GOP lawmaker launches new PAC to reclaim Republican Party after Trump

 GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday announced a new "movement" to push back on the Republican Party's embrace of former President Donald Trump and retire the "poisonous conspiracies and lies" that defined his administration.

In a six-minute campaign-style video posted to the new "Country First" website, which is funded by Kinzinger's Future First Leadership Political Action Committee, the Illinois Republican asserts: "The Republican Party has lost its way. If we are to lead again, we need to muster the courage to remember who we are."

The effort from Kinzinger marks a notable escalation in his struggle to set a new course for the GOP after four years of the Trump administration. He was one of 10 Republicans who joined all House Democrats in voting to impeach Trump earlier this month for "incitement of insurrection" in light of his role in encouraging the January 6 riot at the US Capitol...MORE