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GOP Rep. Adam KinzingerAdam Daniel KinzingerSunday shows preview: COVID-19 relief waiting on Trump's signature; government continues vaccine roll out Texas GOP chair denies he floated secession over election results Texas GOP chair floats secession for 'law-abiding states' after Supreme Court defeat MORE (Ill.) called on President TrumpDonald TrumpPost office to be named after oldest Pearl Harbor veteran Federal agents search residence in Antioch in connection with Nashville explosion Sunday shows preview: COVID-19 relief waiting on Trump's signature; government continues vaccine roll out MORE and his allies to drop their push to overturn the results of 2020 election, referring to the effort as a "scam" during an interview Sunday with CNN's "State of the Union."

Speaking with host Dana BashDana BashGOP lawmaker to Trump: Drop election argument 'for the sake of our Nation' GOP congresswoman-elect: Republican women have also been breaking glass ceilings Ossoff warns McConnell would cause paralysis in federal government if GOP holds Senate MORE, the Illinois Republican took aim at allies of the president and so-called "thought leaders" on social media who have come up with different scenarios in which they believe Trump could overturn the election results and serve a second term.

"[T]hey're getting retweets, their getting followers, they're raising money off this scam, it is a scam," Kinzinger said.

"It is going to disappoint the people who think this election was stolen," he continued. 

"But instead of being upset with the people who led them on this grifting scam, they're gonna somehow try to convince these people that it was, I don't know, what's the new word, the RINOs in Congress," he said, noting the acronym for the pejorative phrase "Republican in Name Only."

"We have to follow the Constitution, and I'm sorry if the outcome is not what you wanted," said Kinzinger.

The congressman went on to say there is no constitutional mechanism for overturning the results of an election as determined by the Electoral College, which voted earlier in December to affirm President-elect Joe BidenJoe BidenBrother of Biden adviser Ricchetti hired as lobbyist at Amazon Sunday shows preview: COVID-19 relief waiting on Trump's signature; government continues vaccine roll out Global COVID-19 cases surpass 80 million MORE's win.

"The reality is there is no impetus to overthrow an election even if you want to," he said.

His remarks are some of the strongest Trump and his allies have seen among a member of the GOP House minority. Most congressional Republicans have either remained silent on the issue or voiced support for efforts to examine unproven claims of voter and election fraud leveled by the president's attorneys and others.

Despite many remaining publicly silent on the issue, Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellTrump criticizes Senate Republicans ahead of election results vote, urges a 'fight' Biden faces fight with Congress for more coronavirus relief COVID-19 could complicate Pelosi's path to Speaker next year MORE (R-Ky.) reportedly urged Senate Republicans not to bow to the president's wishes and contest the election results during a special session of Congress in January to certify the election results.

Trump has continued to level his claims of voter fraud and electoral corruption in recent days even as courts around the country have rejected a vast majority of his legal team's efforts to halt the certification of election results.

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