Adam Kinzinger in conversation with David Ono at Live Talks Los Angeles discussing his book,
"Renegade: Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country." This event was taped with an audience in Los Angeles on November 16.
Once a rising star of the Republican Party, Adam Kinzinger became a traitor when he voted to impeach Donald Trump after the January 6 attacks on the Capitol. Now he shares a gripping firsthand account of the events that led to this moment, and the sacrifice required to do what is right.
Adam D. Kinzinger served in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023, representing Illinois’ Sixteenth Congressional District. During his tenure, he served on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol, as well as the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Prior to being elected to Congress, Kinzinger served in the Air Force in both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard and a Senior Political Commentator on CNN.
David Ono is the anchor for ABC7 Eyewitness News at 4pm and 6pm.David has produced multiple award winning documentaries, two of which have made their way to the Smithsonian Institution. He’s the creator of the multi-award winning series FACEism, about promoting a better understanding about inclusion in America. He’s also the creator of Defining Courage, a stage show about the legacy of the Nisei Soldier in World War. David has won 10 Edward R. Murrow awards, 31 Emmys, is the recipient of the Distinguished Journalist Award by the Society of Professional Journalists, the Lifetime Achievement award by the LA Press Club.
On January 6, 2021, Donald Trump incited a violent mob to storm the US Capitol in attempts to overturn the presidential election. It was a betrayal of our Constitution, and one of the darkest days in recent history. Yet to former congressman Adam Kinzinger it was also the culmination of a cultural and political rupture he’d long seen coming. Constructive criticism from within the Republican Party was no longer enough. It was time to stand up, even if it meant betraying his own party.
In Renegade, Kinzinger tells his story of faith, service, and political duty in a democracy under siege. From the small Illinois county board where he got his start, to his years in the Air Force flying tanker missions over Iraq, to his final tumultuous term in Congress as one of the few Republican members to vote to impeach Trump and join the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol, Kinzinger takes readers inside the most critical moments and pivotal decisions of the last years. The result is both a searing examination of the rise of extremism and the GOP’s subsequent descent into a dysfunctional and destructive force, and a rousing call to return to unity.