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On the recordFebruary 25, 2021
I appreciate the gentlewoman from Colorado, and I appreciate our joint commitment to the Lord Almighty and liberty in this country. And I would just say before I yield, I think, to the gentleman from Georgia next, a couple of thoughts. You know, we are talking today about cancel culture. We are talking about the silencing of dissent, the cleansing of ideology in the public square in America. It is truly an ideological cleansing, but it is always not direct. I alluded to it when I was talking to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Cloud) about immigration; that if we dare stand up for secure borders, we are a bigot. It happens all the time. You hate Brown people. You are a bigot. Today, I stood up against the Equality Act. The first thing out of the indivisible crowd in Austin and San Antonio, you're a bigot. You're transphobic. Dare stand up for what you believe. Oh, my gosh. The gentleman from Texas says that there is a man and woman. Bigot. All right? I mean, this is where we are today. And you know, look, if you want your child to actually be educated in a school, then despite the science, you don't care about public health and you want teachers to die. Right? All last year, running against an opponent in Austin, it was, oh, you want people to die. You don't care about the science. If you want to keep your business open to keep your livelihood going, you just want to survive.…
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Chip Roy
Republican · Texas

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