Rep. Adam Kinzinger tore into Sen. Josh Hawley for his 'smug' CPAC speech, saying 5 people died because of 'what you did'

• Rep. Adam Kinzinger ripped into Sen. Josh Hawley for his "smug" CPAC speech.

• "All you had to do was see Josh Hawley's smug face at CPAC," Kinzinger said on CNN's "New Day."

• "There are five people dead, two that took their own life on top of that, as a result of what you did," he said.

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Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois tore into his Senate colleague Josh Hawley on Tuesday over the latter's speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday.

"All you had to do was see Josh Hawley's smug face at CPAC as he stood in front, you know, getting this adulation from the crowd about how he, you know, 'You might have seen I rejected the -'" Kinzinger said on CNN's "New Day" as he recounted the Missouri Republican's remarks.

"And everybody's - and he's out there, like, feeling great about it. Like, there are five people dead, two that took their own life on top of that, as a result of what you did," Kinzinger added. "It was embarrassing for us around the world."

He went on to say that it had been "difficult for me to talk to other countries about how to do democracy in the wake of" the insurrection. Kinzinger tacked on sarcastically, "But as long as you're the most important thing and you can run for president, that's great."

Hawley was one of several Republican senators who objected on January 6 to Congress' formalization of Joe Biden's election win, citing unspecified and unfounded allegations of widespread voter and election fraud. Hawley has drawn sharp criticism amid allegations that he was a driving force behind the Capitol siege that left five people dead, including a Capitol Police officer.