Doc Talk: Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger On Staging “Attempted Coup” Within The GOP, And More From Toronto Film Festival
deadline.comFormer Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger has become a hero to Democrats for turning on Donald Trump, but it’s come at great personal and political cost.
In a new interview for Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast, Kinzinger reveals he, his wife, and their toddler have become the target of constant death threats from Trump supporters after he had the audacity to join the January 6th select congressional committee investigating the former president’s role in the capital insurrection.
He says even his parents were subjected to abuse from family members and friends angered by Kinzinger’s principled actions. We recorded our interview with Kinzinger at the Toronto International Film Festival, where he headed for the world premiere of The Last Republican, the documentary directed by Steve Pink that explores Kinzinger’s evolution from rising GOP star to party pariah.
The duo – one a Hollywood liberal, the other a proud conservative — explain how they bonded over Pink’s hit comedy Hot Tub Time Machine.
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