He established a political action committee to support candidates who oppose Trump and a podcast titled "Country First Conversations." Later, he gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention in support of Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden for president. Kinzinger voted for Trump's second impeachment after voting against the first one. Later, he said he regretted not voting for the first one. In addition, he was one of 35 Republicans who voted in favor of establishing a committee to look into the attacks on the Capitol and served on that committee. A segment that is grimly funny shows Democrat House speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing that Kinzinger was going to serve on the Jan. 6 committee before actually asking him to do so. Another segment shows McCarthy casually referring to Kinzinger as well as another Trump critic, Wyoming Republican senator Liz Cheney, as "Pelosi Republicans." Kinzinger accused conservative pastors of "failing their congregations" by encouraging support for Trump when Cheney lost her Wyoming primary to her former advisor Harriet Hageman, who initially opposed Trump but later supported him again. He is now a CNN commentator.
The title telegraphs the point-of-view of the movie’s director, Steve Pink (“Grosse Pointe Blank“). Pink is a progressive who disagrees with most of what Kinzinger stands for politically (the movie opens with the Congressman baiting Pink by calling him a “communist”). Kinzinger, according to Pink, is one of the last true Republicans because he consistently defended the rule of law when it came to Trump and prioritized "country over party."
Naturally, this is a dubious framing that works well for branding and igniting debate on podcasts, but not much else. Republicans have positioned themselves above the law numerous times over the past 50 years, and Democrats do not have an impeccable track record in this regard either. The "true" Republicans in any era of American history are those who define the party's identity, and at this moment, it is not Kinzinger or others like him. In addition.
"The Last Republican" mostly ignores Kinzinger's positions on various issues, presumably to make him more palatable as the Capra-like hero who is only defined by fighting corruption and a politician the filmmaker also opposes. (Kinzinger had a record on anti-discrimination legislation that was much more progressive than the majority of Republicans', but he still voted with Trump 90% of the time, blamed China for spreading COVID, and voted to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act in 2017) However, this does not imply that Kinzinger's opposition to Trump is not evidence of honesty and a willingness to give up power for principle. That is unquestionably the situation, and a scene in which Kinzinger and Sofia Boza-Holman are seen cradling their newborn son on a couch in their home while watching the House vote to discipline Kinzinger and Cheney for serving on the Jan. 6 committee demonstrates that this is the case. But there’s a more nuanced movie that could’ve been made covering the same period in Kinzinger’s life, one that took fuller measure of the ancient proverb “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”—though, to be fair, the very end of the movie humorously acknowledges what strange allies Pink and Kinzinger are, at least as far as this project is concerned.
Kinzinger is also depicted in the film as someone who is fighting against change and dealing with American character traits that defy party definitions. He informs Pink that "everyone is self-centered." "Fighting against cynicism is the fight now of my next part of life.
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