Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of the Republicans who served on the Jan. 6 committee, was asked on CNN whether he can imagine voting for President Joe Biden in general election. Apparently indifferent to party considerations, he didn’t hesitate.
“Over Donald Trump? In a heartbeat,” the former GOP congressman said. “I mean, to me, that’s not even a question I would have to wrestle with. … It is literally a decision, at that moment, between do you believe in a functioning democracy? Or do you not? And I think that’s the only thing on the ballot. I think that is the only thing.”
It was a straightforward answer that much of Kinzinger’s party rejects. Take New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, for example. The New York Times reported:
Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, who has been a vocal critic of former President Donald J. Trump, nonetheless committed on Wednesday to supporting him if he won the Republican nomination, even if he were convicted of a felony.
To be sure, the Republican governor doesn’t currently support Trump. On the contrary, Sununu has endorsed former Ambassador Nikki Haley and is going out of his way to try to help her win the GOP nomination. He even stars in a campaign ad in which he describes Haley as “a new generation of conservative leadership, who can help leave behind the chaos and the drama of the past.”
But the question Sununu received on CNN was whether he was prepared to ultimately support Trump in a general election, even if the former president were convicted of felonies before Election Day.
“Look, I think most of us are all going to support the Republican nominee,” Sununu said. “There’s no question.”
To be sure, the governor doesn’t appear to hold Trump in high regard. In fact, the feeling is mutual: The former president has repeatedly condemned Sununu in recent months.
But for the New Hampshire Republican, there’s “no question” that he’ll have to support his party’s nominee — because that person…
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