Kinzinger calls Cheney primary challengers ‘a bunch of armpit farters’
by Zach Schonfeld - 07/03/22 11:22 AM ET
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-Wyo.) primary challengers are “lying to their constituents” when asked on Sunday about his earlier tweet calling them “armpit farters.”
Kinzinger, who along with Cheney has drawn ire from their fellow Republicans for serving on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 riot by former President Trump’s supporters at the U.S. Capitol, had criticized Cheney’s opponents in multiple tweets after a primary debate last week.
“You had a colorful reaction to that debate using a term that I think my 11-year-old son would like,” said CNN “State of the Union” co-anchor Dana Bash on Sunday. “You said her opponents are ‘a bunch of armpit farters.’ But realistically, one of them could very well win in November.”
“You see her opponents spreading conspiracy,” Kinzinger said replied to Bash. “You know, her main opponent was a big supporter of Liz Cheney, until she found out that maybe she could run against Liz Cheney. And so they are lying to their constituents.”
Cheney faces multiple opponents in the Aug. 16 primary, and recent polls have shown Harriet Hageman, who is backed by former President Trump, leading Cheney.
Cheney had touted her work on the Jan. 6 House committee during last week’s debate, but Hageman has cast Cheney as a “RINO” or “Republican In Name Only.”
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