Tag Archives: Chip Roy

The Hill reports: Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) called on Texas officials to ignore the recent Supreme Court ruling declaring the federal government could remove razor wire on the U.S.-Mexico border. “They have a duty under the Constitution … and every other norm of leadership of any sovereign state, to protect your citizens, period, full stop. There is no exception to …

“We’re gonna vote to continue to fund the radical progressive policies. Continue to fund the bureaucracy that’s at war with the American people. Continue to fund open borders. “Continue to fund Alejandro Mayorkas, even as we attempt to impeach him in the Homeland Security Committee. We’re going to fund him. We’re going to fund those open borders. “We’re going to …

The Washington Examiner reports: Conservative members of the House Freedom Caucus are coming out hard against the top-line spending agreement reached between Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and the Senate, claiming he sold them out and that the agreement doesn’t go far enough. “The speaker’s office and everyone in town are trying to sell everybody a bill of goods. It’s not …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump suggested late Monday that a Republican should try to primary Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who has backed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in the 2024 primary, even though the filing deadline already passed. “Has any smart and energetic Republican in the Great State of Texas decided to run in the Primary against RINO Congressman …

“One thing! I want my Republican colleagues to give me one thing, ONE, that I can go campaign on and say we did. One! Anybody sitting in the complex, you wanna come down to the floor and explain to me one material, meaningful, significant thing the Republican majority has done.” – Freedom Caucus Rep. Chip Roy, raging today in a …

Salon reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., lashed out as House Freedom Caucus members on Thursday after nearly two dozen Republicans voted to shoot down her attempt to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a fellow MAGA Republican and member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, criticized Greene’s “feckless resolution” as “deeply flawed” and filled with “factually …

“Some of our brothers and sisters – particularly in the, you know, MAGA camp, I think – particularly enjoy the circular firing squad. You wanna come out me and call me a RINO? You can kiss my ass! “Look, I’ve spent a lifetime fighting for limited government conservatism. I have laid it all on the line. I have not seen …

First, a reminder from back in June: Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is investigating how the Defense Department (DoD) will spend taxpayer dollars to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) events during LGBTQ+ Pride month. In a letter sent to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday, Roy demanded that DoD turn over documents and information on every Pride Month celebration sponsored …

The Christian Post reports: Republican U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas has introduced legislation to repeal a federal law that has been used to prosecute abortion clinic protesters and those accused of vandalizing crisis pregnancy centers. Roy introduced the bill Tuesday meant to repeal the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, with Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah introducing …

The Washington Examiner reports: Travelers seeking to leave the country may no longer be able to choose an alternative gender identity marker on their U.S.-issued passport under new legislation being introduced by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) on Wednesday. Under the Passport Sanity Act, the State Department would be prohibited from issuing a passport or other travel documents that contain the …

Fox News reports: Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, on Thursday called for Republicans to drop support for a must-pass military funding bill after his office obtained an Air Force memo declaring June to be LGBTQ+ Pride Month. The May 3 memo, shared with Fox News, approves observance of Pride Month in June and empowers installation commanders to “plan and conduct appropriate …

The Washington Examiner reports: Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) endorsed Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for president in 2024 on Wednesday over other Republican contenders, including former President Donald Trump. Roy, who serves as the policy chairman for the Freedom Caucus, called DeSantis a “man of conviction” in a release announcing his endorsement. “The next President of the United States must be …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) slammed President Joe Biden over his border policies and said the new Republican-controlled House will stop funding the Department of Homeland Security when given the chance. “Well, I guess the president of the United States was able to find the southern border on a map,” Roy began. “Took him two years to finally get …

Politico reports: The lack of regulations on the cameras showing the House floor last week was “a good thing,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” leaving himself open to the possibility of continuing to allow C-SPAN to document proceedings. “Let me go look into the ins and outs of all of that,” Roy said. …

Congress Minutes reports: Mike Pence received high praise from Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) for his handling of Jan. 6 when he returned to his old stomping grounds on Wednesday. According to two people in the room during Pence’s appearance at a meeting of the conservative Republican Study Committee, Roy stood to thank the former vice president for counting the votes …

CNN reports: In the weeks between the 2020 election and the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, almost 100 text messages from two staunch GOP allies of then-President Donald Trump reveal an aggressive attempt to lobby, encourage and eventually warn the White House over its efforts to overturn the election, according to messages obtained by the House select committee …

Rolling Stone reports: Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) is concerned. Innocent people are dying needlessly. A tyrannical government has grossly overstepped its bounds. Freedom and democracy are under attack — and it’s all Dr. Anthony Fauci’s fault. In an appearance on Fox News Friday evening, the Texas Congressman and outspoken anti-vaxxer used his platform not to decry Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, …

Mediaite reports: Three House Republicans voted against an anti-lynching bill on Monday, which passed overwhelmingly, 422-3. H.R. 55, an amendment to section 249 of the U.S. code, also called the “Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act,” was put up for a vote on Monday. Those who voted against the amendment were Reps. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Chip Roy (R-TX). …

CNN reports: Rep. Chip Roy, a Texas Republican, has twice in the past three days promoted a fictional online rumor that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fled to the United States because of a protest in Ottawa by a group of truck drivers and others opposed to vaccine mandates, Covid-19 restrictions and Trudeau himself. Roy’s tweets appeared to have been …

Politico reports: Rep. Chip Roy confronted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday about a new Capitol Police bulletin that suggests congressional staffers and visitors could be arrested if they fail to heed the chamber’s new mask mandate. “This is bulls—. We need to lead,” Roy, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, told McCarthy during a brief meeting …