Kinzinger: ‘I Don’t Have a Problem with the President Stepping Up His Rhetoric’

‘This is a moment where the president needs ... to be very serious to outweigh the issue that’s going on with North Korea’

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KINZINGER: "Initially, I don't have a problem with the President stepping up his rhetoric. I would not have said fire and fury, I would not have done what he did in terms of those exact words. But I think increased rhetoric after 25 years of diplomatic talk, that got us a basically nuclear North Korea. Where my issue is right now, this is a serious moment. I was at an event yesterday and I was talking to a couple, and I'm not even joking, they cancelled their trip to Hawaii because they are afraid they will get nuked by North Korea. This is a moment where the President needs to be very serious to outweigh the issue that’s going on with North Korea, where they are, why it's in America's interest. I think an Oval Office address would actually be very beneficial. I would say, 'Look, you don’t have to lose sleep at night because we can defend ourselves against this.'" 

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