Services for Christmas LEARN MORE said there was no evidence of widespread electoral fraud in the presidential election.

After the election, the Trump campaign also staged several legal battles in battlefield states to challenge the election results, including Michigan, Georgia, Arizona, and Pennsylvania. These prosecutions were largely unsuccessful.

Kinzinger said Republicans who have given credit to the claims “know it is not true” but “fear their next election.”

“A snowball of self-protection has developed rapidly,” said Kinzinger, a critic of Trump and his allies.

Wednesday, the senator Josh hawleyJoshua (Josh) David Hawley GOP lawmaker thinks 100 Republicans could challenge Electoral College results Here are Republicans planning to challenge Electoral College results Kemp reject Trump’s call to resign as a ‘distraction’ MORE (R-Mo.) Joined House Republicans in saying he will challenge the 2020 election results once Congress meets on Jan.6 to formally finalize the results.

“Millions of voters concerned about electoral integrity deserve to be heard,” Hawley said in announcing his objection.

Kinzinger warned that actions like this put the integrity of future elections at risk.

“We’ve been sent to lead whatever our preferred outcome is and we have to lead,” Kinzinger said. “It will start a terrible cycle where every election has to be contested and we will eventually lose our ability to govern ourselves.”

His. Ben sasseBen SasseTrump’s final weeks create chaos for Congressman GOP over Trump’s pardons: ‘Rotten to the core’ No, Biden hasn’t won yet – another nightmare scenario MORE (R-Neb.) On Thursday criticized Hawley’s support for challenging the election results.

“Let’s be clear what’s going on here: we have a group of ambitious politicians who believe there is a quick way to tap into the president’s populist base without causing real long-term damage,” he said on Thursday. .

“But they are wrong – and this problem is more important than anyone’s personal ambitions. Adults do not point a loaded gun at the heart of legitimate self-reliance.”