bripat9643
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It's good to see Trump cleansing the party of these quislings.
More than a year since he lost the 2020 presidential election, the influence of Donald Trump over the GOP shows no sign of decreasing ahead of the 2022 midterms.
Since January, Trump has made it his mission to see those who voted to impeach him for inciting the January 6 insurrection defeated in next year’s midterms, frequently mocking and insulting the 10 Republican lawmakers who did so while publicly backing those who intend to run against them.
While fears of running against a Trump-back candidate in 2022 were not cited as their reasons for doing so, two of Trump’s most vocal critics within the party who voted to impeach him announced they will not be seeking re-election next year.
Trump has also put out a call for candidates to stand against any of the other Republicans who voted against him, promising that those who do so will be awarded with the much sought after backing from the former president.
In September, Ohio rep. Anthony Gonzalez, one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump over the January 6 attack, announced he will not seek reelection in Ohio next year while citing the “toxic dynamics” inside the party.
A month later, Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, a frequent critic of Trump’s who is one of two Republicans on the committee panel investigating the insurrection, said he won’t stand again in 2022.
“2 down, 8 to go!” was Trump’s gloating response to the news Kinzinger will not seek reelection.