There are things that can definitely cause setbacks in a political career and then there are things that can just kill your career flat dead.
One of those is if you get caught in some kind of scandal where you are found to be stealing money or something like that. I have seen a few politicians on local levels totally mess up any chances that they had for any kind of elected office ever again by putting their hand in the wrong jar.
Another one can be when after years of telling lie after lie where the people finally just don’t believe you anymore. Or, if you turn out to be a traitor to the principles that you have espoused your whole career.
Another RINO has been weeded out of the GOP and has come to the realization that his political career is most likely over.
The RINO discussed the incident with CNN’s David Axelrod on his podcast which was released on Thursday.
“I did it knowing full well it could very well be terminal to my career,” Kinzinger said of his vote. “But I also knew that I couldn’t live with myself having, you know, try to just protect it and just felt like the one time I was called to do a really tough duty, I didn’t do it.”
Kinzinger joined nine other Swampy GOP representatives who sided with House Democrats to vote on impeaching President Trump for “incitement of insurrection” which did not happen.
“I’ll say to anybody that thinks my vote was for politics, they don’t know me. And I would say now they don’t know politics because, you know, you have to get through a primary,” Kinzinger added. “And would it make me more able to win a general election? Probably. But that’s not why I did it.”
Kinzinger announced his intentions the day before the impeachment vote, issuing a statement reading, “There is no doubt in my mind that the President of the United States broke his oath of office and incited this insurrection. He used his position in the Executive to attack the Legislative.”