Ex-Republican congressman endorses Biden, warning Trump ‘threatens America’s future’

Adam Kinzinger, the former Illinois Republican congressman, has announced he is endorsing Joe Biden for the presidency in 2024 and attacked the incumbent’s Republican challenger Donald Trump as a threat to American democracy.

Describing himself as a “proud conservative” in a new social media video explaining his decision, the former representative sought to carve out a path for other anti-Trump Republicans to follow his example and reject the GOP contender at the ballot box in November.

“While I certainly don’t agree with President Biden on everything, and I never thought I’d be endorsing a Democrat for president, I know that he will always protect the very thing that makes America the best country in the world: our democracy,” Kinzinger said.

Turning his attention to Trump, he argued that the former president “poses a direct threat to every fundamental American value.”

“He doesn’t care about our country,” Kinzinger continued.

“He doesn’t care about you. He only cares about himself. And he’ll hurt anyone or anything in pursuit of power.”

Cutting to a montage of harrowing footage from the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, he said: “We saw that he tried to overturn an election he knew he lost in 2020. He attacked the foundation of this nation, encouraging a violent mob of his supporters to march on the Capitol to prevent the peaceful transition of power.

“Now he’s become even more dangerous. He’s called for a ‘termination’ of the Constitution. He wants to be a dictator on day one. He actually said that. And he’s continuing to stoke the flames of political violence.”

Addressing Republicans, Independents and the undecided, Kinzinger concluded by declaring: “Now is not the time to watch quietly as Donald Trump threatens the