Former GOP Legislator “Excited” to Join CNN!

Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois has joined CNN to become a political commentator.

Kinzinger commented that he was “excited” to join CNN.

Here’s CNN’s newest “political commentator” on the network:

Adam Kinzinger is now a "senior political commentator" at CNN lmfao. pic.twitter.com/dKFCfHMHdp

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 5, 2023

“Join us in welcoming @AdamKinzinger to CNN as a Senior Political Commentator. Welcome to CNN, Adam!” CNN Communications tweeted.

Kinzinger replied, “Happy to join the team @CNN!”

Happy to join the team @CNN! https://t.co/ypkns5pfEY

— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@AdamKinzinger) January 5, 2023

CNN reported:

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) is joining CNN as a Senior Political Commentator, the network announced today. Kinzinger joins CNN with extensive experience in GOP politics, having recently retired from the U.S. House of Representatives after serving six terms representing Illinois’ Sixteenth Congressional District. Kinzinger most recently served on the high-profile House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol as well as the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Prior to being elected to Congress, Kinzinger served in the Air Force in both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Kinzinger was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in November 2003 and later awarded his pilot wings. He has served in the Air Force Special Operations, Air Combat Command, Air Mobility Command, and Air National Guard. Kinzinger continues to serve his country as a pilot in the Air National Guard, with the current rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

As The Blaze noted, Kinzinger was one of 10 House Republicans to vote in favor of Donald Trump’s impeachment after J6.

Also, Kinzinger was one of two GOP lawmakers to serve on the Jan. 6 House select committee.

The other being former Rep. Liz Cheney, who was obliterated by Trump-endorsed Harriet Hageman in the GOP primary.

From The Blaze:

“It’s not that we’re courageous. We’re really not,” he said regarding himself and Cheney, according to NBC News. “It’s that cowardice is everywhere.”

“I have zero regrets. And I know my kid, I know this, he will be proud to have the last name. And a lot of my colleagues will have kids that’ll be ashamed of them,” Kinzinger said, according to the outlet.

Kinzinger had served as a House lawmaker since 2011, but said in 2021 that the time had come for him to “move on from Congress” — he did not seek reelection in 2022.

Last month, Kinzinger expressed support for former House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, who got choked up when speaking at an event honoring outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat. Boehner had said, in an apparent reference to his daughters, that his “girls” instructed him to tell Pelosi how much they admire her.