Kinzinger on GOP abortion bans: ‘The crueler you are, the more likely you are to win a primary’

House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol member Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., delivers closing remarks during a prime-time hearing with Vice Chairwoman Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., on July 21, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill. — who opposes abortions except in cases of rape, incest, the life of the mother or before 15 weeks — said this on Sunday regarding GOP moves to end all exceptions: “Somehow, in the Republican Party, the crueler you are, the more likely you are to win a primary.”

Kinzinger, a member of the Jan. 6 committee probing the Capitol attack and former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the election, discussed the panel’s next steps, the FBI seizure of classified records at Trump’s Florida estate and more on NBC’s “Meet the Press” hosted by Chuck Todd.