The 5th Speaker nominee, Mike Johnson from Louisiana’s 4th district is not new to white nationalist conspiracy theories and he is no different from the failed extremist Speaker nominee Rep. Jim Jordan. Here are his past remarks of using the dangerous white nationalist “invasion” and “replacement” conspiracy theories.
- Mike Johnson (R-LA-04)
- 7/26/21 – Fox News Interview: “FOX Business host Dagen McDowell, said “we see what’s going on here, it increases the voting base for the Democrats,” her guest Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04) responded, “that’s right, we are not conspiracy theorists but that is the only thing that makes sense here.” Johnson continued, “they want to turn these people into voters.”
- 4/5/22 – Breitbart: “Yet, the Biden Administration is proposing an end to Title 42, which will only make this unprecedented crisis even worse.” “There is no longer any other conclusion: The chaos is intentional.”
- 4/19/22 – Twitter: “Last month alone, there were over 40,000 more illegal migrants encountered by CBP at our southern border than the entire population of Shreveport (the 3rd largest city in LA). The Biden Administration is intentionally allowing the destruction of our country.
- 4/21/22 – News Release: “Allowing illegal immigrants to flow freely across our southern border…President Biden’s continued intentional destruction of our country at the expense of our own people must stop. I am proud to lead this effort alongside Representative Arrington and dozens of our colleagues in support of this case to reverse the administration’s purposefully destructive decision.”
- 4/29/22 – Newsmax: “like an intentional strategy…we believe this is an intentional effort to flood our country with illegals, and it is a dangerous situation”.
- 4/29/22 – Hearing with DHS Secretary Mayorkas: “…because of your deliberate and defiant policies … we have a literal invasion of lawless masses flooding over our border from more than 160 countries … innocent children, sir, are being abducted, assaulted, raped and murdered by human traffickers. Countless numbers of known terrorits and vicious gang members are clearly coming across our border and making their way into our communities all over the country … our entire country is becoming a crime scene.”
- 5/12/22 – Twitter: “HERE’S THE ANSWER for all who have asked why in the world the Democrats would intentionally open our borders: Late last night I got them to admit the goal is to TURN ILLEGALS INTO VOTERS!”
- 10/25/22 – Twitter: “The current population of Louisiana is approx. 4.52 MILLION people. Joe Biden and Washington Democrats have happily allowed >4.9 MILLION illegals from 160 countries to cross into our country in the past 2 years! Think about that. And then VOTE like the rule of law depends on it!”
- 2/1/23 – “The Biden Border Crisis I” Judiciary Committee Hearing – “Administration has been reversing the vast majority of the Trump administration’s successful border enforcement policies and they are systematically they are intentionally secretary Mayorkas and and his uh his administration they’re dismantling immigration enforcement they are encouraging illegal immigration” 58:06-58:26
- 2/2/23 – Twitter: “The Biden Administration has RELEASED 1.7 million illegal aliens into American communities. The catastrophe is INTENTIONAL. And our Democrat colleagues refuse to acknowledge the undeniable facts that everyone can plainly see.”
- 3/29/23 – Twitter: “Mayorkas LIED repeatedly to the Senate Judiciary Comm yesterday. I called for his impeachment last year & summarized here why his INTENTIONAL acts will destroy our country if he isn’t stopped. Dems continue to protect & empower this carnage. God help us.”
- 5/11/23 – Twitter: “**The chaos at our open border is the INTENTIONAL outcome created by Biden & Mayorkas.** I coauthored the House Republican bill we are passing today to fix this disaster. It cannot happen soon enough!”
- 5/22/23 – Newmax: “The Biden administration has done this intentionally. [Department of Homeland Security] Secretary [Alejandro] Mayorkas has done this intentionally. For what reason? Everybody asks me all the time. I think that ultimately they hope to turn all these illegals into voters for their side.”
- 9/23/23 – Twitter: “232,972 = the number of illegal immigrants encountered at our Southern Border in August, an all-time record for that month. (Countless more came through our open border undetected!) 246,886 = the total population of Shreveport & Bossier City, according to the latest Census.”
Most of the Republican Members of the House Judiciary Committee have amplified white nationalist “invasion” and “replacement” conspiracy theories over the last few years. Their rhetoric is inexorably tied to the “Great Replacement Theory” and multiple domestic terrorist attacks that have claimed the lives of dozens of Americans over the last several years.
- Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH-04), used the invasion rhetoric as a fundraising ploy in his campaign email calling to “end the invasion”.
- Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05) is a no stranger to using the deadly conspiracy theory. In February 2023 he tweeted, “The Biden Administration is now legalizing the historic invasion at the southern border. Its new parole program and CBP One phone app are shuffling hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens into our communities. The Admin should prevent illegal immigration—not facilitate it.”
- Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX-21) consistently promoted the white nationalist conspiracy as early as May 2022 in a fundraising email claiming that “Biden is blocking American energy production; and our “leaders” are intentionally ignoring the invasion at our border”.
- Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL-01) tweeted “Tucker Carlson is correct about replacement theory as he explains what is happening to America” leading his base to believe in the violent inducing conspiracy theory.
- Lance Gooden (R-TX-05) is a co-sponsor of the bill H.Res.50: “Recognizing that Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and “imminent danger” posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists and criminal actors who have seized control of our southern border.”
NEW EXAMPLES OF MEMBERS AMPLIFYING WHITE NATIONALIST CONSPIRACIES:
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- Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05)
- 9/23/23 – Twitter: “New data reveals that 304,162 illegal aliens were encountered in August. That is the largest total for any month in American history. My GOP colleagues must get on board with impeaching Biden and Mayorkas or else they’re complicit with this invasion.”
- 10/4/23 – Twitter: “Join me today for another episode of the What’s the Biggs Idea podcast. Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels joins me to discuss the ongoing invasion at our southern border and how his deputies continue to suffer under the Biden Regime’s open border policies. https://t.co/MbEAzkXrYj”
- 11/8/23 – Twitter: “Democrat policies are not appealing. We’re experiencing record inflation, ridiculously high prices for gas and groceries, and an unprecedented border invasion. The Trump Administration would not have allowed this to happen. https://t.co/vDkgbIKK4j”
- 11/29/23 – Twitter: “It was a pleasure joining my @freedomcaucus and @SenateGOP colleagues this afternoon. We must continue to push for conservative policies amid record inflation, government surveillance abuse, and a border invasion. https://t.co/UYXt0Y9hd7”
- 12/4/23 – Twitter: “This is what a border invasion looks like.”
- 12/7/23 – Twitter: “We have no clue how many illegal aliens are crossing our borders. We don’t know where they’re coming from or what their intentions are. Biden and Mayorkas compromise our national security every single day by refusing to close our borders. https://t.co/ccwjaLwC7d”
- 12/13/23 – Twitter: “The United States is almost $34 TRILLION in debt. Our border is wide open, and we’re being invaded by illegal aliens from across the globe. Why on earth would we continue funding corrupt Ukraine when the Biden Administration refuses to fix our problems at home? https://t.co/z4o42j8rPQ”
- 12/13/23 – Twitter: “The Biden Administration refuses to enforce existing laws that would significantly slow our nation’s border crisis. We are inundated with illegal aliens, yet our Commander in Chief won’t acknowledge the invasion. https://t.co/tfSJBgFmQu”
- 12/19/23 – Twitter: “Lukeville, Arizona, is facing a border invasion. Sending the National Guard there can help. But there are still limitations. https://t.co/bTxGb3I3dJ”
- 12/21/23 – Twitter: “Invasion. https://t.co/rQAmnDmtTP”
- 1/5/24 – Twitter: “This is what an invasion looks like. Shut the border down, or we’ll shut the government down. The clock is ticking.”
- 1/9/24 – Twitter: “Nearly 2,000 illegal aliens are being relocated to James Madison High School in New York. School instruction will now be conducted remotely there. New York has shut down a school so that it can become a shelter for illegal aliens. Biden’s border invasion is here.”
- 1/20/24 – Twitter: “Today is day 1,095 of Biden’s presidency and our southern border remains wide open. President Trump’s policies deterred illegal aliens from invading our country. President Biden’s don’t. Read more here: 📌 https://t.co/S6YPaIok6s https://t.co/hBjeHhhLOT”
- 1/23/24 – Twitter: “Since the Biden Administration has failed to protect Texas, the state ought to protect itself with as much razor wire and barrier as needed. Biden’s border mess will already take generations to clean up. Americans should not put up with this invasion.”
- 1/24/24 – Twitter: “Tune in for another edition of the What’s The Biggs Idea podcast later today. @CIS_org’s @BensmanTodd joins me to discuss how the UN is funding the invasion at our southern border and Texas’ razor wire barrier. https://t.co/IUqoEkwuTR”
- 1/24/24 – Twitter: “The Biden Administration is violating Article IV, Section 4 of our Constitution. The federal government “shall protect each [state] from invasion.” More states need to take matters into their own hands. The federal government has failed them.”
- 1/26/24 – Twitter: “This proposed package is a non-starter and legitimizes the current invasion. Enforce our existing laws. No more strings attached deals.”
- 1/30/24 – Hearing: “you can’t control what and determine what an invasion is when the sovereign state and don’t forget that the founders intended to recognize the sovereignty of the states to govern themselves if that you’re to turn the definition of invasion over to the federal government who is violating the invasion clause”2:16:18
- Barry Moore (R-AL-02)
- 9/22/23 – Twitter: “The number of illegal immigrants let into our country by the Biden Administration is now higher than the population of 38 states. Let that sink in.”
- 12/23/23 – Twitter: “13 million illegal aliens are now in the United States. That’s more than twice the population of the state of Alabama.”
- 12/27/23 – Twitter: “President Biden has created a humanitarian and national security crisis. Border Patrol is outnumbered 200–1 as 5,000+ migrants per day from 150 countries invade our southern border.”
- 1/4/24 – Twitter: “It’s more than TWICE the population of Alabama. Border security is national security.”
- 1/6/24 – Twitter: “In December, CBP encountered over 302,000 illegal immigrants crossing our southern border. That’s more than four times the population of Dothan, Alabama. #NoSecurityNoFunding”
- Ben Cline (R-VA-06)
- 9/27/23 – Twitter: “CBP confirmed that roughly 50,000 migrants illegally crossed the southern border in just the past 5 days. That’s nearly the population of Harrisonburg, VA.
- 9/27/23 – Twitter: “The border is being invaded. Inflation is at record levels. Sky-high mortgage rates are hurting U.S. homeownership. Crime is running rampant in our streets. National debt is soaring. Foreign policy disasters. Joe Biden’s America.”
- 9/27/23 – Twitter: “The government is actively sponsoring the invasion at our southern border. What’s worse is it’s doing so at the expense of our brave Veterans, like 95-year-old Korean War Veteran Frank Tammaro, who have served our country. https://t.co/M6nSWiTrjr”
- 9/27/23 – Twitter: “Americans are witnessing an invasion at our borders every day because DHS Secretary Mayorkas has willfully IGNORED his duty to protect the homeland & uphold the rule of law. As I continue working for his impeachment, tonight I joined with @HouseGOP to hold him accountable by effectively DEFUNDING his position.”
- 9/30/23 – Twitter: “In yet another late weekend news dump & failed attempt to hide the truth, CBP just said that illegal border crossings hit a RECORD HIGH of 260,000 last month. Senate Dems must take action to stop this government-sponsored INVASION by passing @HouseGOP’s Secure the Border Act.”
- 10/3/23 – Twitter: “The border crisis is the worst on record & it’s lasted for 30 months. Biden’s policies are directly to blame – border experts & illegal migrants crossing the border themselves have said so much. That’s why I’ll continue fighting to secure our border & stop this invasion.”
- 10/11/23 – Twitter: “The invasion at our borders is not an accident. Even DHS admits that foreign terrorists have exploited Biden’s open borders to illegally enter the U.S. America is less safe and those who wish us harm know it.”
- 10/23/23 – Twitter: “Over the weekend, CBP reported that there were 2.48 million illegal border crossings in FY23 – the HIGHEST ever recorded. This invasion is a DIRECT result of Joe Biden’s open border policies. It’s only going to get worse unless the Senate passes HR 2 – Secure the Border Act.”
- 10/30/23 – Twitter: “Failed foreign policy decisions. Invasion at our borders. Inflation still hurting families. Violent crime running rampant. It’s no wonder Joe Biden’s approval rating among Democrats has plummeted to its lowest level.”
- 10/30/23 – Twitter: “Last fiscal year, over 900,000 migrants crossed the border ILLEGALLY and were RELEASED into our country. That’s more people than the population of Virginia’s Sixth District.”
- 11/2/23 – Twitter: “Right now, a massive caravan of 7,000 migrants is on its way to invade our southern border. This is not an accident. The Biden Admin’s complete lack of border enforcement is abetting it. And criminal cartels aren’t just exploiting it, they’re profiting from it.”
- 11/14/23 – Twitter: “Last month, there were 240,988 illegal crossings at the southern border, including 12 people on the terrorist watch list. The Biden admin’s failed policy decisions are only aiding and abetting this INVASION at our open border.”
- Chip Roy (R-TX-21)
- 10/2/23 – Twitter: “”As our state reels from the impacts of the ongoing invasion at our southern border, we believe it is incumbent upon state and local officials to respond appropriately to mitigate the effects on our citizens, their way of life, and their safety.” MORE:”
- 10/31/23 – Twitter: “Over 2.6M migrants have been encountered by TX-based Border Patrol sectors in the past two years, more than the entire population of HOUSTON. The impacts on our schools, communities, public safety and public resources are OBVIOUS. Stop the chaos. https://t.co/GmUo8gygjJ”
- 11/1/23 – Twitter: “Mayorkas is allowing endless numbers of military-aged males from across the globe, many from terror-prone countries, to enter the U.S. and find residence in different corners of the country. Stop the intentional chaos. #ImpeachMayorkas #HR2”
- 11/6/23 – Twitter: “The whole world knows our border is wide open. Migrant caravans certainly do. Congress and the White House must come together to stop this invasion. #NoSecuirtyNoFunding #HR2 https://t.co/D6xdZARjzZ”
- 12/28/23 – Twitter: “No more watered down swamp “deals.” No more excuses. Republicans should accept nothing less than #HR2 and a secure border. #NoSecurityNoFunding https://t.co/CrKtWVcgd1”
- 12/29/23 – Twitter: “Instead of pressuring Mexico to curb US-bound migration, the Biden admin is talking AMNESTY with AMLO. The chaos is intentional Under no circumstances should Congress accept anything less than #HR2 from the White House – our border security depends on it #NoSecurityNoFunding”
- 1/2/24 – Twitter: “The destruction is intentional. Enough is enough. #HR2 #NoSecurityNoFunding Biden Slammed As Southern Border Crossings Hit All-Time High https://t.co/usW99wYkS4”
- 1/4/24 – Twitter: “We will only see more caravans unless we use the power of the purse and END THE INVASION with #HR2 #NoSecurityNoFunding”
- 1/25/24 – Twitter: “Gov. Abbott has been fighting against the Biden admin-induced invasion He should hold fast against the federal government’s actions and do what it must to #SecureTexas https://t.co/IS8RfA2gGn”
- 1/30/24 – Hearing: “our country to defend the borders of the United States as required by the Constitution specifically the Constitution states the United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a republican form of government and shall protect each of them against Invasion…since the beginning of this Administration there have been more than 7 million encounters at our Southern border that in and of itself doesn’t Define an invasion but when you compare it to the 2.4 million Encounters of the previous administration and when you look at what’s actually occurring now with over 5 million aliens having been released into the United States…this Invasion to our Southern border is a clear and present danger to the citizens of this country…coming across the Rio Grand that that’s the invasion but when 3,000 Americans are dead because we were attacked by people who overstay their visas”
- Dan Bishop (R-NC-08)
- 12/29/23 – Twitter: “While you were celebrating Christmas with your family, the Biden admin was working overtime to facilitate the invasion on our southern border 👇”
- 1/3/24 – Twitter: “As Mayorkas and Biden continue to facilitate the invasion of our border, @GovAbbott works to enforce our laws and deny illegal entry. Mayorkas lashes out at Abbott for daring to do his job. Mayorkas is taking Americans for fools. Impeachment is coming. https://t.co/Naety1DmQg”
- 1/8/24 – Twitter: ““Running out of options” to fix a problem he created.🙄 The solutions are simple. Biden refuses to implement them. Instead, his administration facilitates the border invasion & sues Texas for trying to stop it. Make no mistake – they want open borders and mass amnesty.”
- 1/25/24 – Twitter: “The invasion at the border is a direct result of Biden’s deliberate refusal to enforce our immigration laws. There’s ZERO evidence that the Senate Swamp deal would do anything to “secure the border.” If reports on the deal’s contents are correct, it would make things even WORSE. It’s a cover to get what they really want – more $$$ for Ukraine. Americans see through the charade, & the Senate Ukraine caucus is panicking.”
- Harriet Hageman (R-WY-AL)
- 11/8/23 – Twitter: “House Republicans want to protect American citizens from those who wish to harm them and their families, while adopting policies to prevent the consequences of an unlimited and unchecked invasion of our country. https://t.co/wiv69KIXd0”
- 1/26/24 – Twitter: “Last night in Casper we had another great town hall crowd that asked great questions on the Biden border invasion, parental rights in education, the economy, & election integrity. Sign up for my newsletter at https://t.co/zmTo0TzAmQ to learn dates & times of future town halls”
- Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ-02)
- 9/21/23 – Twitter: “This is insanity. What will it take for this administration to put an end to this invasion? Secretary Mayorkas has failed at his job and deserves to be impeached.”
- 12/19/23 – Twitter: “Each day Senate Democrats allow H.R. 2 to gather dust, they consciously make the decision to allow the continued invasion of our country. This puts the safety of every single American at risk.”
- 1/26/24 – Twitter: “Joe Biden doesn’t need more money from Congress to secure the border; he needs to enforce the laws as written. Until he does his job and protects American borders from invasion by signing an H.R.2 equivalent, I will not vote for a single penny more of government spending.”
- Jim Jordan (R-OH-04)
- 9/27/23 – Twitter: “REUTERS: “Record numbers of migrants head to US border, in fresh test for Biden” CNN: “Border crossings expected to remain high in near term” NY Post: “Overwhelmed Texas city declares state of emergency as over 11K migrants — close to half its population — surge across border Where’s President Biden?
- 12/27/23 – Twitter: “REPORT: 730,000 illegal aliens at the southern border since October 1st. That’s TEN times the population of Wilmington, Delaware. Where’s Joe Biden’s leadership?”
- 12/29/23 – Twitter: “House Republicans passed H.R. 2, the strongest border security bill in history, to prevent illegal immigration and protect Americans. Joe Biden is intentionally allowing the lawlessness and chaos we see at the southern border.”
- 1/2/24 – Twitter: “The population of Cincinnati, Ohio is approximately 300,000 people. That’s how many illegal aliens we saw at the southern border in December. How is that sustainable, President Biden?”
- 1/3/24 – Twitter: “If you didn’t think the border crisis was intentional, here’s more proof that it is.”
- 1/3/24 – Twitter: “We’re on track to see 12,000,000 illegal aliens during President Biden’s first term. That’s more than the population of Ohio.”
- 1/8/24 – Twitter: “President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have intentionally caused the border crisis. The American people deserve better.”
- Ken Buck (R-CO-04)
- Matt Gaetz (R-FL-01)
- 1/3/24 – Twitter: “I’m currently in Eagle Pass, TX witnessing the intentional destruction of our Southern Border by the Biden administration. This video was sent to me by a Texas official. It shows how illegal aliens are being encouraged to invade our country while the fencing put up by Texas is cut open by @CBP. Under the corrupt orders of @SecMayorkas and Joe Biden, we will never see our border protected. But if this border is not shut down, then we must shut down the government.
- 1/12/24 – Twitter: “Right now, America is being invaded. Within this government funding dispute, we have to demand that the border be closed. NO DEPORTATIONS + NO BORDER = NO GOVERNMENT FUNDING https://t.co/9QP6Lb7iCW”
- 1/13/24 – Twitter: “The Senate Amnesty Bill is a nightmare. It gives legal status to illegal aliens who have gamed our system and broken our laws. It rolls out the red carpet for 5,000 illegals EVERY DAY, forever. It’s hard enough to stop the far-left’s state-sponsored invasion of our Southern… https://t.co/emBhzSfXVj”
- 1/21/24 – Twitter: “Americans are sick and tired of watching the invasion on our Southern Border. They rightfully think it’s crazy that House leadership would continue to fund the government with no demands for shutting down the border. We have to take a stand and break The Establishment to get… “
- 1/30/24 – Hearing: “actual Invasion when States res uh retain their their Sovereign right to self-defense but at the center of today’s hearing is is how do we resolve”.
- Russell Fry (R-SC-07)
- 1/2/24 – Twitter: “302,000 illegal migrants were documented trying to cross our southern border in December. That’s over 90% of the population of the Grand Strand. Another dismal record set because of #BidensBorderCrisis. https://t.co/0kroMEbBlm”
- Thomas Massie (R-KY-04)
- 1/2/24 – Twitter: “I have cosponsored this proposed Amendment to the Constitution. Currently, Congressional districts are apportioned to states based on the population of citizens and NONCITIZENS which gives states with numerous illegal aliens an advantage in Congress and in the Electoral College.”
- Tom Tiffany (R-WI-07)
- 9/19/23 – Twitter: “Nearly 9,000 illegal aliens crossing our southern border per day. This is invasion. And it’s why BORDER SECURITY must be included in government funding.”
- 9/20/23 – Twitter: “We want to shut down the border. Democrats want to shut down the government. It’s time to stop the invasion.”
- 9/21/23 – Twitter: “The Biden administration is using YOUR tax dollars to provide handouts to illegal aliens. Whether it’s cell phones, hotels, air travel, health care, education, and now ID cards, Joe Biden is FORCING Americans to pay for his border invasion. https://t.co/neVjqeunuI”
- 9/22/23 – Twitter: “Highest illegal crossing attempts EVER recorded in a month – 304,162. That’s MORE than 9,800 crossings a day! Congress must STOP the Biden Border Invasion. https://t.co/Lj9O3ZI8q5”
- 9/25/23 – Twitter: “This is not just a crisis. It’s an invasion. And it’s deliberate.”
- 9/25/23 – Twitter: “The Biden Border Invasion.”
- 10/5/23 – Twitter: “The Biden administration finally wakes up after two years of destroying our country to realize TRUMP WAS RIGHT and WALLS WORK. Now to end the border invasion, we must also: ✅Reinstate Remain in Mexico ✅End catch-and-release ✅Stop parole abuse”
- 10/10/23 – Twitter: “The need to secure our border is more important than ever before. Senate Democrats must pass the Secure the Border Act. @HouseGOP already did our job back in May. The Senate has done NOTHING to protect Americans from Biden’s open border invasion.”
- 10/21/23 – Twitter: “The Biden Border Invasion has another record breaking month. The HIGHEST EVER border crossings in a single month and in a single year. This invasion is intentional.”
- 10/26/23 – Twitter: “Joe Biden wants to throw more taxpayer dollars at processing illegals. That will not fix this deliberate invasion. Reinstating Remain in Mexico, ending catch-and-release, and stopping parole abuse will. https://t.co/3RMsoqp5gC”
- 11/3/23 – Twitter: “First, the Biden admin released millions of illegals into our country. Now, they are ordering banks not to reject illegal alien loan applications. The Biden Border Invasion is clearly intentional. All of this must be stopped ASAP. https://t.co/PejEQAIdkX”
- 11/14/23 – Twitter: “Parole is supposed to be used on a very limited, case-by-case basis. It’s not supposed to be used to bring 44,000 illegals into our country via an app. The Biden Border Invasion must be stopped!”
- 11/28/23 – Twitter: “The Biden border invasion is now so bad that Border Patrol has to suspend training b/c they are too busy taking care of illegal aliens. https://t.co/cjXhoedSMr”
- 12/4/23 – Twitter: “resident Biden is complicit in sex trafficking, drug trafficking, and now – organ trafficking? When will the Biden admin stop fueling this invasion and start enforcing our laws? https://t.co/IXOAR9ljb9”
- 12/4/23 – Twitter: “Numerous Communist Chinese nationals (mostly all men) are crossing our border as we speak. Why are Democrats and Joe Biden allowing our country to be invaded? https://t.co/77fwLCqGXY”
- 12/11/23 – Twitter: “We need to take care of our own problems FIRST. 🛑Stop the border invasion 🛑Stop blank checks for Ukraine 🛑Stop reckless spending https://t.co/F2kKBPgqgw”
- 12/12/23 – Twitter: “It’s shameful that Joe Biden cares more about Ukraine’s border than our own border invasion. It’s time to put America FIRST. Senate Democrats must pass H.R. 2 to SECURE the border. https://t.co/QZ38L8bAfd”
- 12/15/23 – Twitter: “13 million illegal immigrants are currently living in the United States. That is more than 2x the population of the state of Wisconsin. This is Joe Biden’s open border invasion.”
- 12/15/23 – Twitter: “Even Democrat Governors know how bad the Biden Border Invasion is.”
- 12/20/23 – Twitter: “The Biden Border Invasion is intentional. That’s why Joe Biden does NOTHING to stop it. He encouraged the invasion by: ➡️Ending remain in Mexico, which made migrants wait in Mexico until their asylum court date ➡️Reinstating catch-and-release ➡️Stopping border wall construction https://t.co/HJeTuQL1uY”
- 12/22/23 – Twitter: “More military-aged men walking freely into the U.S. The Biden Border Invasion is happening in plain sight as this administration continues to do nothing. Senate Democrats need to pass H.R. 2 NOW! https://t.co/9uCO3DYbQ7”
- 12/28/23 – Twitter: “Joe Biden is on vacation AGAIN while our southern border is being invaded by illegal aliens. He continues to put America LAST.”
- 12/28/23 – Twitter: “Secretary Blinken is now calling Biden’s Border Crisis “irregular migration.” A caravan of up to 15,000 illegal immigrants are on their way to our southern border. This is not “irregular migration.” This is an invasion.”
- 1/11/24 – Twitter: “The Biden admin continues to force taxpayers to pick up the tab for their illegal immigration invasion. It’s not just health care, schools, and food stamps for illegals. Now, Democrats even want you to pay for their legal fees. This madness has to stop. https://t.co/Z3rUWhEFjx”
- 1/14/24 – Twitter: “The Senate Amnesty Deal is GARBAGE. 5,000 illegal aliens PER DAY? That’s over 1.8 million illegals a YEAR and more than the population of 12 STATES. ABSOLUTELY NOT. https://t.co/FAerLIOO86”
- Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22)
- 12/15/23 – Twitter: “13 million illegal aliens are now in the United States. That’s more than the population of 46 out of 50 states.”
- 12/21/23 – Twitter: “More than 200,000 illegal aliens have been encountered at the southern border since December 1st. An average of more than 10,000 a day. We are being invaded. And Joe Biden is doing nothing to stop it.”
- 1/2/24 – Twitter: “Over 300,000 illegal aliens were encountered in December alone. The highest single month EVER recorded. This is an invasion. Why do the Senate and White House refuse to consider the border security bill House Republicans have passed?”
- 1/25/24 – Twitter: “The Biden Administration is failing to secure our southern border. The great State of Texas is doing everything it can to protect and defend not only Texas, but the rest of the country, from the invasion created by Joe Biden and his open-border policies. Hold the line.”
- Wesley Hunt (R-TX38)
- 12/11/23 – Twitter: ““Russia might invade Ukraine, China might invade Taiwan” What about the invasion right here in our country? https://t.co/vQH8PnlNE4”
- 1/3/24 – Twitter: “Let’s be clear… Under NO circumstances does this administration want to secure the border. It is the opinion of the Biden White House that razor wire should not be used. Why is that? Because they have ZERO intention of securing the homeland. https://t.co/VZmhQfiyss”
- 1/5/24 – Twitter: “The worst border invasion in American history rages on while the President takes no questions or responsibility.”
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05)
This invasion and replacement conspiracy has repeatedly been the motivating inspiration for repeated acts of political violence and domestic terrorism. It was chanted in the streets of Charlottesville in 2017, posted online before a man murdered 11 in Pittsburgh in 2018, shared in racist screeds before the murder in Poway and the murder of 23 in El Paso in 2019, believed by those who attacked the Capitol in 2021, and copied by the gunman who killed ten people in Buffalo in May of this year.
While many of the Republicans, including those in the House Judiciary Committee, have adopted rhetoric and versions of the “Great Replacement Theory” that are slightly less explicitly racist and anti-Semitic, their rhetoric furthers the same sort of dehumanization that paints non-white migrants as an existential threat.
The pervasiveness of this belief is not only concerning because of the violence it inspires but it is also a threat to American democracy. There is also a clear path between embracing ‘replacement’ lies and the lie of fraudulent elections. These twin lies often merge in a racist lie that Democrats are encouraging non-white migrants as an electoral ploy.
Whether implicit or explicit, it is critical to note that from their positions of power in Congress, the Republicans on House Judiciary Committee employing this rhetoric are engaging in a form of stochastic terrorism – when public figures engage in dehumanizing rhetoric that points to an out-group as a serious threat and seemingly random but targeted violence is then directed at the targets of the dehumanization. The Republicans who push this invasion and replacement conspiracy and those who remain silent are in part responsible for that violence. As Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said “there are people who gin up an atmosphere in which other people act and if you don’t recognize that creating this atmosphere as part of what’s enabling it then you might think you are not guilty. We really need to find a way to convince the people who are creating this atmosphere that they are the one holding the gun and someone else is pulling the trigger.”
Dr. Heidi Beirich, Co-founder and Chief Strategist Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, an expert on extremism, provided context on the messaging adopted by GOP leaders: “The “Great Replacement” is one of the most dangerous white supremacist conspiracy theories that exists today. This lie has inspired mass murders around the world, including last year’s shooting in Buffalo, and also influences discriminatory and inhumane immigration policies. It’s incredibly irresponsible and dangerous for politicians and right-wing media to give a platform to these racist and anti-immigrant ideas that have propelled disastrous immigration policies.”
Two years ago, then GOP Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy removed then Rep. Steve King (R-IA) from his committee assignments because of his use of white nationalist language. Now, it’s routine messaging for GOP members of key committees.
Outlined below is a running list of examples of Republican House Judiciary Committee Members engaging in this dangerous rhetoric followed by the list of Committee hearing witnesses who also amplified the white nationalist “invasion” and “replacement” conspiracy.
Republican Judiciary Committee Members:
- Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH-04)
- 1/4/22 – Twitter/Fox News Clip: “trying to let illegal immigrants vote and already doing that in some locales”
- 1/21/22 – Twitter: “The number of people waiting for immigration court decisions is greater than the population of Philadelphia.”
- 1/25/22 – Twitter: “1.9 million illegal immigrants were apprehended at the southern border in 2021. That’s larger than the population of Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus, Ohio combined.”
- 1/26/22 – Twitter: “178,000 illegal immigrants at the southern border in December 2021. That’s enough to fill up Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati nearly three times.”
- 3/16/22 – Twitter: “There were 164,973 illegal immigrant encounters at the southern border in February. That’s more than the population of Dayton, Ohio.”
- 4/6/22 – Twitter: “Border Patrol is averaging nearly 7000 illegal migrant encounters at the southern border per day. That’s over 200,000 per month, which is larger than the population of Akron, Ohio.
- 4/21/22 – Twitter: “Border Patrol encountered 221,803 illegal migrants at the southern border in March. That’s more people than the population of Dayton, Ohio and Canton, Ohio. Combined.”
- 4/28/22 – Twitter: “The Biden Administration released at least 800,000 illegal immigrants into the United States in the last 14 months.That’s larger than the populations of each of these states: North Dakota, Wyoming, Vermont, and Alaska.”
- 5/2/22 – Twitter: “As many as 18,000 illegal aliens could cross the southern border daily once Title 42 is lifted. That’s equates to roughly 6.5 million per year, which is more than the population of 33 states.”
- 6/17/22 – Twitter: “Border Patrol encountered 239,416 illegal aliens along the southern border in May. The largest number EVER. And more than the entire population of Richmond, Virginia.”
- 8/16/22 – Twitter: “Nearly 2 MILLION illegal aliens have crossed the southern border in FY2022. That’s more than the population of Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus, Ohio combined.”
- 9/21/22 – Twitter: “Two million illegal alien encounters at the southern border in FY 2022. That’s more than the population of Austin, Texas and Columbus, Ohio COMBINED.”
- 9/6/22 – Campaign Email” “end the invasion”
- 12/15/22 – Twitter: “Title 42 ends on December 20th. After that, expect nearly 14,000 illegal aliens to cross our border each day. That would equate to over 400,000 illegal aliens in a single month. That’s larger than the population of New Orleans.”
- 2/1/23 – “The Biden Border Crisis I” Judiciary Committee Hearing – claimed that the border crisis is “intentional” which is an implicit reference to the replacement conspiracy. 3:36-3:37
- 1/4/23 – Twitter: “72,000 illegal aliens evaded border patrol in December. That’s larger than the population of Canton, Ohio. Where did they go? And why doesn’t Joe Biden care?”
- 1/23/23 – Twitter: “At least, 1.2 MILLION illegal aliens have escaped Border Patrol since Joe Biden took office. That’s more than the entire population of Cleveland, Ohio and the State of Alaska combined.”
- 7/7/22 – Twitter: “The border crisis is intentional. The energy crisis is intentional. The inflation crisis is intentional.”
- 5/17/22 – Twitter: “234,088 illegal aliens encountered at the southern border in April. The highest number in DHS history. The Biden Administration won’t stop the border crisis. Because it’s intentional.”
- 5/2/23 – Twitter: “The White House wants you to believe that illegal immigration is down 90%, despite the fact that there were over 2.3 million illegal alien encounters at the southern border last year. More than DOUBLE the population of Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware.”
- 6/12/23 – Twitter: “2 million illegal aliens per year. Larger than the population of Nebraska. And what’s Joe Biden doing? Nothing.”
- Darrell Issa (R-CA-48)
- 3/22/21 – Twitter: “If President Biden doesn’t immediately reverse his open borders mandate and the damage it is doing – it will be clear this was the intent of the policies all along. 2/2”
- 6/30/21 – Politico: “Since the administration is saying that they are unable to control this, then by definition, they’ve owned up to an invasion,” Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said. “They have been unable to meet their Constitutional requirement.”
- 7/1/21 – Twitter: “Governors all over the country are rallying with @GregAbbott_TX to say there’s an invasion. Meanwhile, Newsom is spending our tax dollars rewarding people who come here illegally.”
- 7/2/21 – Twitter: “The Biden Administration has thrown open the nation’s borders and refused to stop or even slow down the invasion that has followed.”
- Ken Buck (R-CO-04)
- 2/16/22 – Twitter: “President Biden has failed Coloradans, he has failed Americans, and he has failed our nation in his obligation to protect us against the invasion at the southern border.”
- 7/7/22 – Twitter: “America is being invaded.”
- 8/12/22 – Twitter: “More proof (if any was needed) that “Remain in Mexico” is absolutely necessary to stop the invasion at the southern border.”
- 12/13/22 – Twitter: “Every day violent criminals, terrorists, and traffickers are trespassing across our southern border. The Biden administration’s decision to end President Trump’s immigration policies was intentional and is continuing to wreak havoc.”
- 5/11/23 – Twitter: “Our country is being invaded.”
- Matt Gaetz (R-FL-01)
- 11/4/20 – Twitter: “We’re not going back to the days of invading every country, inviting every illegal immigrant across our border, and impoverishing every town in America with bad trade deals. President @realDonaldTrump puts AMERICA FIRST and he will keep putting America first!”
- 3/24/21 – Twitter: “The Republican Party no longer stood for invading everywhere and inviting everyone under President Trump. He led a patriotic realignment of our party.”
- 5/11/21 – Twitter: “Invade everywhere, invite everyone.”
- 8/9/21 – Twitter: “Our country is being invaded. J6 prisoners are detained without access to evidence. Inflation is destroying American buying power. Businesses can’t find workers because gov’t discourages work. And the Right is LOSING IT over Obama’s maskless party?! *PAY ATTENTION*”
- 9/17/21 – Twitter: “America is being invaded.”
- 9/25/21 – Twitter: “Tucker Carlson is correct about replacement theory as he explains what is happening to America.”
- 7/7/22 – Ad: “Amnesty invites invasion”
- 8/7/22 – Twitter: “We are being invaded on our Southern Border. It is not enough just to finish the Wall. We have to deport the people who are not in our country LEGALLY.”
- 12/24/22 – Twitter: “The Christmas Invasion”
- 8/8/22 – Twitter: “We are being invaded on our Southern Border. It is not enough just to finish the Wall. We have to deport the people who are not in our country LEGALLY.”
- 1/9/23 – Rep. Bob Good’s Press Statement Close Biden’s Open Border Act: a bill co-sponsored by Gaetz
- 2/1/23 – Press Conference: Attended a press conference calling for DHS Secretary Mayorkas to be impeached littered with “invasion” rhetoric.
- 2/24/23 – Press Release: “Tens of illegal immigrants show up in Martha’s Vineyard, and they go crazy as if they’re being overwhelmed. Yet here in Yuma, Arizona, we see a community on the frontlines of an invasion. And American babies in their most frail moments in their first days and hours are being crowded out of neonatal intensive care units by migrants.”
- 2/23/23 – Twitter: “The people of Yuma, Arizona are on the frontlines of the border invasion every single day. Illegal aliens have strained their community to the breaking point, and it’s coming to a city near you.”
- 4/28/23 – Twitter: “President Trump was able to put downward pressure on illegal immigration through his commonsense border policies. Under Joe Biden, our country is being invaded by illegal aliens from as far as CHINA!”
- 5/11/23 – Twitter: “Under Joe Biden and Alejandro Mayorkas, our sovereignty has been defiled and our border has been violated. The mass invasion of illegals rushing our Southern Border this very instant will forever scar the soul of our country. We are at a point of no return. We cannot compromise on protecting the sanctity of American sovereignty, culture, and values. We cannot allow Biden and Mayorkas to succeed in their efforts to destroy border security. Today, I voted in favor of H.R. 2 to secure our Southern Border.”
- 6/27/23 – Twitter: 🚨@CBS12: ‘Forgotten Invasion’: Rep. Matt Gaetz says FL waterways are overlooked in migrant crisis
- Mike Johnson (R-LA-04)
- 5/22/22 – NPR: “We have a literal invasion of lawless masses flooding over our border from more than 160 countries.”
- 4/29/22 – Hearing with DHS Secretary Mayorkas: The hearing quoted in NPR.
- 7/26/21 – Fox News Interview: “FOX Business host Dagen McDowell, said “we see what’s going on here, it increases the voting base for the Democrats,” her guest Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04) responded, “that’s right, we are not conspiracy theorists but that is the only thing that makes sense here.” Johnson continued, “they want to turn these people into voters.”
- 4/19/22 – Twitter: “Last month alone, there were over 40,000 more illegal migrants encountered by CBP at our southern border than the entire population of Shreveport (the 3rd largest city in LA). The Biden Administration is intentionally allowing the destruction of our country.”
- 10/25/22 – Twitter: “The current population of Louisiana is approx. 4.52 MILLION people. Joe Biden and Washington Democrats have happily allowed >4.9 MILLION illegals from 160 countries to cross into our country in the past 2 years! Think about that. And then VOTE like the rule of law depends on it!”
- 2/1/23 – “The Biden Border Crisis I” Judiciary Committee Hearing – “Administration has been reversing the vast majority of the Trump administration’s successful border enforcement policies and they are systematically they are intentionally secretary mayorkas and and his uh his administration they’re dismantling immigration enforcement they are encouraging illegal immigration” 58:06-58:26
- 2/2/23 – Twitter: “The Biden Administration has RELEASED 1.7 million illegal aliens into American communities. The catastrophe is INTENTIONAL. And our Democrat colleagues refuse to acknowledge the undeniable facts that everyone can plainly see.”
- 3/29/23 – Twitter: “Mayorkas LIED repeatedly to the Senate Judiciary Comm yesterday. I called for his impeachment last year & summarized here why his INTENTIONAL acts will destroy our country if he isn’t stopped. Dems continue to protect & empower this carnage. God help us.”
- 5/11/23 – Twitter: “**The chaos at our open border is the INTENTIONAL outcome created by Biden & Mayorkas.** I coauthored the House Republican bill we are passing today to fix this disaster. It cannot happen soon enough!”
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05)
- 6/8/21 – H.J.Res.50: Recognizing that Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and “imminent danger” posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels who have seized control of our southern border.
- 10/31/22 – Email: “The Biden admin has refused to enforce our nation’s federal immigration laws amid a historic invasion…illegals, terrorists, sex traffickers, and drug cartels to invade this country.”
- 10/24/22 – Email: “Do you want 10 mill more border invaders entering our country in the next 2 years?”
- 10/3/22 – Ad: “Alien Invasion: A Documentary on the Biden Border Crisis”
- 9/28/22 – Ad: “Alien Invasion: A Documentary on the Biden Border Crisis”
- 7/23/21 – Fox News: “It’s an invasion quite frankly”
- 3/3/22 – Twitter: “There’s an invasion happening on our own border, but Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have yet to pay it any real attention! Paying the border a visit could be good place to start!”
- 6/1/22 – Twitter: “What’s occurring at our southern border is an outright invasion.”
- 6/7/22 – Twitter: “15K migrants are headed to our southern border right now. Biden is doing absolutely nothing to stop this invasion.”
- 7/5/22 – Fox News: “Biden and the Democrats continue to spend billions of dollars to secure Ukraine’s border, but won’t do anything to secure our own southern border. What I just saw in Yuma, Arizona, can only be described as an invasion.”
- 7/6/22 – Twitter: “There is an invasion occurring at our southern border.”
- 7/6/22 – Fox News: “Arizona must declare an invasion at its southern border. The definition of “”invasion”” in the Constitution is not limited to hostile foreign states, and can include “”hostile non-state actors.””
- 7/13/22 –Twitter: “This is an invasion”
- 7/15/22 – Twitter: “States have a constitutional right to defend themselves from an invasion and must use this right to obtain resources to close off the border.”
- 7/16/22 – Twitter: “Since the Biden Admin refuses to act, states must use their invasion declaration rights.”
- 7/22/22 – Twitter: “States constitutionally can and must declare an invasion because the federal government has vacated the field of border security.
- 7/25/22 – Twitter: “This is an invasion.”
- 7/27/22 – Twitter: “500,000+ known gotaways since Fiscal Year 2022 began. This constitutes an invasion.”
- 9/15/22 – Twitter: “Our nation is facing an invasion and it requires acknowledgment and action.”
- 9/17/22 – Twitter: “States must declare an invasion at the southern border.”
- 9/27/22 – Twitter: “My new border documentary, Alien Invasion, will premiere on Thursday.”
- 9/29/22 – Twitter: “Alien invasion drops tomorrow. This invasion is organized and purposeful.”
- 9/30/22 – Twitter: “Alien Invasion comes out at Noon ET today.”
- 9/30/22 – Twitter: “Alien Invasion: A Documentary on the Biden Border Crisis”.
- 9/30/22 – Twitter: “Alien Invasion: A Documentary on the Biden Border Crisis.”
- 10/4/22 – Twitter: “My new documentary—Alien Invasion—is now available to watch.”
- 10/5/22 – Twitter: “@SecMayorkas needs to take the risk of an open border more seriously. There is a full-scale invasion happening right now.”
- 10/10/22 – Twitter: “Our panel discussed the Biden Administration’s failure to stop the alien invasion into our country and common sense solutions to secure the border.”
- 10/11/22 – Twitter: “I just produced a new border documentary titled Alien Invasion.”
- 10/13/22 – Fox News: “Its new proposal abuses immigration parole and will encourage more illegal immigration into our country amid a historic invasion.”
- 10/14/22 – Twitter: “Congress must authorize states to act because the Biden Administration has refused to enforce our nation’s federal immigration laws amid a historic invasion.”
- 10/18/22 – Twitter: “This is what an invasion looks like. We end this by:✅Building the wall.✅Reimplementing the “Remain in Mexico” program.✅Enforcing our existing immigration laws.”
- 10/19/22 – Twitter: “My resolution to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas is to hold him accountable for facilitating the invasion of our country.”
- 10/20/22 – Twitter: “They’re helping facilitate the invasion of our country and jeopardizing the lives of millions.”
- 10/21/22 – Twitter: “I have multiple pieces of legislation that will end this invasion immediately but Democrats won’t get on board”
- 10/22/22 – Twitter: “The Biden Administration quietly dropped its border figures for FY ‘22….This is an invasion.”
- 10/25/22 – Twitter: “Congress must authorize states to act because the Biden Administration has refused to enforce our nation’s federal immigration laws amid a historic invasion.”
- 11/1/22 – Twitter: “Invasion.”
- 11/15/22 – Twitter: “Since the Biden Administration won’t acknowledge our historic border crisis, states must take matters into their own hands. Arizona must also declare an invasion.”
- 12/12/22 – Twitter: “This is what an invasion looks like. I am leading a press conference tomorrow at the Capitol to call for @SecMayorkas’s impeachment.”
- 1/24/23 – Twitter: “There is an invasion occurring in Yuma, Arizona. Emergency rooms and maternity wards are filled to the brim with illegal aliens. U.S. taxpayers are on the hook for these services that they can’t even access anymore.”
- 1/25/23 – Twitter: “The Biden Administration has blood on their hands. Their open border policies are incentivizing human trafficking, fentanyl surges, and cartel violence. The end result is the deaths of both Americans and illegal aliens.”
- 2/1/23 – Press Conference: Attended a press conference calling for DHS Secretary Mayorkas to be impeached littered with “invasion” rhetoric.
- 9/20/22 – Press Release: “If loss of territorial integrity is indicia of national disintegration, then the Biden team has strongly put forward evidence of its intention to attack the sovereignty and essence of the United States.”
- 2/7/23 – Twitter: “Democrats believe that wanting a secure border is a “white nationalist conspiracy” theory. 🤡”
- 2/9/23 – Twitter: “162 House Democrats just supported allowing illegal aliens to vote. The right to vote is the core of self-determination and U.S. citizenship. It’s unconscionable we have Members who disregard these principles.”
- 2/16/23 – Twitter: “The Biden Administration is now legalizing the historic invasion at the southern border. Its new parole program and CBP One phone app are shuffling hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens into our communities. The Admin should prevent illegal immigration—not facilitate it.”
- 2/23/23 – Twitter: “This morning, I toured the Yuma Community Food Bank and Yuma Regional Medical Center. The illegal alien invasion at our southern border right now is straining these facilities and preventing Americans from getting the care they need.”
- 4/19/23 – Twitter: “Democrats want this historic border invasion to continue so that they have folks to pick the food they eat and clean their homes. Appalling.”
- 5/9/23 – Twitter: “Unbelievable. Our great nation is going to look unrecognizable.”
- 5/12/23 – Twitter: “Democrats have their heads buried in the sand. There is an invasion occurring at the southern border and they’re not interested in admitting it. Why do they want illegal aliens wandering around their communities in masses?”
- 5/14/23 – Twitter: “This is an outright invasion. Mayorkas has got to go.”
- 5/17/23 – Twitter: “Our country is at stake and we need to save it from Biden’s border invasion. 1) We must impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas. 2) We must tie our border security bills to our budget, debt ceiling, and really all bills moving forward. Drastic times call for drastic measures.”
- 5/18/23 – Twitter: “Tune in for another special border episode on the What’s the Biggs Idea podcast later today. @BenBergquam will join me to report on Biden’s border invasion. He covers stuff that the Mainstream Media refuses to air. You won’t want to miss it.”
- 5/23/23 – Twitter: “Join me tonight for a live tele-town hall. I’ll be discussing the Durham Report, Biden’s border invasion, the nation’s debt crisis, and more. Call 833-305-1697 to ask me your questions.”
- 6/22/23 – Twitter: At least 17 million illegal aliens—more than 10x the population of Phoenix—are now living in the United States. How many more do we not know about?
- Tom McClintock (R-MS-05)
- 6/8/21 – H.J.Res.50: Recognizing that Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and “imminent danger” posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels who have seized control of our southern border.
- 10/31/18 – Twitter: “If seeing the #caravans attempting to invade our country does anything, it should reaffirm our need to #BuildTheWallNow @Morse4America is too extreme in her views on immigration and she’s too extreme for #CA04”
- 9/21/22 – Column: A Nation Without Borders Will Cease to be a Nation: “When I have asked what changes need to be made to our current laws to stop this invasion, these officers have said that it’s not a matter of changing law it is a matter of enforcing it. Trump did, and illegal crossings dropped precipitously.”
- 6/3/21 – Facebook: “600,000 illegal immigrants have entered the U.S. in 2021…From what I’ve seen, I believe this is a deliberate policy by the Biden admin to fundamentally change the culture, electorate, and founding principles of our country”.
- 1/8/19 – Why our border matters (opinion): “America has traditionally welcomed the truly persecuted who have escaped to our shores, but what is unfolding today makes a mockery of our asylum laws. This is not a peaceful caravan of asylum seekers, as many have attempted to portray. A “caravan” is a group of people traveling legally and peacefully through a foreign land. An “invasion” is a group of people attempting to violate a nation’s border by force, whether by military or mob action.”
- 4/25/22 – Twitter: “Further, it’s incredible that bureaucrats, in an effort to hide Biden @SecMayorkas’ disaster at the border, would block us, who are there to represent our constituents. Biden allowed an invasion to happen and now he wants us to look away and pretend like it’s not happening.”
- 4/7/21 – House Republicans Press Conference on Trip to Southern Border: “There were 100,000 total encounters with the border patrol in February. Folks, that is the population of the entire city of South Bend, Indiana. In March, that number grew to 170,000. That’s the entire population of Salem, Oregon. And that doesn’t include the 130,000 estimated got aways. That’s the entire population of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.”
- 2/1/23 – “The Biden Border Crisis I” Judiciary Committee Hearing – “longer mattered we’ve seen 1.7 million illegal aliens deliberately admitted into this country and another 1.2 million known gotaways have entered while the while the border patrol has been overwhelmed changing diapers and taking names now that is an illegal alien population 2.9 Million that is the entire population of the state of Mississippi” 1:28:46-1:29:06
- 2/23/23 – “The Biden Border Crisis II” Judiciary Committee Hearing – “so that total is 3.1 million illegal immigrants who’ve been allowed into our country to violate our borders and demand billions of dollars of taxpayer resources that we’re supposed to be helping Americans 3.1 million is a population larger than the entire state of Arkansas a state that has seven congressional districts and that’s just in the last 25 months”. 35:17 – 35:43
- 2/24/23 – Twitter: “Under the Biden Admin: 1.9 million illegal immigrants admitted into the U.S. – 600,000 were not given notices to appear in court 1.2 million known got-aways entered the U.S. Total = 3.1 million That is a population larger than the state of Arkansas just in the last 25 months.”
- Tom Tiffany (R-WI-07)
- 6/4/21 – Facebook Ad: “It’s now a border invasion”
- 11/1/22 – Twitter: “This is an invasion.”
- 7/22/22 – Email: “More than 1.7 million illegal immigrants…that’s over 6 times the population of Madison.”
- 7/18/22 – Twitter: “Another record-breaking month of the Biden administration’s incompetence as they deliberately allow the invasion at our southern border to continue.”
- 7/25/22 – Twitter: “The Biden administration is single-handedly responsible for this invasion.”
- 8/18/22 – Twitter: “❌ 40-year high inflation❌ High energy prices❌ Southern border invasion ❌ Surging crime wave”
- 9/15/22 – Twitter: “Maybe the Border Czar will now find some time to see this invasion for herself?”
- 11/1/22 – Twitter: “This is an invasion.”
- 11/15/22 – Twitter: “The #BidenBorderCrisis is still an invasion. Pass it on.”
- 12/7/22 – Twitter: “If Joe Biden stood with law enforcement, he would’ve visited the southern border yesterday to hear directly from our worn-down agents who are on the front lines of this invasion.”
- 12/12/22 – Twitter: “This is no longer just a border crisis. It is a full-blown invasion. And President Biden isn’t lifting a finger to stop it”
- 12/15/22 – Twitter: “@Heritage has tracked illegals who have made their way all the way up to Wisconsin’s 7th District. Joe Biden, Secretary Mayorkas, and NGOs must be held responsible for facilitating this invasion.”
- 4/24/22 – Twitter: “There is one person in Wisconsin who can stop the invasion–Senator Baldwin. If she joins a few of her Senate D colleagues like Kelly/Hassan/Tester, it will happen.”
- 1/9/23 – Rep. Bob Good’s Press Statement Close Biden’s Open Border Act: Bob Good states invasion – co-sponsored by Tiffany
- 1/3/23 – Twitter: “Democrats repeat the lie that the border is secure when our Border Patrol agents are literally UNDER ATTACK. We cannot allow this invasion to continue. Secure the southern border. End catch and release. Support Border Patrol.”
- 1/16/23 – Twitter: “Yet another record-setting month in the worsening illegal alien invasion that President Biden created and continues to fuel.”
- 1/26/23 – Twitter: “We promised the American people accountability for the #BidenBorderInvasion. And accountability is coming. The Biden administration will have to answer for their deliberate role in erasing American sovereignty while enriching drug cartels.”
- 2/8/23 – Twitter: “Name me another world leader who would leave $7 billion worth of military equipment to the Taliban, deliberately erase their nation’s sovereignty, and allow Communist China to spy on their homeland. NAME ME ONE! NAME ME ONE!”
- 2/13/23 – Twitter: “Over 5.8 MILLION illegal immigrants have crossed the southern border since Joe Biden took office. That’s BIGGER than the population of LA. DOUBLE the population of Chicago. And MORE than the population in 29 states”
- 2/9/23 – Twitter: “People around the world know President Biden has erased our southern border, and they are acting accordingly. The Biden border invasion continues to jeopardize our national security.”
- 3/13/23 – Twitter: “This is an invasion.”
- 3/21/23 – Twitter: “Over 6.1 MILLION illegal immigrants have crossed the border since Joe Biden took office. That’s more than the ENTIRE population of Wisconsin. The #BidenBorderCrisis is an invasion.”
- 5/8/23 – Twitter: “Our country is being invaded in broad daylight. Where is Joe Biden?”
- 5/9/23 – Twitter: “Joe Biden wants you to believe it’s normal to have 150,000 migrants waiting to illegally cross the border on Thursday. Yet, President Trump didn’t have a single MONTH of 150,000 border crossers. Real America wants REAL leadership to stop this invasion.”
- 5/10/23 – Twitter: “The Biden administration has multiple tools at their disposal to STOP this border invasion. But they refuse to use them. As a result, criminals, murderers, and rapists are being released into American communities.”
- 5/10/23 – Twitter: “As many as 700,000 illegal immigrants are expected to cross the southern border illegally in the next few days. That’s enough to fill Lambeau Field 8 TIMES. Why does Joe Biden refuse to stop this invasion?”
- Thomas Massie (R-KY-04)
- 1/9/23 – Rep. Bob Good’s Press Statement Close Biden’s Open Border Act: co-sponsored by Massie
- Chip Roy (R-TX-21)
- 6/8/21 – H.J.Res.50: Recognizing that Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and “imminent danger” posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels who have seized control of our southern border.
- 10/9/22 – Email: “We have to force the Biden Regime to stop ignoring the invasion at our border”.
- 10/4/22 – Email: “The invasion at our border continues while border patrol has their hands tied.”
- 9/28/22 – Email: “Chip’s border plan was recently embraced by Gov. Abbott. Now Chip is encouraging the governor to declare an Invasion.”
- 8/12/22 – Email: “Designating drug cartels as terrorists will force the Biden Regime to stop ignoring the Invasion at our border”.
- 8/5/22 – Email: “Texas Republicans have voted ‘declaring an invasion’ a top legislative priority”.
- 8/1/22 – Email: “As many of you know, Governor Abbott sent illegal migrants captured in Texas on buses to Washington, D.C. as a way to send a message that the invasion at our border needs to be addressed.”
- 7/31/22 – Email: “Now Chip is encouraging the governor to declare an Invasion”.
- 7/19/22 – Email: “Congressman Chip Roy has laid out the case for declaring an invasion at our southern border in a succinct and hard-hitting op-ed in the Daily Caller”.
- 6/23/22 – Email: “Only real, concrete policy solutions with teeth will be able to solve this invasion crisis”
- 7/13/22 – Email: “Yes! It’s a clear invasion and Texas has the right to put an end to it! No, it’s not an invasion when people, drugs, and violence enter our land illegally. Is there an invasion at our border? Vote”
- 5/5/22 – Email: “So this is what he’s been doing while neglecting the invasion at the border?!?!”
- 5/14/22 – Email: “Biden is blocking American energy production; and our “leaders” are intentionally ignoring the invasion at our border”
- 5/2/22 – Fox News: “He’s carrying the water for a President who doesn’t care if our country is invaded, it’s an invasion”
- 4/21/22 – Email: “you think free smart phones is going to de-incentivize the flow of this invasion?”
- 3/25/22 – Twitter: “Your country is being invaded, cartels are empowered, & American are dying…”
- 4/5/22 – Twitter: “We’re being invaded, and we should treat it as such”.
- 10/7/21 – Twitter: “This. Is. An. Invasion. Cartels are pushing people and narcotics for profit and it is harming Americans.”
- 2/7/22 – Twitter: “This is a big deal. This is an opportunity for every state in the union to stand with Arizona – and hopefully Texas – to enforce our border. It’s time. #StopTheBorderInvasion”
- 2/17/22 – Twitter: “#ImpeachMayorkas #StatesStopInvasion”
- 2/23/22 – Twitter: “Met with @TxDPS getting an update on Operation Lone Star. State shouldn’t have to step into the breach of refusal of Biden & Mayorkas to enforce the law… but DPS is – every day – and and if we have, we should not allow ourselves to be held back… It’s an invasion.”
- 4/30/22 – Twitter: “It’s an invasion. Texans & Americans across the country are suffering as a result. Biden refuses to honor constitutional duty to secure the border & defend the people. So, it is the right of Texans to defend our state & of course, like 1836, help from our friends is appreciated!”
- 5/14/22 – Twitter: “Border life. #StateOfOurBorder #Invasion”
- 5/23/22 – Twitter: “TX Primary run-offs! For ALL races, #GOVOTE tomorrow for candidates who’ll take IMMEDIATE action to fight teachers unions & empower parents, stop the border invasion, CUT property taxes, PROTECT COPS & secure our streets, & have proven respect for the rule of law, from DA to AG”
- 6/11/22 – Twitter: “Thx. We agree. Rider can & should be transparent. “None of this money can be used for x, without y.” Be specific – and pass only short term funding & then haul them in to answer… again & again. And Texas should declare an invasion.”
- 6/17/22 – Twitter: “This is good, but putting economic pressure on Mexico must continue to stop the flow. Disbanding is good – but we still have had 2000 a day known got-aways, untold fentanyl killing Texans, and damage to Texas property. #Invasion”
- 7/5/22 – Twitter: “To the ‘it’s not an invasion crowd,’ heavily armed Mexican cartels are pushing human beings & fentanyl for profit into America in violation of our sovereignty while expanding their reach into Texas at the expense, increased danger, & harm to Texans. #EndTheInvasion”
- 7/5/22 – Twitter: “I am on the border in Eagle Pass, Texas. Looks like group north of 400… almost all from Cuba, Venezuela, & Colombia. @CBP is overwhelmed processing & saving lives… leaving border open fir cartels / fentanyl / terrorist threats. #BorderInvasion”
- 7/5/22 – Twitter: “Just encountered another group on the Rio Grande – one guy struggling in the water… @CBP calls in boat to help… guess where that boat is not? Patrolling to stop the fentanyl traffic & dangerous individuals. #BorderInvasion”
- 7/5/22 – Twitter: “What @CBP & @ICEgov is increasingly reduced to – Processing center. Parole or NTA (Notice to Appear). People just come with their papers. Comes with TV, too… but cartels keep making thousands (direct from mouth of women from Cuba I asked 1 hour ago). #BorderInvasion”
- 7/6/22 – Twitter: “Yesterday in Bracketville, TX:“(Texas) should declare an invasion. We should, as Texas, turn people away and do what is necessary to secure our communities.” #SecureOurBorder #EndTheInvasion #TX21”
- 7/6/22 – Twitter: “End the Cartel Driven Invasion.”
- 7/7/22 – Twitter: “Every day. And @cbp is then processing them to release them to NGO’s within 24-72 hours… leaving CBP off the line, exposing us to criminals, fentanyl, terrorists. It’s an invasion. cc: @BillHemmer”
- 7/7/22 – Twitter: “One metric matters- stopping the flow. That requires 1) Mexico to stop it and/or 2) turn away / removal. #BorderInvasion”
- 7/9/22 – Twitter: “End the Invasion, Secure the Border”
- 7/10/22 – Twitter: “There is no pretense of enforcement. No pretense of even analyzing an asylum claim. Just catch and release – by the thousands… every day. While criminals and narcotics flow across our open border. #BorderInvasion”
- 7/11/22 – Twitter: “If there’s a candidate from a party that mistreats immigrants and Mexicans, we’re going to ask our countrymen there that they don’t vote for that candidate or party,” Andrés Manuel López Obrador told reporters Friday.” #BorderInvasion
- 7/11/22 – Twitter: “Coming up on @HARRISFAULKNER at 1015 CT #EndTheInvasion @FoxNews”
- 7/11/22 – Twitter: “All true. All preventable. #BorderInvasion”
- 7/13/22 – Twitter: “Restore the Rule of Law. End Cartel-Driven Invasion. Now.”
- 7/13/22 – Twitter: “This will continue. It will continue until the @HouseGOP & @SenateGOP stop business as usual. Voting this week for the #NDAA – or voting in September for government funding – without demanding change is business as usual… #EndBorderInvasion”
- 7/13/22 – Twitter: “Daily battle. Cartels are exploiting open borders for profit and political power in Mexico… endangering and causing the death and trafficking of both Americans and migrants. #EndBorderInvasion #DesignateCartelsFTO”
- 7/13/22 – Twitter: “8,000 apprehensions a day, so passing up the population of the town you grew up in (36,000) in about 4 DAYS.” on @DLoesch today 1.5 MILLION Apprehensions in FY22 to date; about the population of San Antonio #TX21 #EndTheInvasion”
- 7/15/22 – Twitter: “Enough. #EndBorderInvasion”
- 7/18/22 – Twitter: “End the Invasion. ROY: Biden Twiddles His Thumbs While Our Southern Border Is Under Siege https://t.co/aPPRiuiG2J via @dailycaller”
- 10/23/22 – Twitter: “Approximately 72,000 Americans died last year from fentanyl poisonings. There were 58,193 American casualties over the 20 years of the Vietnam War. #BorderInvasion #StandUpForAmerica”
- 10/24/22 – Twitter: “Turns out “brown people” (the left’s term) don’t like fentanyl, cartel empowerment, crime, and a total lack of security – all in the left’s false mantra of compassion at our border. #BorderInvasion #StandUpForAmerica”
- 12/6/22 – Twitter: “Dear #TxLege – 1) Empower parents / choice – & actually end CRT in schools, 2) Cut Property Taxes, 3) Add only reliable power to grid, 4) Take criminals off streets / stand with cops, 5) Act to stop border invasion. In DC – we’ll fight to back you up. #StandUpForTexas”
- 12/12/22 – Twitter: “Hey #TxLege: 1) Empower parents w/ school choice – & FULLY end CRT in schools, 2) Add ONLY reliable power to grid, 3) Cut property taxes, 4) Take criminals off streets & stand w/ cops, 5) Act to stop border invasion. In DC – we owe you support. See: #TxBorderPlan #StandUpForTexas”
- 12/13/22 – Twitter: “Tx Rancher: “I’m getting seriously concerned about T42 ending. We’ve had 5 groups on us in past 7 days, 6 groups… last 10 days. 2 groups yesterday… it’s a really bad sign. And no one (sheriff or DPS) is able to respond. What am I suppose to do?” #Invasion #StandUpForAmerica”
- 5/21/22 – Twitter: “The record 1300 lbs of illicit fentanyl seized at the border in APRIL ALONE is enough to kill 294,835,000 people, nearly the entire population of the United States.“Operational Control”? @AliMayorkas@JoeBiden @KamalaHarris”
- 11/21/22 – Twitter: “When Title 42 ends we could see 15,000 – 17,000 crossings a day – more than the entire population of Martha’s Vineyard Border Patrol is completely overwhelmed and the Biden Administration needs to be held accountable #ImpeachMayorkas #StandUpForAmerica”
- 2/1/22 – “The Biden Border Crisis I” Judiciary Committee Hearing – asked Judge Samaniego “you testify there’s no invasion”. “Caravans isn’t just materializing out of the ether it’s just the most recent wave of an invasion that is being aided and abetted by liberal activists who believe that subverting United States law is the best way to achieve their radical policy objectives. “working for the border patrol in Laredo Texas and Hispanic a Texan it’s racist for that Hispanic American to say that it is an invasion that his border patrol Personnel are overwhelmed” 1:40:48-1:49:29
- 2/3/23 – Fox News: “Texas Rep. Chip Roy slams Democrat judge who said it’s racist to describe border crisis as an invasion”
- 4/21/23 – Twitter: “A border wall – which I support – is utterly useless to stop the invasion unless we TURN AWAY anyone lacking papers or a legitimate claim to asylum (i.e. most illegal traffic). That requires federal enforcement (working on forcing it) or state action under Constitution.”
- 5/9/23 – Twitter: “You’ve got 750K people amassing in Mexico ready to come into the United States” “this is an invasion – we’re getting over run!” “And this administration is FIDDLING while our nation BURNS” WATCH: Rep. Roy & @JesseKellyDC(@TheFirstonTV) talk #Title42
- 5/11/23 – Twitter: “The chaos is intentional. Even with the border on the verge of breaking down, the Biden Administration is directing DHS to release migrants into our country. It’s time to end these magnets of illegal immigration and secure the border.”
- 5/11/23 – Twitter: “The @cbp has been totally abandoned. #HR2 #Invasion #EndBorderCrisis”
- 5/12/23 – Twitter: “Contradicting other tweet re: Texas – am told: “very different mission based off the AOR. If the Feds own the Area, it’s supporting the Invasion… Whereas in the RGV it was repelling or redirecting the invasion…”
- 6/26/23 – Twitter: Secure Our Border. Build The Wall. End The Invasion. Proud to be with @RonDeSantis in Eagle Pass this morning, visiting with Texans impacted by the Border Crisis #NoExcuses #GreatAmericanComeback
- 6/27/23 – Twitter: Secure The Border. Build The Wall. Stop The Invasion. #NoExcuses #GreatAmericanComeback
- 7/24/23 – Twitter: To consider funding federal government: 1) Return Federal Bureaucracy to Pre-COVID, 2) End Border Invasion & fed attack on Texas, 3) End FBI Weaponization, 4) End Racist DEI Govt Policies, 5) Make Europe Handle Ukraine, 6) End War on Reliable Energy. #WinForAmerica
Ben Cline (R-VA-06)
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- 7/5/22 – Twitter: “As Texas counties now officially declare an “invasion” at the border, I recently wrote in the Roanoke Times about what CBP, Texas state law enforcement, and local authorities told members of the Budget Committee is needed to extinguish this border crisis.”
- 7/26/21 – Twitter: “In just the past seven months, over one million illegal aliens have crossed the border. To put that into perspective, that’s more people than the population of six U.S. states. #BidensBorderCrisis”
- 2/1/22 – “The Biden Border Crisis I” Judiciary Committee Hearing – argued against Judge Samaniego about his “testimony there’s no invasion of migrants…how is that not the case” 2:13:24 – 2:13:50
- 2/10/23 – Twitter: “I joined @Lancegooden in introducing the No Tax Dollars for the United Nations’s Immigration Invasion Act to DEFUND the @UN agencies financing the crisis at our southern border. We can’t stand by while global elites actively fund an INVASION of our interior.”
- 5/5/23 – Twitter: “DHS officials CONFIRMED that approximately 700,000 migrants are waiting in Mexico to cross the southern border after Title 42 is lifted next week. That’s over 7 TIMES the population of Roanoke, VA. This is an invasion and it must be stopped. #BidenBorderCrisis”
- 5/17/23 – May 17: Secretary Mayorkas has intentionally violated his oath to defend and protect the homeland. That’s why we must begin impeachment hearings against him. Once @JudiciaryGOP lays out the facts for the American people, it’ll be clear that Mayorkas must go.
- 6/1/23 – Twitter: Think rescinding Title 42 was bad? The Biden admin is now planning on using a mobile phone app to admit nearly 40,000 illegals into the U.S. each month. Secretary Mayorkas is INTENTIONALLY causing this chaos at our southern border — time for him to go.
- Lance Gooden (R-TX-05)
- 1/20/23 – H.Res.50: Recognizing that Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and “imminent danger” posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists and criminal actors who have seized control of our southern border.
- 7/12/22 – Email: “My colleagues and I are discussing impeaching Sec. Mayorkas for his role in facilitating the invasion at our southern border.”
- 5/20/22 – Facebook Ad: “When Biden lets Title 42 expire, hundreds of thousands of criminal illegal aliens are expected to flood into our country. Sign my petition demanding Joe Bidne end the invasion at our southern border!”
- 4/11/22 – Email: “The immigration policies of this administration are despicable and nothing short of allowing a mass invasion of our country.”
- 4/1/22 – Twitter: “What’s going on at the southern border is not immigration. It’s an invasion”.
- 11/19/21 – Email: “These organizations receive federal dollars and are working in coordination with the Biden Administration, meaning taxpayer dollars and our own government are facilitating this state-sanctioned invasion.”
- 10/27/21 – Twitter: 1,151,796 illegal immigrants crossed into Texas last fiscal year. 1,347,120 people currently live in Dallas, Texas. This is what an Invasion looks like!
- 2/1/23 – “The Biden Border Crisis I” Judiciary Committee Hearing – argues against Judge Samaniego “you said there is no invasion of migrants in our country saying as such continues a false racist narrative…I would advise you to watch your words and be careful when you’re talking about people like Mr Dunn who are voicing a very serious issue migrants are absolutely invading this country” 4:17:24 – 4:17:43
- 1/5/23 – Twitter: “Five actions that would help secure the border: 1. Declare an invasion 2. Fire DHS Secretary Mayorkas 3. Restart border wall construction 4. Investigate NGOs that aid illegal immigration 5. End catch and release Joe Biden’s speech mentioned zero of these.”
- 2/1/23 – Twitter: “Two things Joe Biden should do today: End the COVID-19 national emergency. Declare an invasion at the southern border.”
- 3/22/23 – Twitter: “77% of Americans say violent crime is a problem. 64% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. 53% of Americans see an invasion at the border. So why are Democrats focused on prosecuting their political opponent?”
- 3/26/23 – Twitter: “Alvin Bragg successfully got the media to ignore: China-linked payments to the Biden family Joe Biden’s classified documents The invasion at the southern border But Republicans won’t.”
- 4/13/23 – Twitter: “Title 42 ends next month. Declare an invasion. Close the border. Finish the wall.”
- 3/14/23 – Twitter: “A thousand illegal immigrants stormed a port of entry in El Paso, Texas. The border isn’t secure. The border is being invaded.”
- 4/17/23 – Twitter: “Top 5 U.S. counties for population growth: Three of them are in Texas. Top 5 U.S. counties for population decline: Three of them are in New York. This tweet explains itself.”
- 5/10/23 – Twitter: “New York City. Chicago. Washington, DC. Get ready for more illegal immigrants. Don’t blame Republicans, blame the invasion at the border that Joe Biden allowed to happen.”
- 5/11/23 – Twitter: “DHS Secretary Mayorkas Title 42 plan: Court dates? No. Tracking numbers? No. Massive release of illegals into the U.S.? Yes. The Biden Administration created this invasion.”
- 5/15/23 – Twitter: “Biden vacationed at his Delaware beach house. Harris fundraised with big donors in Atlanta. Mayorkas spent time with the fake news in DC. Meanwhile, Border Patrol agents worked 24/7 over the weekend to stop the invasion they created.”
- Jeff Van Drew, (R-NJ-02)
- 9/14/22 – Twitter: “CBP is approaching 3.5 million illegal migrant encounters at our southern border. This is nearly 1/3 of the entire population of New Jersey. This is more than the entire population of Nevada.”
- 3/9/23 – Twitter: “Pres. Biden & Sec. Mayorkas’ dereliction of duty is beyond belief. Title 42 is set to expire this week & they have NO plan in place to stop the invasion at our southern border. By failing to secure our border, they are putting every single American at risk.”
- 5/8/23 – Twitter: “Pres. Biden & Sec. Mayorkas’ dereliction of duty is beyond belief. Title 42 is set to expire this week & they have NO plan in place to stop the invasion at our southern border. By failing to secure our border, they are putting every single”
- 5/11/23 – Twitter: “This administration has no plan to secure our border & has refused to enforce our rule of law. We are witnessing an intensifying situation at our border and after Title 42 ends, the invasion will only get worse. House Republicans, once again, are the only ones with a plan.”
- Troy Nehls, (R-TX-22)
- 8/5/22 – Twitter: “If only the US government and your do-nothing president were as serious about expelling unvaccinated criminals and illegal aliens that are invading our southern border”
- 9/29/22 – Twitter: “For reference: -19,000 soldiers in the Texas National Guard. -1,400 Border Patrol agents stationed in Texas. There is an invasion, and we are overwhelmed.”
- 9/13/22 – Twitter: “The entire United States military has 1,300,000 active duty personnel. It’s time for Joe Biden to uphold his constitutional duty and protect our borders. This is an invasion.”
- 5/19/22 – Twitter: “Stop the invasion Today, I sent a letter with over 30 of my @HouseGOP colleagues to @JoeBiden to demand he curb the invasion coming through our Southern Border. America is under attack, and if Joe Biden truly is President then he needs to step up and protect Americans.”
- 12/14/22 – Twitter: “Title 42 is one of the last defense measures used to prevent illegal immigration, and it expires next week. 14,000 illegal aliens a day are expected to pour over our southern border. That’s 5.1 million a year. We no longer have a crisis. It’s a full-scale invasion.
- 12/12/22 – Twitter: “There is an invasion at our southern border. What happens when they come to your neighborhood?”
- 11/15/22 – Twitter: “ BREAKING: Governor Abbott declares an invasion at the southern border. God bless Texas!”
- 9/9/22- Twitter: “Nearly 2 MILLION illegals have crossed our borders since Joe Biden took office. When will the White House declare this an invasion?”
- 8/17/22 – Twitter: “2 MILLION illegals and criminals have been encountered at our southern border this year so far. We’re on track to surpass the population of Houston, TX. This is an invasion. A day of reckoning is coming, President Biden.”
- 7/6/22 – Twitter: “The invasion happening at our southern border is rupturing communities and taking lives. Yet Biden, Harris, and Mayorkas are nowhere to be found.”
- 7/5/22 – Twitter: “There is an INVASION at our southern border. The Constitution makes it clear that the Executive Branch MUST protect states from an invasion, but where is Biden, Harris, and Mayorkas? Why are they abandoning Texas and the AMERICAN people?”
- 6/28/22 – Twitter: “The Biden Administration has incentivized this border invasion since day one, yet they continue to lie saying the border is “closed.” There is blood on their hands.”
- 6/16/22 – Twitter: “40-year Inflation High + $5 Gas + Food Shortages + Border Invasion = Televised January 6th hearings. Democrat math makes zero sense.”
- 4/22/22 – Twitter: “How is 7,000 illegals crossing our border PER DAY in March not an invasion?”
- 4/11/22 – Twitter: “SIX MILLION. This is an invasion.”
- 2/17/22 – Twitter: “🚨Invasion at our Southern Border🚨@DHSgov reported that 153,941 illegal immigrants were arrested this January. They also reported that 62,573 of those illegals were released into the U.S.But what about the remaining 91,368 illegals that were also arrested? Where are they?”
- 11/6/22 – Twitter: “FAIR has determined that 5.5 million illegal aliens have crossed the U.S. border since Biden became President. That’s larger than the population of Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio combined.”
- 8/17/22 – Twitter: “2 MILLION illegals and criminals have been encountered at our southern border this year so far. We’re on track to surpass the population of Houston, TX. This is an invasion. A day of reckoning is coming, President Biden.”
- 2/1/23 – Press release: “Secretary Mayorkas is the chief architect of the migration and drug invasion at our southern border.
- 2/1/22 – “The Biden Border Crisis I” Judiciary Committee Hearing – argues against Judge Samaniego “you stated there is no invasion… I would like to ask you this question do you believe that these illegal migrants are coming into our communities harming the American citizens” 4:30:51 – 4:31:49
- 2/23/23 – “The Biden Border Crisis II” Judiciary Committee Hearing – “I was able to quickly quickly discredit his testimony by producing numerous numerous articles of crime in his community as a result of this Invasion…I sent a letter to Biden calling him to invoke that guarantee clause and if you don’t understand if you look at article 4 section 4 there’s an invasion… I’ll just read the United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a republic form of government and shall protect each of them against Invasion we are being invaded yes Article 1 Section 10 State self-defense Clause reserves to the states the sovereign power to repeal an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and imminent danger your” 1:57:55 – 2:02:45
- 3/13/23 – Fox News: “How can anyone watch those videos without thinking there’s a full-blown invasion at our southern border?”
- 4/8/23 – Twitter: “Border Patrol Agents found more than 140 illegal aliens in two stash houses in El Paso. Our country is being invaded, and the Biden Administration is doing nothing to stop it.”
- 5/11/23 – Twitter: “President Biden didn’t have to do anything to secure our border when he took office. He just had to keep his mouth shut and leave President Trump’s policies in place. Over 5 million illegal aliens have invaded our country since Biden took office, and it’s only getting worse. House Republicans are fighting like hell to secure the border, and the Democrats are nowhere to be found.”
- Barry Moore, (R-AL-02)
- 4/26/22 – Twitter: “A secure border is a compassionate border. Under President Biden’s failed policies, drug & human traffickers are overrunning our border. Our communities are being invaded, and Biden is complicit.”
- 5/26/21 – Twitter: “Last month, 100,441 illegal immigrants entered the southern border. To put that alarming number in perspective, that’s more than the population of Dothan, Wetumpka and Andalusia combined… Keep reading my latest ‘The Moore You Know’ column below “
- 4/11/22 – Twitter: “We told Biden: If you defund the police, you’re going to see rising crime. If you do away with the border wall, you’re going to see an invasion issue. If you print money, you’re going to see inflation. If you rely on foreign oil, you’re going to see a rise in gas prices.”
- 1/30/23 – Twitter: “The number of illegal alien encounters in ONE MONTH at our southern border exceeded the population of the largest city in Alabama by OVER 40,000.”
- 2/1/23 – Twitter: ““The chaos on our southern border IS NOT AN ACCIDENT. “It’s INTENTIONAL.” —@Jim_Jordan
- 2/7/23 – Twitter: “Democrats think anyone supporting a secure border, safe communities, and fair elections is a “white supremacist.” What does Real America think?”
- 2/9/23 – Twitter: “The D.C. City Council shouldn’t be allowed to shred the Constitution and pass a bill that allows illegal immigrants to vote in local elections. See my statement on keeping elections in D.C. free and fair.”
- 2/6/23 – Press Release: “He was fought every step of the way, and yet we’ve spent $100 billion securing Ukraine’s border against Russia, and we have an invasion on [our] southern border”.
- Kevin Kiley, (R-CA-03)
- Harriet Hageman, (R-WY-AT)
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- 4/12/22 – Twitter: “The Biden Administration’s plan to revoke Title 42 in the midst of the worst border crisis in history is reckless and will only worsen the drug and human trafficking catastrophe and overall crime wave caused by this invasion. The Democrats own this man-made disaster.”
- 2/1/22 – “The Biden Border Crisis I” Judiciary Committee Hearing – “the number of people crossing the southern border last year dwarfs the number of people who live in the state of Wyoming since Biden took office over 10 times the Wyoming population has crossed the southern border illegally statistics from the Wyoming Department of criminal investigation show a significant increase in fentanyl seizures within the state” 4:53:27- 4:53:36
- 2/22/23 – Twitter: “Since the Biden administration took power, more than eight times the population of my state of Wyoming have entered the country illegally. This is an invasion created by this administration’s failure to live up to the oaths of office they have taken.”
- 2/23/23 – Twitter: “The Biden Administration and Secretary Mayorkas must be held accountable for the invasion on our Southern border. The must do the job that each has sworn an oath to do.”
- 5/2/23 – Twitter: “Over 10 times the population of Wyoming have crossed the border illegally since Joe Biden has been president. It’s time to end his cruel policies that have led to human trafficking and drug smuggling.”
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- Nathaniel Moran, (R-TX-01)
- Laurel Lee, (R-FL-15)
- 1/26/23 – Twitter: “🚨The crisis at our southern border is out of control. We MUST secure our border and ensure @CBP has the resources they need to stop the invasion of drug cartels and criminals into our communities.”
- 2/10/23 – Twitter: “Securing our nation’s southern and cyber borders are top priorities for myself and @HomelandGOP. I joined my colleagues in demanding @SecMayorkas release information regarding China’s invasion of sovereign U.S. airspace. Read the letter ⬇️”
- Wesley Hunt, (R-TX-38)
- 3/29/22- Facebook Ad: The adults are back in charge and here’s what we got: defunded police, looted businesses, crimewave, border invasion, afghanistan disaster…”
- 3/30/22 – Ad: “The adults are back…border invasion”
- 7/20/22 – Twitter: Real problems Joe Biden won’t declare an emergency to fix: Record Inflation Record Gas Prices Southern Border Invasion Rising Crime A depleted military The rise of China
- 3/30/22 – Twitter: “The invasion of our country continues while the Biden Administration sits on their hands and does nothing to stop it.”
- 11/4/21 – Twitter: “Has Biden learned nothing from Tuesday’s elections? The country is being crippled by a broken supply chain, hyperinflation and a border invasion and his response is to push forward with an unconstitutional vaccine mandate.”
- 11/1/21 – Twitter: “Makes one wonder what else Joe Biden has been sleeping through during his presidency? Afghanistan withdrawal, border invasion, inflation, supply chain collapse, COVID, China, shall I continue?”
- 5/27/22 – Twitter: “3+ million illegal crossings since Biden took office – larger than the population of 18 states. I’d say Kamala Harris has abandoned her role as “Border Czar,” except for the fact that she never did it in the first place.”
- 2/1/23 – “The Biden Border Crisis I” Judiciary Committee Hearing – argues against Judge Samaniego “you did say that there’s no Invasion here…I would say five million people constitutes a large number or things and I would say enough fentanyl imported to our country to kill the American five times is is a thing I would consider that to be the direct definition of the word invasion…but this is actually not about race this is actually an issue of Public Safety and if I call this an invasion sir I’m not racist. I could assure you I’m not racist what I can assure you is that I want to make sure that fentanyl doesn’t indiscriminately kill any race religion color or Creed because fentanyl doesn’t care where you’re from fentanyl doesn’t care about race” 4:38:51 – 4:40:12. “that we’ve heard a lot of talk today about the 5 million people illegal people that have that have entered this country and that’s a fact there’s just absolutely no getting around that five million people have entered our country illegally that’s the equivalent to seven congressional districts” 4:37:52-4:38:06
- 2/1/23 – Twitter: “Last time I checked, I’ve been black for a long time. I’ve been a minority for a long time. Am I racist for calling what’s happening at the southern border, an invasion? No. I’m a Congressman who is tired of this administration using racism as a scapegoat for everything. -WPH”
- 3/10/23 – Twitter: “Example 4,265,708,211 that everything and everyone is racist according to the Democratic Party. Calling the border crisis an invasion is RACIST! Demanding voter ID is RACIST! Suggesting the U.S. have common sense energy policy is… RACIST. America is struggling because we have very unserious people in serious positions of power.”
- 5/8/23 – Twitter: “Thank you to our brave law enforcement officers and border patrol who continue to do all they can in the face of Biden’s Border Invasion.”
- 5/10/23 – Twitter: “Example 4,265,708,211 that everything and everyone is racist according to the Democratic Party. Calling the border crisis an invasion is RACIST! Demanding voter ID is RACIST! Suggesting the U.S. have common sense energy policy is… RACIST. America is struggling because we have very unserious people in serious positions of power.”
- 5/11/23 – Twitter: “Today, a GOP House will pass H.R. 2. to secure the border. Biden will do nothing but process the invasion into our country.”
- 5/11/23 – Twitter: “Here’s what you need to know about Biden’s Border Invasion: CBP is apprehending more than 10k illegal aliens a day. This will multiply tenfold after Title 42 is lifted.”
- 5/23/23 – Twitter: “Does this look like a country that’s thriving? Does this look like a nation that’s equipped to handle an influx of millions of illegal immigrants? Biden’s border invasion represents the death of the American dream. We have to get it right in 2024. There is no other option.”
- 6/7/23 – Twitter: Mr. Wolf, if you were running DHS under President Trump the same way Mayorkas is under Biden, what do you think President Trump would have done to your job? ANSWER: I would NO longer be there. #BidenBorderInvasion
- Russell Fry, (R-SC-07)
- 1/24/23 – Twitter: “Last month over 8,100 illegal immigrants crossed our southern border EVERY SINGLE DAY. That is TWICE the population of my hometown of Surfside Beach. We have to close the border and hold Joe Biden accountable.”
- 5/24/23 – Twitter: “There have been OVER 5.2 MILLION illegal crossings of our southern border since Biden took office. That’s the entire population of the state of South Carolina. This administration CONTINUES to fail to do its job to protect and defend our country’s borders.”
- Dan Bishop, (R-NC-09)
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- 6/8/21 – H.J.Res.50: Recognizing that Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and “imminent danger” posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels who have seized control of our southern border.
- 9/19/22 – Twitter: “That’s more than twice the population of Charlotte, NC. In less than one year.”
- 10/25/22 – Twitter: “The invasion at our southern border is no accident. The Biden administration wants our border wide open.”
- 12/19/22 – Twitter: “El Paso has declared a state of emergency – 84,000 illegal aliens have entered the city in less than 4 months. Not one place in the US has the resources to handle this invasion. With Title 42 expiring, it’s about to get much worse.”
- 7/14/22 – Twitter: “We’re facing an invasion at the southern border, and ICE is running out of money – all while we’re funneling billions of dollars to Ukraine. Insane.”
- 10/3/22 – Twitter: “More than the entire population of Charlotte, NC. And those are just the ones we know about. #Invasion”
- 4/27/19 – Facebook Ad: “Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and the rest of “Wrong Dan” McCready’s crazy friends in Washington want open borders, sanctuary cities, amnesty and voting rights for illegal aliens.”
- 9/30/22 – Press Release: “I cannot support any bill that kicks the can down the road to a lame-duck Democrat Congress. Biden and the Democrats have refused any and all opportunities to address the invasion at our southern border, and have continued spending at a breakneck pace despite the disastrous impacts on our economy.”
- 9/14/22 – Twitter: “The administration is not just derelict in its duty – the wide open borders are INTENTIONAL.”
- 7/18/23 – Twitter: “It literally looks like a military invasion.” Harrowing testimony today in @HomelandGOP. Biden’s border invasion hurts everyday Americans the most. Walls work. To stop the invasion, we need one.
Republican Judiciary Committee Witnesses:
- February 1, 2023 witness – Sheriff Mark Dannels, Cochise County, AZ
- Sheriff Mark Dannels is a “Constitutional Sheriff” close to the Constitutional Sheriff and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) which falsely asserts that Sheriffs are the highest authority in the land and do not have to follow federal law. CSPOA has close ties with the Oath Keepers and has endorsed the white nationalist “invasion” conspiracy theory. And Dannels is also close with FAIR and repeatedly pushed the “invasion” conspiracy.
- 5/12/21 – interview: “What they do see is the trafficking, the invasion to their way of life, the trespass, the pursuits. I worry about that, the horrific event that is looming out there. A citizen or law enforcement is going to get killed,”
- 2/1/23 – Dannels submitted testimony made several references to the “invasion” conspiracy.
- February 1, 2023 witness – Judge Dale Lynn Carruthers, Terrell County, TX
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- Judge Dale Lynn Carruthers was one of the first local officials in Texas who declared an “invasion.” She is also close with the hate group FAIR.
- 6/5/22 – In the press conference announcing the declaration invoked the dehumanizing language of an “invasion” over a dozen times.
- 2/1/23 – Carruthers submitted testimony “The invasion of illegals trespassing on their property flows from the countryside right into our communities and straight into yours.”
- February 23, 2023 witness – Jonathan Lines, a Yuma County Supervisor, Yuma, AZ
- Jonathan Lines is the former chairman of the Arizona Republican Party and has described migrants seeking asylum and safety as an “invasion.”
- 11/1/22 – Washington Examiner: ““Where the Trump wall ends, we experience about 1,000 people coming across the border on a daily basis … I would categorize it as an invasion,” said Jonathan Lines, who is also the former chairman of the Arizona Republican Party” video clip of the interview
- 7/12/22 – Endorsed Mick McGuire and retweeted this tweet from McGuire “Jonathan Lines is on the front line of our border invasion. I value his experience on this issue, and his endorsement in this race.”
- 7/3/22 – Twitter: “@jp_twist we have a multiple front border invasion”
- February 23, 2023 witness – Sheriff Leon Wilmot, Yuma County, AZ
- Sheriff Leon Wilmot is a part of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Police Officers Association (CSPOA), a far-right organization with ties to white supremacists, the Oath Keepers, and Wilmot was personally active in their election denial activity. Wilmot is the second CSPOA-aligned Sheriff the House Judiciary Committee as invited this year.
- 6/24/22 – DailyCaller: “Wilmot said that over 223,000 people crossed and another approximately 23,000 people are known to have evaded apprehension into Yuma County, which are considered “getaways,” so far in fiscal year 2022. “That’s the same population as my county,” Wilmot said.