Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) was essentially forced to leave Congress as his popularity plummeted amid a campaign to denounce former President Donald Trump at every turn.
But that didn’t stop him from continuing his anti-Trump rhetoric, including a recent grade-school taunt that the 45th president smells bad. And the Trump campaign was quick to respond.
As HuffPost reported:
In a viral post over the weekend, Kinzinger, a vocal Trump critic, wrote, “I’m genuinely surprised how people close to Trump haven’t talked about the odor.”
“It’s truly something to behold. Wear a mask if you can,” he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Trump, the front-runner for the Republican 2024 presidential nomination, reacted via a spokesperson.
“Adam Kinzinger farted on live TV and is an unemployed fraud,” the spokesperson said in a statement to The Independent. “He has disgraced his country and disrespects everyone around him because he is a sad individual who is mad about how his miserable life has turned out.”
Kinzinger’s petty post also sparked a lot of social media criticism.
The odor of Adam Kinzinger rotting . . . https://t.co/tiYSxla8gg
— FGG (@FGG10131) December 16, 2023
They’ve gone full “I know you are but what am I?” over how bad Trump smells.
“Adam Kinzinger farted on live TV and is an unemployed fraud,” the spokesperson said in a statement provided to The Independent.”https://t.co/x9TyGPloqY
— Nick Rees (@fakenickrees) December 21, 2023
I'm genuinely surprised how people close to joe biden haven't talked about the body odor.
Wear a mask when you're around him.
(Proud I posted the most idiotic post ever mimicking the child kinzinger) https://t.co/Y20izQaEc2— Pat in the West 🐎 (@DesertRiver) December 17, 2023
If you were wondering just how much of a never-Trumper Kinzinger actually is, he said a couple of weeks ago that he’s be willing to give our current train wreck of a president another term in the White House.
According to CBS News:
Kinzinger said if the choice comes down to Biden or Trump in 2024, the answer is easy – it’s Biden.
“I don’t even have to hesitate. Do I agree with everything Joe Biden’s doing? No, of course not. He’s a Democrat. I’m an old-school Republican, I’ll say. But I believe he’s a good man, and I believe he’s focused on the Constitution. I believe he’s not looking for reasons to violate the Constitution like Donald Trump is. I wouldn’t hesitate at all,” he said.
Kinzinger also rejected Trump’s recent assertion that President Biden poses a grave threat to democracy.
“Anything that he puts on other people is usually what he himself is. I think he recognizes it. He tries to muddy the water by claiming that Joe Biden is the same thing. Well, there’s no comparison in terms of who’s a bigger threat to democracy.”
And here’s a clip of Mr. “You Stink” Kinzinger complaining about the mean things people have said about him for viciously attacking Trump for the past several years:
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