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"I realized that the party that once held my loyalty was gone. It had been replaced by a fascist cult of personality built upon decades of ever more extreme partisan politics and cultural warfare."

I don't often pick up political books, especially having to do with the Trump era, because the whole thing stresses me out. I'm not so much a democrat reading a book by a republican, I'm a person reading a book by a brave man who did the right thing when his morality was called into question. Adam Kinzinger could rightly be called a hero- and not just because of his tours of service in the Air Force, but also for standing up to a bully, for voting against him even though he knew it would mean his own political career suicide, and for sitting on a committee to fully investigate and bring into the light what happened on that dark day in January of 2021. For what he did for the country, the man deserves ten stars, not just the five offered by Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. However, his narrative Renegade could have been better.
Kinzinger spends the right amount of time discussing his childhood and upbringing, giving the reader just enough insight and backstory to know what they are working with. He sets the stage with the republican party of the past, how the extreme right began and took off in the Obama presidency. He then spends much, much too long on his time in the service (three chapters and more than 60 pages to be exact) which is great if that's what you like, but that's not why I picked up this book. He then details his time in Congress, Jan 6, the aftermath, and his position on the committee. These last few items go by much too quickly, and it almost makes the reader feel like Kinzinger was focused on the wrong things.
I value hearing what the man has to say on CNN and late night talk shows, and I am still a fan of his. His book though? Just okay. And I think I'm okay with that.