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- Adam Kinzinger spoke about the importance of democracy during an address last week.
- Kinzinger said that young Americans weren’t wedded to old political norms.
- “They’re not buying into the Republican/Democrat thing,” the former GOP congressman said.
Former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican, said during an address last week that young Americans weren’t happy with the party system and predicted they would “revolutionize” the country’s political order.
Kinzinger, once a member of the House January 6 committee, spoke of the shifts in the US political system and the importance of preserving democracy during his remarks at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia.
While the United States remains politically polarized — evidenced by a slim Democratic Senate majority, a razor-thin House GOP majority, and an upcoming 2024 presidential race that is poised to be very close — Kinzinger said in his speech that young Americans would take the country in a new direction.