GOP Representative Kinzinger is launching a new PAC to move the Republican Party away from Trump.

Republican Adam Kinzinger, one of 10 Republicans in the House of Representatives to vote to impeach Donald Trump, has launched a political action committee to challenge the former president’s continued influence over the Republican Party . Kinzinger spoke about the new Country First PAC in an interview on NBC’s Meet the press as well as a campaign-style video uploaded. “This is not a party for Trump. This is a party favored by the country, ”Kinzinger said. “Now is the time to choose.”

In the video, Kinzinger said there is a direct relationship between the “poisonous plots and lies” the Republican Party embraced with the riot on Capitol Hill earlier this month. “The Republican Party has lost its way,” said the Illinois congressman in the video. “Republicans have to say enough is enough. It’s time to unplug the scandalous machine, reject personality politics, and put conspiracy theories and rage aside. With the PAC, Kinzinger wants Republicans to step back. “Let’s take a look at the past four years, how badly we’ve gone,” he said on Meet the press. “How backward we are, how much darkness and division we peddle. And that’s not the party I’ve ever signed up for. And I think most Republicans didn’t sign up for it.

During the interview, Kinzinger also described the backlash he suffered for voting to impeach Trump. “Look, it’s really hard. I mean, all of a sudden imagine everyone who’s been supportive of you, or at least it seems like your friends, family, have turned on you. They think you are selling yourself, ”he says. “I have received a letter, a certified letter, twice from the same people, denying me and claiming that I am possessed by the devil. Kinzinger said that while he was optimistic Republicans appeared ready to turn the page after the riot, it seems it was short lived. “I’ve been disappointed over the last few weeks to see what seemed like the Republican Party wake up and then fall asleep again and say, ‘Well, you know, what matters if we can win. in two years and we don’t want to tick the base, ”Kinzinger said.