Adam Kinzinger Calls 'Fragile Ego' Donald Trump the 'Worst President' Ever

Adam Kinzinger has called Donald Trump "the worst president" the United States has ever had, just days after he and fellow representative Liz Cheney were censured for their roles in the January 6 House Committee investigation.

Kinzinger told CNN's New Day on Monday morning that some congress members will find it "hard to explain" their stance in the future if they are "not on the side of truth."

Asked by host John Berman what he will eventually teach his three-week-old son of Trump, Kinzinger replied: "I'm going to tell him he was the worst president the United States of America ever had. He was a liar. He was a charlatan.

"And he was a man with a more fragile ego than anybody I've ever met, which the irony of it is, he walks around like the tough guy, but he's the one that gets more offended and wounded and sad than anybody I know."

Kinzinger added that he will also tell his son the events up to and during January 6 was the moment the country "hit the bottom of its slide towards authoritarianism."

"We're gonna look back and say, 'wow, that was a moment we might have flown too close to the sun and we can never do that again.' That's my hope and prayer, because if not, we're in real trouble," he added.

The remarks arrived after the Republican National Convention voted to censure Kinzinger and Cheney, the vocal Trump critics who are the only two Republicans on the House of Representatives select committee investigating the January 6 attack.

In its resolution put forward on Friday, the RNC said the pair are "participating in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse" by investigating the January 6 attack.

Both Kinzinger and Cheney condemned the description.

After Friday's vote, Cheney tweeted a video showing the violence which occurred on January 6 to show it was not "legitimate political discourse" which has since been viewed more than four million times.

Kinzinger also shared an image from the riot within an online security check frame asking users to "select all squares with legitimate political discourse." The tweet was directed to the GOP House minority leader with the caption "What do you say Kevin [McCarthy]?"

Prior to the vote taking place, Kinzinger said in a statement that by censuring him and Cheney, the RNC had allowed "conspiracies and toxic tribalism [to] hinder their ability to see clear-eyed."

He added: "My efforts will continue to be focused on standing up for truth and working to fight the political matrix that's led us to this point."

In a statement to Newsweek, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said that Kinzinger and Cheney had "crossed the line" with their actions and criticism of Trump.

"They chose to join Nancy Pelosi in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens who engaged in legitimate political discourse that had nothing to do with violence at the Capitol. That's why Republican National Committee members and myself overwhelmingly support this resolution," McDaniel said.