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Posted: 2022-05-19T15:16:34Z | Updated: 2022-05-19T15:41:21Z

Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois said Wednesday that the primary election defeat of Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) was good for the country. (Watch the video below.)

Its good for the country, its good for the party, its good for the 11th District of North Carolina, Kinzinger told CNN s John Berman.

Cawthorns loss to Chuck Edwards in Tuesdays Republican primary will end his turbulent one-term stint on Capitol Hill.

A string of embarrassments dogged Cawthorn ahead of the election. He accused fellow Republican pols of hosting cocaine-fueled orgies, then was caught in several compromising leaks.

Photos surfaced of him in womens lingerie, as did video of a male staffer grabbing Cawthorns crotch. And footage was shared of Cawthorn basically pretending to hump his friends face, as talk show host Trevor Noah described it . He was caught twice trying to carry loaded guns through airport security and was ticketed for driving without a license.

Kinzinger accused Cawthorn of putting celebrity before job performance.

Washington has become kind of a growing ground for people that are just more interested in fame than governing, that are more interested in becoming famous than in actually doing the really serious work at a time when weve got a lot of challenges here at home and a lot of challenges overseas, said Kinzinger, who is among the very few congressional Republicans who have spoken out against Donald Trump .

.@RepKinzinger on Rep. Madison Cawthorn losing his NC primary:

\"It's good for the country. It's good for the party... it's good to see him lose.\"@JohnBerman pic.twitter.com/4sk3dGyf0I

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.@RepKinzinger on Rep. Madison Cawthorn losing his NC primary:

"It's good for the country. It's good for the party... it's good to see him lose."@JohnBerman pic.twitter.com/4sk3dGyf0I

Joanna Preston (@JoPrestonTV) May 18, 2022

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Kinzinger hasnt been shy in criticizing another controversial GOP House member, Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-Ga.), and serves on the House committee investigating the Capitol riot.

The traditional role of a conservative, he told CNN, is to spend a little less money and empower people. It doesnt mean you deny elections.

Kinzinger is not seeking reelection.

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