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At the beginning of 2020, I was thinking that this was the best time to be alive. Yet everybody seems more miserable than they've ever been. I was al… - Adam Kinzinger
" "At the beginning of 2020, I was thinking that this was the best time to be alive. Yet everybody seems more miserable than they've ever been. I was also thinking that maybe we needed another 9/11-type event to wake us all up. Well, maybe this pandemic is a 9/11 moment, and we aren't waking up. People are becoming even more partisan. The virus itself is partisan. The reaction to what we should do with China is partisan. I don't believe we should use China as a political weapon.
The contempt I often see among the American people, quite honestly, fueled me to stay in this job longer. After ten years, you always evaluate. I do it every time I run. Am I the right guy at the right time? This thing has fueled me. My desire isn't to go out there and whack the Democrats on it. They'll whack us and we'll whack them, but nothing will change. I want to inspire people again. I want them to look at the contempt in their heart. It comes from fear. Don't be afraid. Fear leads to conflict. Conflict leads to destroyed societies.
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About Adam Kinzinger
Adam Daniel Kinzinger (born February 27, 1978) is an American former politician and senior political commentator for CNN. He served as a United States representative from Illinois from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Kinzinger originally represented Illinois's 11th congressional district and later Illinois's 16th congressional district. He is a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard.
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It's all about the end of your life. What can you say you did? What was your life worth? What did you contribute? We don't all have to go into the military, but we can all make America a better place. That's the aspect of life today, especially in politics, that really troubles me. We're experiencing a real breakdown in appreciation with each other and all the ways we contribute to our collective betterment. That's what drives me. I've been around the world and seen situations far worse than our own. I've also seen some of our modern warriors come back from war, and I admire their efforts to show people again what life is about. Just like in the Bible, they were willing to enact violence to protect the people they love. Then they come back, pass on lessons, and inspire a new generation to bigger things.
What goes through my head daily is my experience in the military. The vast majority of Air Force pilots I worked with were Republicans. I flew with a few Democrats and in our off hours we'd talk politics and argue. But at that moment in time, we were all on that mission together. It wasn't, Is Obama going to get elected or is it John McCain? It was the mission of the country that mattered. In Congress, I know that you should keep your partisan lines to some extent. That's what the people who elected you want. But you also have to be willing to work on things together. The tone you take is what really makes a difference. And in a crisis, I can fall back on my pilot training. We were taught that no matter the emergency, just stop, take a breath, analyze the situation. More specifically, we're told, "Maintain aircraft control, analyze the situation, take appropriate action, and land as soon as conditions permit." The same is true with anything in life. Maintain control. Keep your emotions in check.
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