Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) said that he thinks former Reps. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), two Republicans who are often critical of former President Trump, aren’t “changing hearts and minds.”
“I don’t know that they’re changing anybody’s minds,” Cox said on a Friday episode of Politico’s “Playbook Deep Dive” podcast. “I don’t think they’re changing hearts and minds at all.”
The Utah Republican said he thinks Kinzinger and Cheney have “lumped everybody who supports Trump into being just like Trump,” rather than attempting “to understand them.”
Kinzinger and Cheney were two of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach the former president following the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol. They also were members of the House Jan. 6 committee.
Cox said on the Politico podcast that he does not “consider” himself “a MAGA Republican,” but also said he wants Trump “to succeed.”
Kinzinger has endorsed President Biden in his reelection bid, but said that Democrats need to find “the best candidate to defend democracy” following a shaky performance from the president in Thursday’s presidential debate.