Kinzinger Calls For Elise Stefanik To Be Removed From Congress

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Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) called for voting out an array of Republican leaders in the wake of a mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket that left 10 people dead and was motivated by white supremacy including the so-called “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory. That notion delusionally — and destructively — alleges white people are being intentionally crowded out by those with other racial backgrounds.

“Here is my replacement theory: we need to replace @EliseStefanik @GOPLeader @RepMTG @CawthornforNC and a number of others,” Kinzinger tweeted. His remarks reference Republican Reps. Elise Stefanik, Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Madison Cawthorn. “The replacement theory they are pushing/tolerating is getting people killed,” Kinzinger added. That’s not a stretch — the “replacement” concept has been promoted by prominent voices like Stefanik and Tucker Carlson, the prominent Fox News host. “I know that the Left and all the little gatekeepers on Twitter become literally hysterical if you use the term ‘replacement,’ if you suggest [that] the Democratic Party is trying to replace the current electorate, the voters now casting ballots, with new people, more obedient voters from the Third World… But they become hysterical because that’s what’s happening, actually,” Carlson remarked in April last year. It is not what’s happening.

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Stefanik’s promotion of the replacement concept was somewhat less explicit. In a Facebook ad from her campaign, text read: “Radical Democrats are planning their most aggressive move yet: a PERMANENT ELECTION INSURRECTION.” The text “accompanied an image of numerous migrants reflected in the aviator sunglasses worn by President Joe Biden,” as Newsweek explains. In other words, the implication was obvious: Stefanik’s campaign was pushing the concept that immigrants are essentially replacing native-born Americans in the electorate. And now, the shooter who attacked that supermarket in Buffalo has been found to have apparently posted a manifesto touting the replacement conspiracy theory. Throughout recent years, mass shooters in the U.S. and New Zealand have been inspired by similar notions regarding imaginary replacements. One such example is the 2019 mass shooting at a Texas Wal-Mart that claimed the lives of 23 people.

Trump has repeatedly promoted the idea that the U.S. is threatened by an “invasion” coming over the southern border — a nonsensical, destructive concept that the then-president refused to distance from after the Texas tragedy. Relatedly, Stefanik — who took over the party leadership position among House Republicans formerly held by Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) — has recently been promoting the false idea that the provision of baby formula to migrant infants in U.S. custody is somehow tied to — or at least further negatively impacting — the unfolding formula shortage. “The White House, House Dems, & usual pedo grifters are so out of touch with the American people that rather than present ANY PLAN or urgency to address the nationwide baby formula crisis, they double down on sending pallets of formula to the southern border,” Stefanik ranted. Besides the fact Democrats are working on addressing the shortage, there are legal requirements to care for those in U.S. custody — individuals who Stefanik would evidently rather see left to starve.