Although former Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger made the decision to retire from Congress rather than face a certain reelection loss in the 2022 midterms, the now-CNN political analyst continues to run his mouth with the "best" of them, at every self-created opportunity. Such was the case on Wednesday night.

Kinzinger trotted out on the set of CBS' "The Stephen Colbert Show" to hawk his new book, and promptly compared newly-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to Afghanistan's Taliban, one of the most horrendous Islamist terrorist organizations on the planet. Ridiculous? Of course. 

Colbert kicked off the festivities by asking Kinzinger what he thought of Johnson and his ascension to the Speaker's Chair. While doing so, the acerbic host also took a shot at the Bible. (emphasis, mine)

Now, one of the things that Mike Johnson has said is that if you want to know his worldview, like how he feels about issues specifically, you should go pick up a Bible. I pick up Bibles all the time. I'm a big fan. It's a very good book, but what do you make of the Bible as a legislative tool? 

See what he did, there? The "Bible as a legislative tool"? Johnson, who describes himself as a "Bible-believing Christian," said no such thing — not even close. What he did say is this:

Speaking on Oct. 26, Johnson said he “genuinely love[d] all people regardless of their lifestyle choices."

This is not about the people themselves. I am a Bible-believing Christian. Someone asked me today in the media, they said, ‘… People are curious. What does Mike Johnson think about any issue under the sun?’ I said, well, go pick up a Bible off your shelf and read it – that’s my worldview. That’s what I believe and so I make no apologies for it.

Johnson added: “That’s my personal worldview.”

Nevertheless, in response to Cobert's set-up question, Kinzinger gleefully took the bait.

The Bible is what—the Bible is something that, you know, for me, I use it as a guide for my life. I'm a Christian, right? The Bible shows me how to live my life, but I think this country was founded on the idea that a representative represents not just people that [sic] share his faith or her faith but people that you represent — 700,000 people that I represented, they all don't believe the same thing I do. 

Kinzinger then played the Taliban card.

I'm not any more of a congressman for a certain set of people than I am for others and that's what this country was founded on, the idea that we are going to protect churches existence but we're not going to be a government based on the church. 

That's what the Taliban tried out in Afghanistan[,] is [sic] a government that's based simply on a religious focus. We can be people that are spiritual people in government, but recognize that doesn't include anybody else that's [sic] atheist, Jewish, Muslim, or anything else in this country. This is a free country. 

Totally ignorant, and unworthy of a serious response — so I won't. 

The Bottom Line

Adam Kinzinger, who had no business trying to pretend he was Republican while in Congress, continues to run his hypocritical mouth about tolerance, free countries, and other such unserious thoughts, at every opportunity. 

If comparisons with far-left Democrat Reps. Alexandria-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, and the other "Squad" members are running through your head, right now — you're not the Lone Ranger.