Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Illinois) blamed Democrats on CNN’s “The New Day” Wednesday after moderate GOP Rep. Peter Meyer (Mich.) was defeated in his primary by a Trump-backed candidate.
Meyer, who voted to impeach former President Trump after the 2021 Capitol attack, lost to Trump-backed challenger John Gibbs on Tuesday after the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on endorsement ads of Gibbs.
Meyer’s race was among a number of primaries in which Democratic campaign departments spent money on Trump-backed candidates, a strategy that appears to be aimed at making it easier for Democrats to win the general election.
“I mean the DCCC should be ashamed of itself,” Kinzinger said.
“If Peter’s opponent wins and goes on in November to win, the Democrats own this. Congratulations,” he continued. “Here’s the thing, don’t keep coming to me asking where are all the good Republicans who stand up for democracy and then take your donors’ money to spend half a million dollars promoting one of the worst election deniers, that exist.’
Although some Democrats have spoken out against the DCCC’s strategy, top Democrats like Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have come out in favor of the tactic.
“The policy decisions that are being made there are being made to support our victory in the election,” Pelosi said last week, “because we think the contrast between Democrats and Republicans — as they are now — is so stark that we have to win. “
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Meijer’s defeat is another victory for Trump, who has made it a midterm priority to remove from office Republicans who have publicly opposed him since the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Meyer said Democrats ignored “certain moral boundaries” in politics when they endorsed their opponent.
“If they succeed, Republican voters will be blamed if any of these candidates are ultimately elected, but there is no doubt that the Democrats’ fingerprints will be on the gun,” Meyer said in an essay published online Monday.
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