Adam Kinzinger cruelly sums up the ‘whole’ Republican Party in one acronym.

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R), a frequent critic of Donald Trump following his 2020 presidential loss, said he found it “interesting” that critics gave him the acronym “RINO,” which stands for “Republican in Nominal.” only.”

“The reality is that the entire Republican Party today is RINO. They are Republicans in name only,” Kinzinger said in an interview with Salon on Saturday.

“They have Republican titles, and a lot of people still think they have the legacy, but that’s exactly right: it’s gone.”

“What it means to be a Republican now” is that you are driven by “anger” and division, said Kinzinger, who is the focus of “The Last Republican,” a new documentary from “Hot Tub Time Machine” director Steve Pink.

“I think what they represent is culture war, anger, and support for one person, one character, and that is Donald Trump. Now they will never admit it. But that’s the reality,” he said.

Kinzinger, one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for his role in the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, served on the House committee that investigated the insurrection.

He supported Vice President Kamala Harris in last year’s election and declared in a speech at last year’s Democratic National Convention that he “puts our country first.”

Kinzinger said in a separate interview with Forbes that he had built “new alliances” in recent years and realized he was “probably closer to the Democratic Party now because of how the Republican Party has changed.”

“The Democrats are now the party that defends America’s role in the world and defends Ukraine,” Kinzinger predicted. “The Republicans will be toast for a while because Trumpism will not survive.” “4 years.”

The former congressman told Salon that he believes Trump is “already a lame duck,” noting that his grip on his base more than any other president could cause “concerns” for Republicans once his second term ends.

“If you think about George W. Bush coming to the end of his second term, Republicans were drifting further and further apart. That won’t happen with Trump,” Kinzinger said.

“Every Republican who should be voted out would still have to face re-election, even if Donald Trump doesn’t.”

Kinzinger said he doesn’t think the Republican Party can be saved “in the short term,” but hopes people don’t “give up.”

“Because the reality is that there will probably only be two major parties left in this country forever, and the Republican Party will be one of them. “We could end up with the same outcome we just had, losing the election, or we could continue to fight internally,” he said.