Republican Claims He's Disgusted By Trump Mocking GOP Candidates Who Lost; Claims It Was POTUS Fault

Rep. Adam Kinzinger said he was “disgusted” by President Donald Trump‘s comments mocking GOP candidates that lost their races in the midterms — and the Illinois Republican even suggested the commander in chief may be to blame for those defeats.Show more

At his post midterm press conference, Trump took aim at Utah Republican Rep. Mia Love — amongst others — saying, “Mia Love gave me no love. And she lost. Too bad. Sorry about that Mia.”

“I was disgusted when I heard it happened,” Kinzinger said on CNN’s New Day when asked about the comments. “I mean, these are members that in their districts are reflecting their district. Some of them lost because people were frankly voting against the president, and I think if the president would have shown a little more grace in that and said ‘We are going to miss them but thank you for your service.’ Instead of ‘It’s because you didn’t back me.'”

“I can tell you a lot of these folks — Mia Love backed the president a lot and that may have cost her if she ends up losing,” Kinzinger said. “A little more grace would have been a lot better. I was very disgusted when I heard that. Let’s go forward and look at how we’re going to do better in 2020.”