Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger joined CNN as a senior political commentator on Wednesday and subsequently faced mockery from critics online.

“Kinzinger joins CNN with extensive experience in GOP politics, having recently retired from the U.S. House of Representatives after serving six terms representing Illinois’ Sixteenth Congressional District,” the network said in a statement. “Kinzinger most recently served on the high-profile House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol as well as the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Foreign Affairs Committee.”

The network also noted Kinzinger’s experience serving in the U.S. Air Force in both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

“Kinzinger was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in November 2003 and later awarded his pilot wings,” the statement said. “He has served in the Air Force Special Operations, Air Combat Command, Air Mobility Command, and Air National Guard. Kinzinger continues to serve his country as a pilot in the Air National Guard, with the current rank of Lieutenant Colonel.”

“Happy to join the team @CNN!” Kinzinger said on Twitter.

Kinzinger and CNN faced a lot of mockery online over the announcement.

“I can’t tell if CNN is a dude attracted to crazy women, or a woman attracted to destructive head cases,” Fox News host Greg Gutfeld said. “Either way, this is gunna be hilarious!”

I can't tell if CNN is a dude attracted to crazy women, or a woman attracted to destructive head cases. either way, this is gunna be hilarious! https://t.co/iKz9FY935f

— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) January 5, 2023

Fox News radio host Jimmy Failla tweeted: “WOW – Adam Kinzinger has signed with CNN. He wasn’t kidding when he said he wanted to leave the spotlight.”

“The fact that Chris Licht’s CNN has hired liberal wine mom simp Adam Kinzinger as not only a political commentator but senior political commentator is proof that nothing has changed at CNN from Zucker,” NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck tweeted. “By and large, CNN still hates a large part of the country.”

Political commentator Stephen L. Miller tweeted: “Also, congrats on a new land speed record.”

“LOL proving every one of his critics right,” political strategist Chris Barron tweeted.

Columnist David Marcus tweeted, “I have no reason to believe that this guy isn’t sincere in his wrong headed ideas, but let’s not kid ourselves, there’s always been a soft landing for Never Trump conservatives. It’s not some great act of courage.”

Arsonists tried to light a small business on fire in California this week, but not before catching themselves on fire.

Surveillance video footage from the business showed masked vandals dousing the front of Servicio de Imigracion, a tax and immigration service in Bakersfield, with gasoline and attempting to light it on fire. Flames suddenly erupt while the two criminals are still standing in front of the building, and both run away from the blaze screaming. Police are still investigating the incident.

In the video, taken by surveillance video cameras outside the business, two vandals wearing dark clothes with bandanas covering their faces walk up to the front of the building, holding canisters of gasoline. A floodlight turns on at the motion, but they walk away from it. The two vandals walk up to the front of the building and begin pouring the gas around the front perimeter. One of the arsonists then lights the gasoline, which immediately ignites in their faces, which catches them both by surprise.

The first suspect scrambles away with flames lapping his right leg; the second one tries to get away, but slips and falls on the sidewalk. He gets up and immediately falls again. The flames catch the right arm of his hoodie. He screams audibly as he runs away with his sleeve on fire. A second angle showed that the flames caught on the second man’s shirt tail and lit his back on fire as well.

Firefighters told local news outlet ABC 23 that they were able to put out the fire within 10 minutes after they arrived on scene. The damage was contained to a garage, they said.

The owner of Servicio de Imigracion, Max Solorzano, told the outlet he was disappointed in Bakersfield officials for not doing enough to keep the city safe. “They have to work harder in that aspect, in keeping the community safe,” he said in an interview. “We are a small business and we help many people, so there will be people who will not be able to receive our services due to inactivity. That is what most saddens me. We help many farmworker families with their immigration processes, we help people do taxes. We ask our clients to have patience with us, we will get through this.”

The schemes of hasty criminals have a tendency to go up in flames. A man in Utah who was attempting to steal fuel from a parked truck in Salt Lake City, Utah, accidentally lit himself on fire, as The Daily Wire reported in June. The thief was attempting to siphon gas, in broad daylight, from a box truck parked outside Summit Fire and Protection in Salt Lake City when he caught fire and was forced to run away from the truck, local NBC affiliate KSL-TV reported.

Then in October, Arkansas State Police accidentally lit a man on fire when they attempted to tase him after a high-speed chase in Little Rock. Unbeknownst to the Troopers, the suspect had a canister of gas in his backpack; the taser prongs likely punctured the can, the YouTuber who posted the video wrote.