GOP Rep. Says Nobody Actually Believes Election Was Stolen From Donald Trump

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Wednesday that the vast majority of his Republican colleagues dont believe ex-President Donald Trump s election lies, even though they may continue to peddle them in public.

Save one or two maybe out here, nobody and I think its very important to repeat nobody actually believes the election was stolen from Donald Trump, but a lot of them are happy to go out and say it was, Kinzinger told CNN s Wolf Blitzer.

Blitzer asked Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the nine-member House select committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot, if any of his fellow GOP lawmakers had actually privately said to you, Good work, I support you.

Yes, oh yeah, yeah, responded Kinzinger, who has become one of his partys fiercest critics of its twice-impeached former president.

Is it just one or two? Is it a handful? Give me a ballpark number, the CNN anchor pressed.

Theres a lot of people, you know. And they come up and say it, replied Kinzinger. Its not any of the ones that go on TV and spout the big lie and then say it. Its the ones that are staying more quiet that I think appreciate the stand. But its a lot.

Blitzer asked Kinzinger if hed thought of switching parties.

No. Look, Im a Republican at heart, right? he replied. I was a Republican way before Donald Trump, since I was 6 years old. I believe in the values Im fighting for and I believe that a party of such a great rich history deserves to have people, even if its only a couple of us at the moment, in there fighting to restore the soul of it. So Im gonna fight hard for that.

Watch the full interview here:

\"You at least owe them your attention,\" says Rep. Adam Kinzinger of reports that neither Rep. Kevin McCarthy nor Sen. Mitch McConnell viewed the Jan. 6 committee hearing.

\"I'd be happy to send them a Beta or VHS copy of it so they can sit in their office and do that.\" pic.twitter.com/1d3Rjza20k

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"You at least owe them your attention," says Rep. Adam Kinzinger of reports that neither Rep. Kevin McCarthy nor Sen. Mitch McConnell viewed the Jan. 6 committee hearing.

"I'd be happy to send them a Beta or VHS copy of it so they can sit in their office and do that." pic.twitter.com/1d3Rjza20k
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