CONGRESSMAN ADAM.
RESIDENTS AND STAFF THERE HAVE
BEEN INFECTED.
WE'VE DETAILED HOW THE BREAKDOWN
CONGRESS MAN ADAM KINZINGER
REJECTED FEDERAL HELP FROM
INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERTS WEEKS
AGO AND COULD HAVE DONE MORE TO
STOP THE SPREAD.
CONGRESSMAN KINZINGER FROM
CAPITAL HILL THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
CAN YOU ELABORATE, YOU SAID THE
APPARENTLY OVER AND OVER AGAIN
IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR WORDS
CORRECTLY.
WHAT'S THE EVIDENCE AND THE TIME
LINE THERE, HOW DID THAT
HAPPEN?
WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF
CONFLICTING TIME LINES EVEN FROM
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AT THE
FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER, WE HAD
OUR FIRST CASE, WE KNOW THAT
JUST IN A FEW DAYS, THEY DID A
ROUTINE SURVEILLANCE FOUND A LOT
OF STAFF WAS INFECTED.
WE KNOW THAT THE FIRST PERSON
FROM THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH DID NOT SHOW TUP
UNTIL NOVEMBER 12TH, SO THAT'S
AND WE KNOW THAT ON
NOVEMBER 19TH, MY STAFF AND
SENATOR SUE HAD A CALL WITH THE
AFFAIR THAT SAID THEY HAD AN
OFFER ON THE TABLE FOR HELP TO
HELP THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, BUT
THEY HAVEN'T HEARD YET.
THE GOVERNOR'S TIME LINE SAYS
THEY FIRST HEARD THE OFFER OF
HEALTH FROM THE 19th.
I DON'T WHAT WE BASICALLY ASKING
FOR DAYS SAYING THAT'S THE FIRST
TIME THAT SHOWED UP.
NUMBER ONE, WHY DID IT TAKE A
WEEK AND-A-HALF FOR THE FIRST
PERSON IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
TO COME VISIT THE HOME?
EVEN IF THE OFFER WAS PUT
DOWN ON THE 19th.
IT'S STILL FIVE DAYS UNTIL THE
OUR OWN LOCAL EXPERT THERE HAD
COVID-19 HIMSELF.
WE JUST NEED ANSWERS TO THAT.
PROCESS THAT'S TAKING TOO LONG,
WE NEED TO KNOW THAT.
YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE SEEN A
FASTER RESPONSE IN
WELL, I KNOW THIS, I KNOW
BRIEFED THAT THEY HAD AN OFFER
TO SEND SOMEBODY ON THE TABLE,
AND THEY HAD BEEN CALLING THE
STATE DAILY AND HAVE NOT HEARD
ANYTHING UNTIL THAT POINT.
IT WAS ACCEPTED A LITTLE LATER
AND THEN THE PERSON SHOWED UP
EVEN LATER THAN THAT.
IN TERMS OF ACCEPTING P.P.E.,
THAT'S GREAT.
THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE
TIME LINE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IN
AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT
WHEN YOUR OWN EXPERT IS OUT WITH
COVID.
WE KNOW THAT THE .
STATE OF ILLINOIS SHOWED UP WAS
11 DAY. I'M NOT SAYING THIS TO
LEVEL MASSIVE ACCUSATION, EXCEPT
THINGS WE NEED ANSWERS ON.
I KNOW THE GOVERNOR MADE A BIG
DISEASE IN QUINCESY.
AN I.G. REPORT, THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL.
AND IF IT'S AN ISSUE ON THE
FEDERAL SIDE, THAT'S SOMETHING
WE NEED TO KNOW AS WELL.
DO YOU KNOW ENOUGH TO SAY
THAT THAT DELAY ITSELF MIGHT
NO, I'M NOT GOING TO LAY
THAT ACCUSATION OUT.
I THINK THE THING WE NEED TO DO
FOR THE STATE TO SHOW UP AND WHY
DID IT TAKE SO MUCH LONGER FOR
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GET
THE OFFICIAL INVITE TO COME IN.
THAT, WE WANT TO KNOW, DID IT
COST LIVES?
I THINK LEVELLING AN ACCUSATION
LIKE THAT AT THIS POINT, NOBODY
IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY.
WE HAVE OUTSTANDING REQUESTS
RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAID
WE WANTED TO FIND THAT EVIDENCE.
I JUST WANT TO ASK AGAIN,
BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW,
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN
BUT YOU ALSO SAID THE STATE OVER
AND OVER AGAIN SAID NO, WE DON'T
WANT HELP, I GUESS I DON'T SEE
THE EVIDENCE FOR THAT YET, THAT
DON'T WANT IT.
THE STATE IS SAYING THEY
ACCEPTED THE HELP AT EVERY TURN.
WHAT WE KNOW IS ON THE 19th,
IS ON THE TABLE, THEY'RE
CALLING THE STATE DAILY AND THEY
HAVE YET TO RECEIVE PERMISSION
TO COME IN WITH THEIR EXPERTS.
IF THAT'S NOT EVIDENCE, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT IS, IF YOU NEED AN
EMAIL, OR TEXT MESSAGE, I'M NOT
SURE IF THEY EMAILED OR TEXTED,
BUT THEY HAD BEEN CALLING SINCE
THE 19th.
IT'S TRAGIC WHAT HAPPENED
THERE.
REPUBLICANS INCLUDING PRESIDENT
TRUMP WHO HAVE MADE BASELESS
ACCUSATION ABOUT THE ELECTION
AND THE RESULTS THERE.
THERE'S ANOTHER REPUBLICAN IN
ILLINOIS, BAILEY, WHO HAD SOME
WORDS FOR YOU.
I'VE GOT MANY ILLINOIS
REPUBLICAN LEADERS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE CALLING FOR DONALD
TRUMP TO STEP DOWN CALLING FOR
HIM TO GIVE UP.
THAT'S APPALLING.
ADAM KINZINGER, SEEMS TO BE
LEADING THIS CHARGE HE'S BEEN
CALLING FOR QUITE SOME TIME FOR
DONALD TRUMP TO JUST GIVE UP,
CONCEDE, AND GET OUT OF THE WAY.
GET ON HIS TWITTER AND FACEBOOKS
ACCOUNTS AND TELL HIM TO GET HIS
PRIORITIES STRAIGHT IF HE'S A
REPUBLICAN OTHERWISE CHANGE HIS
PARTY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S JUST
TRYING TO GET ATTENTION OR
TRYING TO SET HIMSELF UP WITH
WHATEVER THAT IS, THAT'S FINE.
I UNDERSTAND HE WANTS TO BE
KNOWN.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS, I
ANALYZE EVERYTHING I DO, I THINK
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SPIRITED
BATTLES IN POLITICS.
BUT THE THING THAT THIS COUNTRY
HAS ALWAYS HELD DEAR IS THAT WE
HAVE PEACEFUL TRANSITIONS OF
POWER, THAT WE ACCEPT ELECTION
RESULTS.
IF YOU HAVE EVIDENCE OF FRAUD,
BUT IF YOU DON'T, ACCUSATION
DON'T COUNT.
AND MISINFORMATION ITSELF CAN BE
DEVASTATED.
CLEAR ON THAT.
AS I HAVE IN TEN YEARS IN
POLITICS.
MY ACCOUNTABILITY IS TO MY
DISTRICT TO GOD AND THAT'S IT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS I WANT THIS
COUNTRY TO SUCCEED AND THE
ABILITY TO HAVE A PEACEFUL
TRANSITION OF POWER IS KEY TO
THAT.
HEAVILY IMPLY IS THAT TO BE
A REPUBLICAN IS TO BE INHERENTLY
LOYAL TO DONALD TRUMP THE
THE PARTY ITSELF.
HOW DOES THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
MOVE ON FROM HERE UNDER ABIDE
BIDE ADMINISTRATION.
YOU HAVE TWO PARTIES THAT
REPRESENT, FOR ALL INTENTS AND
PURPOSES ALMOST 400 MILLION
PEOPLE.
YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE
DIFFERENCES.
I'M JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE
MORE OPTIMISTIC.
AND SHOWING THE PEOPLE WHAT
CONSERVATISM REALLY IS.
AND I'D PUT MY CONSERVATIVE
CREDENTIALS.
WHEN SWEAR IN.
I'VE DONE IT.
THAT IS WHAT I SWEAR AN
ALLEGIANCE TO NOT TO ANY PARTY
OR ANY MAN.
AND THE BOTTOM LINE IT,
PRESIDENT TRUMP MAY HAVE DONE
GOOD THINGS HE LOST AN ELECTION,
PARTY WILL SURVIVE LONGER THAN
I'M EVEN ON THIS EARTH.
RACE.
I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS
I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT HAVE LED
TO THIS KIND OF FIRE, YOU JUST
HAVE TO LOOK AT THE LAST FOUR
OUTSPOKEN FROM THE BEGINNING AND
WILL CONTINUE TO BE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE
HOLDS, BUT I'M CERTAINLY NOT
SITTING AROUND PLANNING FOR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
READING, YOU'RE CRITICISM OF
THE GOVERNOR, RECENTLY, THE
OUTBREAK JUST HAPPENED, BUT
THREE WEEKS AGO, BEFORE THIS
OUTBREAK WAS LARGELY KNOWN, YOU
SAID IF THE STARS ALIGN, YOU'D
LOOK AT IT AND THINK ABOUT IT.
HOW DO THOSE STARS LOOK TO YOU
NOW, AND WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR
RING FOR A RACE LIKE THAT?
WHAT IT TAKES IS LOOKING AT
SOMETHING KNOWING YOU COULD MAKE
A DIFFERENCE YOU'RE THE RIGHT
PERSON TO DO IT AND THE HEART TO
DO IT AND THE ENERGY.
I HONESTLY AM NOT SITTING
AROUND SEARCHING FOR THIS OR
THIS IS MORE OTHER PEOPLE
BRINGING THIS UP IN THE MEDIA
AND TALKING ABOUT IT AND
SPECULATING THAT ANYTHING I'VE
EVER DONE.
THE FACT THAT I CAN CRITICIZE
BOTH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE
GOVERNOR WHEN SOMETHING LIKE
THIS HAS IN THE DISTRICT.
REPRESENT THE 700,000 THAT I DO.
WE DO HOPE TO HAVE YOU BACK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
YOU BET, TAKE CARE!
WE'RE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT.