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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

‘Do you have contempt for my views?’ How a leftwing film-maker and a Republican came together

two men pose for a photo in a white room
Adam Kinzinger and Steve Pink. Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for IMDb

“Donald Trump is a weak man pretending to be strong. He is a small man pretending to be big. He’s a faithless man pretending to be righteous. He’s a perpetrator who can’t stop playing the victim. He puts on quite a show but there is no real strength there.”

It was no surprise to hear such rhetoric cheered to the rafters at the recent Democratic national convention in Chicago. But the words were not spoken by a Democrat. They came from the mouth of a stranger in a strange land: the former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger.

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