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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gathered about 100 top supporters and donors over the weekend at South Florida’s Hard Rock Hotel and Casino to say “thank you” — and to foreshadow what might be next. DeSantis supporters see those moves, along with the weekend event at the Hard Rock, as clear signs the Florida governor is once again eyeing a White House bid. The main event Saturday evening featured DeSantis speaking with Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., He needs to repair his image nationally,” said one of the attendees. “I don’t know anyone is going to be like...

The swamp is back in full force we have a thousand-page Bill of $1.2 trillion filled with all manners of spending priorities that are at odds with the American people. This bill is over a thousand pages long, contains hundreds of pages of report language, 1,400 ear marks, and we've had about 24 hours to review it. That is not the way to do business, and the American people and American families are the ones left holding the bag. This is business as usual in the swamp, and here's the deal to my Republican colleagues: You will own every single...

Republican Reps. Chip Roy (Texas) and Dan Bishop (N.C.) introduced the Standing Up to the Executive Branch for Immigration Enforcement Act, or “SUE for Immigration Enforcement Act,” on Wednesday. The six-page bill is being marked up by the House Judiciary Committee.Incidentally, "marked up" is the process by which a U.S. congressional committee debates, amends, and rewrites proposed legislation.So the bill was filed in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last July that held that Texas and Louisiana did not have standing to challenge a policy implemented by embattled Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas — I know: Try to control...

President Donald Trump is boasting a massive 43-point lead in Iowa, a Morning Consult survey found. The polling examining the race in Iowa shows Trump with a stunning, garnering 58 percent support. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, not Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, emerges to a distant second place, 43 points behind with 15 percent support. DeSantis falls closely behind with 14 percentage points, followed by Vivek Ramaswamy with ten points, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with two points, and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson with a single point. The surveys were taken between December 1, 2023, through Jan....

“I was just at multiple events with [Florida Gov.] Ron DeSantis, where he’s shaking their hands and looking them in the eye, while Donald Trump hangs out in his basement in Florida, afraid to actually debate,” Roy said in an interview on CNN’s “The Source, “If we’d gotten the policies in place, if he had worked with conservatives to get bills passed in 2018, ’19,” Roy said of Trump. “We wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in right now, where Joe Biden is leaving Texas fully exposed to have people running over our Border Patrol agents and our [Department of...

“I stand 100% alongside this wonderful woman & her husband, @RonDeSantis, because they are truly good & decent people,” Roy posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in response to a tweet from Florida first lady Casey DeSantis. “America needs THAT again.”

The House of Representatives voted to kill a resolution to censure progressive Rep. Rashida Tlaib, R-Mich., on Wednesday night. Nearly two dozen Republicans voted along with all House Democrats to table the resolution in a final vote of 222 to 186 in favor of killing the motion without debate. Democrats briefly broke out into applause when the resolution failed.

Texas Congressman and Ron DeSantis surrogate Chip Roy had a full-blown meltdown at the “MAGA camp” after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as Speaker of the House of Representatives by Matt Gaetz, comparing himself to a soldier on D-Day and urging the Florida Governor to “restore order”.“Some of our brothers and sisters, particularly in the, uh, you know, MAGA camp, I think, particularly enjoy the circular firing squad,” he said of McCarthy’s removal for failing to honor his commitments to America First conservatives on spending, border security, the Ukraine war, and impeaching Joe Biden.“You want to come at me and call me...

Chip Roy Goes Off On Democrats And Republicans In Epic Rant On The House Floor Forbes Aug 18, 2023 In remarks on the House floor before the summer Congressional recess, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) spoke about securing the southern border and using the power of the purse to do it. Four months ago we passed in this body HR2. We passed legislation that we know, We don't believe, we know, We're taking significant strides in securing the border of the United States, reestablishing operational control, limiting the flow, limiting the power of cartels, empowering ICE, empowering Border Patrol. Reestablishing the...

How many more 20-year-old basketball players do we need to see come down with myocarditis before there is a reckoning on the COVID shots? Rep. Chip Roy has taken up our call to use the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act to force a conversation, and hopefully policy changes, on this very point. Will GOP leaders embrace this opportunity? Absent reauthorization at the end of this fiscal year, BARDA (Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority) and the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response – two agencies instrumental in the biomedical surveillance, tyranny, and experimentation state –...

The deal to raise the debt ceiling for two years to the tune of $4 trillion while minimally cutting spending passed the House, thanks to the Democratic Party support. More Democrats voted for the compromise than Republicans did, which we all saw coming, given the vocal opposition from the party's conservative wing. Even more damning were the allegations that the $4 trillion increase wasn’t a Democratic Party pitch but Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) proposal. Yet, even on the Republican side of the aisle, you had staunch conservatives disagreeing. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), one of the most prominent spending hawks, voiced...

In this video Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) ABSOLUTELY CRUSHES IT on the House floor in a speech about the debt ceiling.

Catch a panel discussion on keeping America's border secure, fending off the threat of China, and more, featuring Rep. Chip Roy, Liz Wheeler, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, Peter Schweizer, and Michael Pillsbury.

EXCLUSIVE: Chip Roy Introduces Bill To Crack Down On Non-Citizens Voting In US Elections GettyImages-1472572367 (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Daily Caller News Foundation logo MARY LOU MASTERS CONTRIBUTOR May 05, 2023 9:24 AM ET FONT SIZE: Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy introduced a bill Friday cracking down on noncitizens’ ability to vote in federal elections. The Protecting American Voters Act, co-sponsored by Republican Reps. Matt Rosendale of Montana, Pete Sessions of Texas and Michael Burgess of Texas, would equip state officials with the information needed to verify citizenship upon voter registration, according to the bill obtained exclusively by the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Chip Roy (R-TX-21) and Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2), joined by Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), introduced the Sister City Transparency Act to create a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on sister city partnerships in the United States that pose potential national security threats. Sister cities exist ostensibly to promote cultural exchange and economic development. However, the Chinese Communist Party has begun using these partnerships with U.S. cities to push their geopolitical objectives. Rep. Roy said, "The Chinese Communist Party is a direct, existential threat to our country; we need to start acting like it. For too long,...

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said that President Donald Trump committed "impeachable conduct," but he would not vote to impeach the outgoing president because he cannot "support the articles as written." WATCH: House debates article of impeachment

On Thursday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) officially endorsed 45th President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination just a day after Jordan’s colleague in the House, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), endorsed Governor Ron DeSantisfor the nomination. Jordan has been a long supporter of President Trump, telling Donald Trump Jr. earlier this month that he’s “100 percent” in with the leading Republican candidate, as previously reported by the DC Enquirer. “Well, two things. The way we ultimately get back, not get back, but the way we ultimately remedy it is to make sure President Trump gets elected president in 2024,” Jordan...

Reps. Matt Gaetz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz told Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about a possible Democrat-led bail-out during Tuesday’s House vote, according to The Intercept. Inaudible footage showed Gaetz and Ocasio-Cortez speaking to each other during the vote for the new House speaker. Gaetz, an opponent of Speaker-designate McCarthy, told Ocasio-Cortez that McCarthy believed Democrats would bail him out, allowing him to win the speakership, The Intercept reported. Ocasio-Cortez assured Gaetz her party would not vote in favor of McCarthy, and that she’d spoken to other Democrats who backed her answer, according to The...

Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky got a rousing reception before, during and after his speech to U.S. Congress, but opposition from some GOP lawmakers remains to Washington footing much of the bill for his fight against Russian President Vladimir Putin... ...sitting out most of the standing ovations that peppered his 22-minute speech were GOP Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), and Jim Jordan (R-OH), although Boebert stood while Zelensky entered the chamber. In a video after the speech, Boebert said that she would not back sending more money to Ukraine until there is a "full audit" of already approved funds,...

The House has a narrow (currently a 220-213 Republican majority that should be finalized at 222-213), and this slim majority has given the Republicans a unique opportunity to beclown themselves and sow doubt as to their ability to organize something as simple as a two-car funeral. The problem facing the new House majority is the same one that confronted Nancy Pelosi in the outgoing Congress. It takes 218 votes to pass a bill. If five Republicans defect, the bill goes nowhere unless the GOP starts corralling Democrat votes. Passing a bill with opposing party votes because you can’t get your...