Rep. Adam Kinzinger took to Twitter Wednesday to label fellow Republican Sen. Josh Hawley “one of the worst human beings” after the Missouri senator called on the Biden administration to end the United States’s support for Ukraine to join NATO.
Hawley wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and copied Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, arguing that “it is not clear that Ukraine’s accession would serve U.S. interests.”
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Hawley argued that supporting Ukraine in joining NATO would detract from countering China’s growing influence. His letter comes as President Joe Biden announced he would deploy about 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe as Russia builds up troops on the Ukrainian border in what could foreshadow an invasion.
“I hate to be so personal, but Hawley is one of the worst human beings, and a self egrandizing con artist,” Kinzinger tweeted in response. “When Trump goes down I certainly hope this evil will be [laid] in the open for all to see, and be ashamed of.”
I hate to be so personal, but Hawley is one of the worst human beings, and a self egrandizing con artist. When Trump goes down I certainly hope this evil will be layed in the open for all to see, and be ashamed of. https://t.co/3LirLgeuMz
— Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) February 2, 2022
Hawley told Business Insider that Kinzinger’s “outburst” on Twitter was “weird.”
Kinzinger replied, “It is weird.”
“We are in weird times,” he wrote. “Like having a Senator more interested in pleasing Tucker [Carlson] and playing to worst instincts than leading. Denying Jan 6th truth despite fomenting it, among other things.”
Wednesday’s tweets are not the first time Kinzinger has taken aim at Hawley. Kinzinger, one of just two Republicans serving on the House Jan. 6 committee and one of the 10 who voted to impeach Trump after the riot, has previously criticized Hawley for leading efforts to object to the certification of the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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Hawley’s opposition to U.S. support of Ukraine joining NATO echoes comments from Trump allies like Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has criticized Republicans calling for a stronger response to Russian aggression. Though Hawley and Carlson’s view is growing in popularity among Trump’s supporters, it is not widely shared among Senate Republicans, many of whom hold that deterring Russian aggression toward Ukraine is in the country’s national security interests.
