On the recordJuly 20, 2022
I would just add to my friend from Virginia a great quote from Thomas Jefferson--because he knows I went to the University of Virginia. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. That is the purpose of the Second Amendment, and that is what we know. I would note that in this context, and I will yield another couple minutes to the gentleman if he wants it, when we are talking about the response from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, they break our border purposefully, and then they want us to fix it with amnesty or with some policies to say that Texas has to just accept. I hear that the mayor of New York is all aghast that people are being dropped off in New York. He said, we need Federal Government help to deal with it. I am, like, welcome to the party, pal. This is what life is like in south Texas every single day. They break it. They break the border, and then they want you, the American people, to have to carry the water. They break the Defense Department, drive recruiting down to 40 percent, and then they put in language to draft our daughters, all in the name of so-called equity and equality. They break our criminal justice system. They break the backs of our law enforcement community. Then they say, we are going to take your guns, your ability to defend yourself. They break the energy system in our country. Then they say, just go buy a Tesla.…
