CNN’ Bash Gushes Over Kinzinger’s Farewell Speech: ‘He Was the Darling of the GOP...and Look at Where He Is Today’

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BASH: "Yes. He is incredibly frustrated, incredibly sad. I’ll give you a little — don’t tell anybody, I’ll give you a little preview, but I talked to him for our January 1st New Year’s Day show on 'State of the Union' and he gets emotional. He is emotional. He feels very abandoned by the people in his party, by his colleagues, who did not stand up to the former president, did not stand up to the people who he serves with still every single day, when they didn’t act and react the way he expected them to after they were attacked by the people who were — who were stoked and people who were following the conspiracy theories of the former president. And it just is so telling. I mean, you all remember it wasn’t that long ago that he was the darling of the GOP, perfect resume, able to talk on TV, a military guy, he’s still in the reserves. And look at where he is today. He decided to retire because he was going to lose a primary."