Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who has been a staunch critic of Donald Trump for years, will face a primary challenge by a former aide for the Trump administration. This week, Catalina Lauf launched her bid to oust Kinzinger by slamming the congressman as a “weak-kneed, establishment Republican.”
Catalina Lauf previously served in the Trump administration in the U.S. Department of Commerce. Now, the pro-Trump 27-year-old Lauf is preparing her own “America First” campaign against Kinzinger, whom she calls a “fake Republican,” in Illinois’ 16th Congressional District.
“I never thought I’d primary a fellow Republican, but is Congressman Kinzinger really a Republican anymore? He isn’t and we have the proof,” Lauf says in her video campaign announcement that was released Tuesday.
Lauf slams Kinzinger as a “weak-kneed, establishment Republican” who “cares more about his next MSNBC appearance than the voters who elected him.”
“Instead of being in our fight, Adam betrayed his constituents for a life in the D.C. swamp,” Lauf says in the video that has over 570,000 views.
I’d like to be her aide. Lik em aide.