One of the 10 House Republicans who voted last month to impeach President Donald Trump announced the start of a political action committee (PAC) on Jan. 31 to oppose the Republican Party’s embrace of Trump. “The Republican Party has lost its way,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said in a video posted on the website of the Country First PAC. The six-minute video mentions neither Trump’s name nor any specific policy issues. In the remarks, Kinzinger equated the people who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6 with the Republican Party. Democrats embraced the same strategy in the wake of the Capitol breach and impeached Trump, alleging he incited an insurrection. Trump and Republicans have consistently condemned those who breached the Capitol, including on the day of the incident. Kinzinger also alleged, without offering examples or evidence, that Republicans have embraced conspiracy theories, outrage, and the politics of personality. “The party that always …
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