Kinzinger Recalls Letter from Family Disowning Him: ‘They Said I’ve Lost the Trust of Great Men Like Sean Hannity’

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) said he received a “certified letter disowning me” from a member of his family because he lost the trust of Fox News host Sean Hannity.

The CNN contributor joined Monday’s edition of AC360, where he discussed his new book, Renegade. Kinzinger drew the ire of Donald Trump supporters for his relentless criticisms of the former president, as well as his position on the House Jan. 6 select committee that investigated his actions after the 2020 election.

“Do you still consider yourself a Republican?” Anderson Cooper asked Kinzinger.

“It’s a tough question,” he responded. “I do, only in that because I don’t wanna give up on that fight. And this country needs two healthy parties, a healthy Democratic Party and a healthy Republican. So, I’m not gonna give up that title.”

He went on to say that if Trump is the Republican nominee next year, he will vote for President Joe Biden because he said a vote for the former is a vote for “authoritarianism.”

“Because you see a legitimate slide to authoritarianism if Donald Trump is reelected?” Cooper asked.

“I see, if he’s reelected, not a slide, a sprint,” Kinzinger answered. “Because in January 6th, we saw the guardrails, you know, of democracy held. The car hit the rails. It kept you on the road. That rail can’t take two hits. And now they know what they’re doing. Now they know where the tricks are in the system.”

Cooper then asked about a passage in the ex-lawmaker’s book in which he talks about being disowned.

“So, I had family that sent a certified letter disowning me,” Kinzinger said. “They said I’ve lost the trust of great men like Sean Hannity, which is funny, but they believe that. They said I was a member of the devil’s army. You know, we had people that would call and threaten to kill my – at the time – five-month-old child, or say they wish he would die.”

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