Husband, father, cancer survivor, Congressman from the Great State of Texas. Freedom works.

Austin, Texas
When history called his name, he failed his people.
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“It’s only 40 billion dollars a year” is garbage you only hear in Washington
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HR 22, The SAVE Act, is on the floor this week. It’s a simple bill. It requires proof of citizenship to register to vote. It also requires states to clean their voter rolls of non-citizens. This is critical legislation.
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Proxy voting is unconstitutional and will be abused and expanded. Show up for work, or don’t run for Congress.
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You’re welcome.
House Republicans voted to cut funding for NPR and PBS.
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You should have to prove citizenship to vote in federal elections. Tell the Senate: Pass the SAVE Act.
There are 244 million 18 and over legal citizens the US. Only 2.4 million or 1% do not have any form of photo ID. Why wouldn’t you make it law to show ID to vote if 99% of US citizens have ID? Because Dems need to cheat to win. 25% party with 20% cheating operation. Simple.
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What if I told you….
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Step 1: Stop importing this.
40,000 Muslims filled the streets of Dearborn Michigan today for the largest Arbaeen march in America. We aren’t in Kansas anymore.
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April 2021. Never forget this crap. Never again.
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Implication is that they needed the pardons… So, let’s call them all before Congress and demand the truth. If they refuse or lie - let’s test the constitutional “reach” of these pardons with regard to their future actions.
BREAKING: President Biden preemptively Pardons General Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Members of Congress and staff who served on the January 6th Select Committee, and the U.S. Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan police officers who testified before that Committee.
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Old bill: $110BB in deficit spending (unpaid for), $0 increase in the national credit card. New bill: $110BB in deficit spending (unpaid for), $4 TRILLION+ debt ceiling increase with $0 in structural reforms for cuts. Time to read the bill: 1.5 hours. I will vote no.
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Just visited the @ICEgov facility run by GEO in Aurora, CO, where last night people who disrespect the USA stormed the facility & took down Old Glory and put up a flag from Mexico. Well - she flies again today. #EndBorderCrisisNow #OldGloryFlies (1/x)
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This is what they do - from Bork to Kavanaugh. Don’t back down, @PeteHegseth.
If you stand with Pete Hegseth share this and send a message to the US Senate that you want them to confirm President Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
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One of the worst quotes in American political history. Reject this. Live free.
"We will prove that there is no problem to large for government to solve and no concern too small for it to care about." Those are terrifying words.
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Yes.
USAID fires staff, gives 15 mins to grab stuff—HQ shuttered! Did you vote for this?
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Every Senator blaming the parliamentarian should look in the mirror. You, in fact, have the majority. Act like it. The House delivered a mediocre but passable product… instead of improving it, all you are doing is f’ing it up and blaming the parliamentarian. Think about that.
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30 minutes ago - my sweet grandmother went home to be with the Lord. Only thing that would keep her from being in church this morning. She lived right. Love you, MaMa.
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The Senate has 3 choices. 1) fully recess & allow POTUS to recess appoint. 2) NOT recess & do its job. 3) recess & do fake sessions to prevent recess appointments. Only 1 & 2 are acceptable.
The Senate shouldn’t recess before clearing the 135-nominee confirmation backlog If the Senate recesses anyway, it should *actually* recess—NO PRO FORMA SESSIONS, as their only purpose is to prevent Trump from making recess appointments The Senate can’t have it both ways
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Don’t believe the lies. There are many. And there’s a lot of money in the swamp perpetuating them. #StandUpForAmerica
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Heading to Senate floor with about 50 colleagues to demand we end the mask charade.
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My position is simple - I am not going to raise or suspend the debt ceiling (racking up more debt) without significant & real spending cuts attached to it. I’ve been negotiating to that end. No apologies. CC: @realDonaldTrump @SpeakerJohnson @SenJohnThune @freedomcaucus
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Members of Congress - who don’t even read appropriations bills - now want input on every line item in the Executive Branch… spare me.
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“We screwed healthcare up, so give us $400B more to funnel to insurance companies or we’ll keep shutting down the government” is not the best pitch
Democrat Senator Peter Welch on Obamacare: "We did fail to bring down the cost of healthcare."
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The Senate should stop hiding behind the parliamentarian to protect swamp interests. Use the majority. Lead. The House Bill was baseline with room to improve. No going backwards.
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Don’t believe Schumer. Illegals are voting. Pass the SAVE Act and clean our voter rolls.
🚨 I have confirmed from Maryland Freedom Caucus Chairman, @MattMorgan29A (R) that Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts has been a registered voter in Maryland since 2012. Roberts is an illegal alien. @elonmusk also agrees, it’s time to clean the voter rolls.
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Move the convention. @gop
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Between Dearborn, New York, and even Texas - Islamists are coordinating the takeover of American institutions just like in Europe. America must cut off all manners of infiltration and reject Sharia on our soil @Bannons_WarRoom
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“The border is secure” “Biden never froze on stage” “This burger is fully cooked”
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Congress is fundamentally unserious about spending. As long as you have a blank check you can’t shrink government. If you don’t shrink government you can’t live free #Crambus
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Restore Article I, Legislate Stop Spending Money We Don’t Have Repeal Executive Overreach End Reliance on Judicial Policymaking Defund Woke, Entrenched Bureaucrats Empower States, Agree to Disagree “A Republic, If You Can Keep It”
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Today, a number of my colleagues will be filing an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit filed by the State of Texas regarding the election results of several other states. Respectfully, I will not join because I believe the case itself represents a dangerous violation... (1/5)
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Americans are sick & tired of the swamp and sent us here to change it — not to embrace the status quo. Our demands are simple: we want the tools to put a check the swamp — in committees, in the rules committee, & the floor — & the leadership willing to do it. #StandUpForAmerica
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This is a bad idea.
Trump pitches plan allowing farmers to vouch for illegal immigrant workers facing deportation trib.al/tfuQfnX
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Deeply concerned about the incoming flights - including to Texas - allegedly filled with folks from Gaza as reported by @LauraLoomer. Inquiring.
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America Is Great Washington is Broken
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Proud of my daughter - showing her goat, Ginger, for @4H - and placing 5th out of a bunch!
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13 @HouseGOP to @SenateGOP: “…we are obliged to inform you that if any omnibus passes in the remaining days of this Congress, we will oppose and whip opposition to any legislative priority of those senators who vote for this bill – including the… leader.”#StandUpForAmerica
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It’s a borrowing limit. It’s not a function / it’s a rule violated by a weak Congress regularly…
Johnson calls the debt ceiling “sort of a fictitious, arbitary thing.” Says it’s an “an arbitrary deadline that puts everybody in crisis mode”
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The text of the Ukraine supplemental JUST dropped. It’s 3:09PM. I am told it’s just under $40BB, but looking at it. Many undefined terms. No briefing. No strategy. We allegedly are voting on it tonight. This is a hard & loud “no.” I support Ukraine - but I represent Americans.
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Hey @senateGOP - I’m stuck at the airport & my flight was cancelled. So, @LeaderMcConnell & the rest of you @SenateGOP sellouts… let’s just say I look forward to “working” with you in the new congress…..
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URGENT: Friends/Family of one of the little girls we lost in the floods reached out: “Media is hunting the families & friends of missing or deceased - they are combing social media and hounding families. Please call on press to allow families to grieve. Now is not the time.”
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Friday AM a week ago, @potus answered my call to tell him what was playing out in Kerr County and he said “whatever we need”. @Sec_Noem responded in 15 minutes. I’ve never seen such rapid action and appreciate their presence and support. And support from the TxDel here today
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I‘ll defend @RepThomasMassie all day on this, despite my open support of this 6-month CR spending freeze for reasons I’ve explained (freeze, takes out earmarks, gives runway for Trump/DOGE/OMB to expose & cut, etc). But he should vote his conscience - which is very often right.
Someone thinks they can control my voting card by threatening my re-election. Guess what? Doesn’t work on me. Three times I’ve had a challenger who tried to be more MAGA than me. None busted 25% because my constituents prefer transparency and principles over blind allegiance.
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This is what we’ve been warning about. The reason we fought for a 72 hour rule on bills is to expose - with sunlight - these disastrous bills. The @HouseGOP should vote NO. Miss Christmas if we must.
I wanted to read the full 1,500+ page bill & speak with key leaders before forming an opinion. Having done that, here's my view: it's full of excessive spending, special interest giveaways & pork barrel politics. If Congress wants to get serious about government efficiency, they should VOTE NO. Keeping the government open until March 14 will cost ~$380BN by itself, but the true cost of this omnibus CR is far greater due to new spending. Renewing the Farm Bill for an extra year: ~$130BN. Disaster relief: $100BN. Stimulus for farmers: $10BN. The Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement: $8BN. The proposal adds at least 65 cents of new spending for every dollar of continued discretionary spending. The legislation will end up hurting many of the people it purports to help. Debt-fueled spending sprees may "feel good" today, but it's like showering cocaine on an addict: it's not compassion, it's cruelty. Farmers will see more land sold to foreign buyers when taxes inevitably rise to meet our obligations. Our children will be saddled with crippling debt. Interest payments will be the largest item in our national budget. Congress has known about this deadline since they created it in late September. There's no reason why this couldn't have gone through the standard process, instead of being rushed to a vote right before Congressmen want to go home for the holidays. The urgency is 100% manufactured & designed to avoid serious public debate.   The bill could have easily been under 20 pages. Instead, there are dozens of unrelated policy items crammed into the 1,547 pages of this bill. There's no legitimate reason for them to be voted on as a package deal by a lame-duck Congress. 72 pages worth of “Pandemic Preparedness and Response” policy; renewal of the much-criticized "Global Engagement Center," a key player in the federal censorship state; 17 different pieces of Commerce legislation; paving the way for a new football stadium in D.C.; a pay raise for Congressmen & Senators and making them eligible for Federal Employee Health Benefits. It's indefensible to ram these measures through at the last second without debate. We're grateful for DOGE's warm reception on Capitol Hill. Nearly everyone agrees we need a smaller & more streamlined federal government, but actions speak louder than words. This is an early test. The bill should fail.
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“It’s about the children…” says @SpeakerPelosi
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You never see the U.S. Senate work harder than when they are trying to spend your money to fund foreign governments and foreign wars.
Senator Mitt Romney on the $96 billion foreign aid package: "Most important vote we will ever take as US Senators"
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~87%+ of Americans agree. Only citizens should vote. We passed the SAVE Act twice now in the House (with Dems Votes). The Senate must take it up and pass it when we return #SAVEAct
Chip Roy
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New reason to amend the Senate bill to tax remittances at a lot higher rate…
Mexico’s president calling for protests in the USA: “If necessary, we’ll mobilize. We don’t want taxes on remittances from our fellow countrymen. From the U.S. to Mexico.” The bill going thru Congress would tax at 3.5% all money sent to Mexico.
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Lots of noise about impeachment. We must study every ruling & act accordingly w/ everything on the table (noting: 14 Dem votes required in Senate.). But, more fertile ground… 1) House can pass a resolution stating there is/was an invasion, 2) we can defund radical courts.
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I intend to put forth a resolution calling upon the @VP to immediately use her powers under section 4 of the 25th Amendment to convene & mobilize the principal officers of the Cabinet to declare the @POTUS is unable to successfully discharge the duties and powers of his office.
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FACT: The Senate OBBB increases deficits and violates the terms of the budget deal in the House. FACT: The Senate OBBB guts the strong provisions to terminate the “green new scam” subsidies in the House bill. FACT: The Senate OBBB removes key provisions we put in the bill to stop illegal aliens from getting Medicaid. FACT: The Senate OBBB removes key provisions we put in the bill to stop taxpayer funding of transgender surgeries. FACT: We can amend it, send it back, fix it, & pass both the tax cut extensions AND border provisions we all want to pass. Happy to stay here every day until we get it right.
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Yes.
Do you trust Thomas Massie?
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Where is Joe Biden? No, really… where is he?
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81% of Americans want ID verification to vote. It’s pretty straightforward. Democrats are assulating American Citizenship on a daily basis - elections, open borders, fiscal health, welfare to noncitizens. It’s time to stand up for AMERICANS and pass the SAVE Act. #SAVEAct
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Between Dearborn, New York, and even Texas - Islamists are coordinating the takeover of American institutions just like in Europe. America must cut off all manners of infiltration and reject Sharia on our soil @Bannons_WarRoom
Chip Roy
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Every parent unable to send their child(ren) to public school because the state / locality has closed them should be granted the dollars that would otherwise flow to those schools so they can pay for home/micro/private schooling. #LetParentsChoose
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Iran should not have nukes. This is not a controversial position. It is an America First position. Israel is doing the job for us (& themselves). The end.
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For those interested:
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We were making progress, but the vote was called, and the problems were not resolved, so I voted no. I am staying in Washington this weekend to deliver. Medicaid Work requirements must start NOW not 2029 & the Green New Scam must be fully repealed, as President Trump called for.
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Dear Martha’s Vineyard: We in Texas recently had one group of 50 migrants in San Antonio to manage. Only, they were all dead in a truck at the hands of cartels moving them for profit fueled by an administration you support between sips of wine & photo-ops. #StandUpForAmerica
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To those storming the Capitol - I am on the House floor and I will not be deterred from upholding my oath, under God, to the Constitution by mob demand. #StandUpForAmerica
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Americans deserve the whole story.
'WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME ANSWERS': Texas Republican says it's past time for accountability from Fauci and CDC fxn.ws/34lkD56
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Heroic efforts, plain and simple. These young men will be recognized at the appropriate time. Work continues.
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CAIR must be stripped of 501c3 status Exclusive: Chip Roy introduces bill to strip 'absurd' tax-exempt status from CAIR, other groups with terrorist ties theblaze.com/news/exclusive-…
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This must end.
At a rally in Minneapolis, Omar Fateh waved a foreign flag, spoke in a foreign language, expressed loyalty to Somalia, and urged Somalians to vote for him. Pray for Minneapolis.
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We are fighting FOR and should encourage MORE debate, presence, interaction, amendments, roll call voting on the House floor - something that was on display this week #HouseOfRepresentatives #ArticleOne #EndProxyVoting
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Resigned membership from Capitol Hill Club today because I refuse to show a “vax card.” #PledgeNoVaxCard
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We have the majority in the Senate, we should be acting like it. The truth is, there are multiple Senators happy to let the parliamentarian act as a foil to preserve the status quo. That’s not leadership, that’s service to the swamp.
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Grateful for this Coast Guard @USCG Squadron out of Corpus Christi that rescued hundreds of Texans during the floods #HillCountryStrong
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THREAD: 21 Senators voted to proceed to the $1.7 trillion omnibus - & to spend billions we do not have, empower Biden bureaucrats with no fixes, & block us from securing the border for at least 9 mos. Some are friends, one my former boss.. but unless… (1/13) #StandUpForAmerica
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Ban CCP Land Purchases
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Dem leaders in Virginia must call on Dem AG candidate Jay Jones to withdraw. These texts by him are insane. Virginia is the historic cradle of our Republic - from Jamestown to the Declaration… from Washington to Jefferson, Madison, & Monroe. Jones is not fit to serve.
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There is credible information 20yo Thomas Crooks had sophisticated explosive devices in his possession, and his digital footprint remains nonexistent. How is that possible? @dbongino lays out basic questions surrounding Crooks and his attempted assassination of President Trump
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This is correct. I am proud of @Jim_Jordan - he is my friend, and I am frankly embarrassed by @HouseGOP who knifed him to avenge what Jim had nothing to do with. This is not over - it’s just beginning.
Jim Jordan gave it his all. He was the best Speaker candidate to reform Congress’s spending addiction that’s been bankrupting our country. But sadly today the GOP conference met privately and ended his candidacy by a vote of 112 to 86. I would have voted 1000 rounds for Jim.
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Republicans in Congress need to take notes from President Trump and go on offense. Codify border security, pass Voter ID and Citizenship verification, pass stock trading ban… Americans are starving for leadership outside the White House to deliver on the America First agenda
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This is a war on America by our own government.
MAYORKAS: "We have built safe mobility offices in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Costa Rica to reach people where they are so they don't have to take the perilous journey."
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I am not sure why this is unclear to a few - but if Republicans agree to fund Ukraine without first forcing Biden to ACTUALLY secure our dangerous, disastrous, unlawful border - the voters will (rightly) not support them. This is non-negotiable.
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Expel her.
Student at the University of North Texas tears down Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point posters, rips them apart, and scatters them across campus.
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President Trump made his protectors stop. He then took the moment to stand right back up. In that moment of courage & clarity - he spoke for all of America.
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Proud of my son - for winning his woodworking category for @4H… Republic of Texas Cornhole!
Proud of my daughter - showing her goat, Ginger, for @4H - and placing 5th out of a bunch!
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I am honored and humbled to be elected by my fellow Texans to represent the 21st Congressional District here in the Texas Hill Country – the best part, of the best state, in the greatest country in the world. This election was a time for choosing between two world views and I am pleased, but not surprised, to see my constituents choose the path of sanity, security, and prosperity over the tyranny, negativity, and economic ruin offered by radical progressive Democrats. I do not take this mandate lightly. Every Republican who wins tonight must realize that the American people rightly expect us to deliver this time. If we don't “do what we said we would do” and take aggressive action to secure the border, to cut spending, to restore energy and healthcare freedom, to make our military dominant but sparingly used, and to put the American people back in charge of their lives, the Republican party will deservedly go the way of the Whigs. The time has come. No more excuses. Failure is not an option. #TX21
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Developers are trying to rebrand EPIC City into “The Meadow”. It must be blocked and publicly investigated. Sharia Law is incompatible with our way of life.
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Stop listening to government health “experts,” particularly Fauci. They have gotten virtually everything wrong.
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Blunt Boozman Capito Collins Cornyn Cotton Graham Inhofe McConnell Moran Murkowski Portman Romney Rounds Shelby Thune Wicker Young #StandUpForAmerica
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We must stop the advance of Sharia in America. The @freedomcaucus is leading the charge. Thank you for teaming with me @RepKeithSelf / let’s pass the “Preserving A Sharia-Free America Act.”
Congressman Keith Self of Texas says Sharia cannot be allowed to exist in America. That's why he's supporting Chip Roy's "Preserving A Sharia-Free America Act."
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Yes block Sharia. But at its core this is an immigration issue. Remove overstays. End backdoor visa/exchange programs. Block chain migration. Continue to aggressively enforce laws in wake of Biden failures and close all loopholes. No other choice.
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Cut spending.
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The President is Chief Executive, he can absolutely freeze funding and cut waste. Rodents are running around some of these office buildings in DC, they’ve been unoccupied for YEARS. The President will win this case.
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Today was “team player day.” Tomorrow is secure the frigging border and cut frigging spending day. Thx.
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We must pass the SAVE Act and ensure only American Citizens are voting in American Elections #CommonSense
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The Schumer Shutdown is making the case for DOGE stronger than ever. Make DOGE permanent.
25% of Haitian immigrants are on SNAP. 45% of Afghan immigrants are on SNAP. 52% of Senegalese immigrants are on SNAP. DC is redistributing wealth by stealing from productive Americans to subsidize foreigners and their way of life. That is unacceptable and America Last.
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Being concerned about elections 18 months away is an old game the swamp wants everyone to play. All for more “power”… to do what? How about we do the job we got elected 5 months ago to do and see where the chips fall. Cut Spending. Shrink the Deficit. Cut Taxes. Lead.
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More of this.
.@SecKennedy scorches @RonWyden: "You've sat in that chair for how long — 20, 25 years? — while the chronic disease in our children went up to 76%, and you said nothing. You never asked the question, 'Why is this happening?'"
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Jolly Justice! The mall got rid of #WokeSanta & took the little boy the nerf gun. Worth a watch! #MerryChristmas & #StandUpForAmerica!
God bless this kid.
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When @elonmusk and @VivekGRamaswamy came to Congress in December, I told them their biggest problem wouldn’t be finding the waste… their biggest problem was right there in the room… it was Congress. They are addicted to spending money and growing government.
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“In a time of war.” - did we vote on a declaration of war? Asking for a friend.
House Majority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer: "It it unfortunate that in a time of war, we spend all the time blaming our own president."
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Well, I’d love to go back to Congress with 218 Republicans half as good as @Lily4Liberty - an immigrant who loves freedom, understands the evil of government power, and who eviscerated her progressive liberal opponent for #NH2 - Jake Sullivan’s wife. Watch! Let’s Go!
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So - I look forward to @SenMarkKelly joining us in ending the EV mandate and repealing the IRA!
Dem Sen. Mark Kelly has gotten rid of his Tesla for a Chevy Tahoe
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A police hating Islamist-Marxist who was “naturalized” less than a decade ago demanding you visit mosques is the face of the Democrat Party and could very well lead America’s largest city. Wake up.
Zohran Mamdani says Cuomo is not qualified to be mayor because he didn’t visit a mosque: “He had over 10 years and he couldn't name a single mosque that he visited! Muslims want equality and respect! Can you name a single mosque you went to in 10 years?”
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From frustrated families in the audience ⁦@JudiciaryGOP⁩ hearing listening to witnesses who lost loved ones to violent illegal aliens. Hardly any Dems present - those who are…….
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