THREAD: Things @JoeBiden wants to hide by fear-mongering that the @HouseGOP debt-ceiling plan to #LimitSaveGrow will “cut” veteran benefits & meals on wheels… A) the only ones talking about cutting veterans are Joe Biden & Democrats - we simple set a total spending cap… (1/9)
…and B) we capped it at $1.471 trillion, the TOTAL spending number we were using literally less than 5 months ago, which allows Congress to choose how to spend it! e.g. if we keep defense at current level, we can fund the the remaining bureaucracy at pre-COVID levels… (2/9)
… and/or allows C) the same amount as that MAGA extremist Barack Obama’s last budget level for this year! Moreover, D) @joebien doesn’t want you to focus on all the ridiculous waste and woke / weaponized spending we could cut… (3/9)
…such as over $100 million for the World Health Organization that sides with China over the U.S.? Or, $16,000 for a Colombian pro-prostitution LGBTQ group? Or $50,000 for India to counter “stigma” for the trans community? Or, $3.5 billion for a new FBI headquarters…? (4/9)
…Or, over $10 billion for the EPA - which enforced federal environmental laws against a 77 year-old on remote property for building ponds on his land, putting him in jail… Or, spending time studying ending the use of “sir” & “ma’am” in the Marine Corps… (5/9)…
…Or, the massive inflation taxing American families, or the spiking (delayed for political reasons) interest rates causing a banking crisis… Or the dramatic reduction in our strategic petroleum reserve to try to buy votes in an election… (6/9)
…Or, the $1.2 trillion (according to Goldman Sachs) in massive subsidies for corporate cronies and China to get enriched in the name of batteries, solar panels and wind farms while China builds nuclear and coal plants… (7/9)
…Or, $550 BB in unfair student loan bailouts picking winners and losers to the detriment of working class Americans… Or, hiring $80 BB worth of IRS staff who audit the poor minorities 3x more often… Or continuing billions in welfare payments without work requirements. (8/9)…
…Yeah, the @JoeBiden administration wants to lie and scare veterans to advance their radical leftist agenda & hide these truths. The @HouseGOP can’t let them. I assure you “the 20” won’t let them. #LimitSaveGrow#HoldTheLine#TakeBackAmerica (9/9 /end
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The @HouseGOP is working to save America from the double-barreled disaster of stagflation while Dems fiddle. We offer to do what we said - spending reforms, not a blind increase of Govt borrowing. What’s possible? THREAD: (1/7) #ShrinkDCGrowAmerica wsj.com/articles/kevin…
1st, we return discretionary spending to 2022 levels (i.e. what we were spending 4 mos ago) to fund defense at 2023 levels (beat China) & simply cut weaponized bureaucracy to pre-COVID 2019 levels, which is exactly 2024 levels in Obama’s last budget! (2/7) #ShrinkDCGrowAmerica
2nd, we save around $500BB in CURRENT $ by reclaiming COVID emergency spending - some $70+ billion of unobligated COVID money & the $400+ Billion in the unfair transfer of bloated student loan payments to the working class… #ShrinkDCGrowAmerica (3/7)
The next President of the United States must be a vibrant and energetic leader with the faith, vision, and courage to chart a new course. America needs a leader who will truly defend her and empower the people against the destructive force of unrestrained government and..
corporate excess, profligate spending, and woke cultural indoctrination.
BORDER THREAD: A) Title 42 is NOT border policy & should not be treated as such. Too many GOP use it as cover for weak border efforts when we should not perpetuate the myth of on-going pandemic (see, e.g., student loans); B) We can & should fix the border w/ #HR7772… (1/6)
… the principles laid out in the #TxBorderPlan & we must do these things precisely b/c Title 42 is not an actual fix but a bandaid; C) Now, of course Title 42 can be aggressively used for duration of ANY concurrent federal “pandemic” mandates being used against citizens… (2/6)
…& federal policy makers can debate that, & we should; D) But, ACLU leftists went to District Court to compel the feds to end Title 42 & the court agreed, E) states said - hold up, we get a say if the district court is going to make policy… (3/6)
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
…they change their vote on final passage, I don’t care & will oppose their bills/priorities - & not for revenge, but b/c it’s the only tool I have to pressure them to stop doing this to us. This vote is indefensible, & damaging to Texas. It takes away our leverage to… (2/13)
…force Biden to secure the border & in fact specifically says new DHS money can only be used to process MORE people - which will lead to more fentanyl, violence, & death. For Texans, this alone is reason enough to oppose this terrible bill (cc: @JohnCornyn)… (3/13)
To “Make the Economy Strong,” we must COMMIT to 1) balance the budget in 10 yrs & appropriate to it (stop spending $ we don’t have); 2) unapologetically expand reliable nuclear & gas energy by opening federal lands & permitting… (1/13) #StandUpForAmerica#CommitmentToAmerica
To “Make the Economy Strong,” we must COMMIT to… 3) end subsidies distorting toward unreliable energy; 4) use federal investment power & SEC regulatory power to end the anti-free enterprise woke “ESG” constraint on capital. (2/13) #StandUpForAmerica#CommitmentToAmerica
To “Make the Nation Safe,” we must COMMIT to secure our border NOW by 1) using the purse power to require turn away or full detention, no exceptions, 2) tightening asylum & eliminating loopholes, & 3) building the wall / roads… (3/13) #StandUpForAmerica#CommitmentToAmerica
The following 42 House members & 14 senate members have pledged to AT LEAST oppose any “omnibus” spending bill OR “CR” into a lame duck… hardly a big lift, when we SHOULD be holding up funding to force border security... (2/6) #StandUpForAmerica#NotOneMorePenny
Current House Signers (42): Chip Roy, Ralph Norman, Troy E. Nehls, Bob Good, Bill Posey, Mary E. Miller, Tom Tiffany, W. Gregory Steube, Andy Biggs, Michael Cloud, Scott Perry, Jody Hice, Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S., Lance Gooden, Brian Mast, Barry Moore, Clay Higgins… (3/6)