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When Republican House Natural Resources Committee Members Amplified White Nationalist Conspiracy Theories

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Most of the Republican Members of the House Natural Resources 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.

  • Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR-04) supported the white nationalist “invasion” rhetoric in his official weekly column on July 7th, 2022 applauding officials in Texas who declared an “invasion.” He has also attended an annual event held by a SPLC-designated hate group, Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) in September 2022. The hate group was founded by a white nationalist John Tanton and the event was used to spread the false narrative of open border, fentanyl and the “invasion” rhetoric.
  • Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-01), Lauren Boebert (R-CO-03), Paul Gosar (R-AZ-09), Daniel Webster (R-FL-11), and Matt Rosendale (R-MT-02) are cosponsors of the bill H.R. 2737 – “Stop the Invasion Act.”
  • Rep. Lauren Bobert (R-CO), promoted Oversight’s first Committee hearing with the deadly conspiracy tweeting: “Mark your calendars. The week of Feb 6th. A @GOPoversight hearing on the invasion at our southern border. Time to get to the bottom of this mess. Buckle up!”
  • Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), all but a card-carrying white nationalist, frequently promotes the “invasion” and “replacement” conspiracy. On January 23, 2023, Gosar tweeted: “We shouldn’t be sending tanks to Ukraine. They belong on our southern border, where America is being invaded.” Most recently, Rep. Gosar said in a “better society” General Mark Milley, the highest ranking military official, would be “hung”.
  • Matt Rosendale (R-MT-02), tweeted on his official twitter account that Biden “is letting [them] invade our southern border. We need a President that will take a stand against illegal immigration and secure our border” further pushing the idea that Democrats are in cohorts with the non-white migrants to “change the demographic” of the United States which is a version of the replacement conspiracy.

Why this matters:

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 2022.

In July 2023, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas confirmed in testimony before Congress that when Members of Congress use great replacement conspiracy theory language like describing migrants as an “invasion,” it “fuels the threat landscape we encounter.” Tasked with combating threats to the homeland, Members of Congress who employ “invasion” and “replacement” conspiracies are actively making the Secretary’s job harder and increasing the threat to public safety.

The FBI and the Justice Department have also testified that the threat from violent domestic extremists is a leading terrorist concern. In November 2022 and December 2022, DHS issued memos warning about threats to migrants and infrastructure at the southern border in response to anti-immigrant-related concerns.

While many of the Republicans, including those in the House Natural Resources Committee, have adopted rhetoric and versions of the “Great Replacement Theory” that are slightly less explicitly racist and antisemitic, their rhetoric furthers the same sort of dehumanization that paints non-white migrants as an existential threat. As an excellent resource from Human Rights First explains: “Dog whistles for this conspiracy include ‘voter replacement’ or statements claiming increases in border crossings are ‘intentional.’” 

Dr. Heidi Beirich, Co-founder of the 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.

Check out our short resource guide for information HERE.

Outlined below is a running list of examples of Republican House Natural Resources Committee Members engaging in this dangerous rhetoric.

  • Bruce Westerman (R-AR-04)
    • 7/19/21 – Twitter: “Illegal immigration continues to surge as Customs and Border Protection reports the largest influx in immigrants in 20 years. In June alone, CBP encountered 188,000 immigrants. For perspective – that’s nearly the population of Little Rock, AR. #BidenBorderCrisis”
    • 7/7/22 – Official Weekly Column: “This week, several counties in Texas declared the immigration crisis at our southern border an “invasion,” and Arizona AG Brnovich urged Governor Doug Ducey to do the same. President Joe Biden continues to ignore the crisis and has doubled down on his America Last policies by moving forward with his plan to end Title 42, also known as the Remain in Mexico policy, after the Supreme Court’s ruling last week.”
    • 9/29/22 – FAIR (SPLC designated Hate Group): Attended FAIR’s annual event with many other GOP members
  • Doug Lamborn (R-CO-05)
    • 9/20/21 – Twitter: “This is what an invasion looks like. Where is our border czar? #BidenBorderCrisis”
    • 3/1/22 – Twitter: “Since President Biden assumed control of the White House, more than 2.3 million illegal immigrants have been apprehended attempting to enter the United States. This number surpasses the population of Houston, Texas – the fourth-largest city in America.”
    • 11/7/22 – Twitter: “5.5 million illegal immigrant crossings have occurred since Biden took office – nearly the population of the ENTIRE state of Colorado. Biden and Democrats have no plan to solve our Southern border crisis. ⬇️Republicans do ⬇️https://republicanleader.gov/commitment/safe-communities/”
    • 1/20/23 – 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.
  • Paul Gosar (R-AZ-09)
    • 5/9/19 – Twitter: “This invasion is unsustainable!”
    • 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.
    • 11/9/21 – Twitter: “Our southern border is being invaded by illegal aliens. 2.3 million lawbreakers will pour into the U.S. this year. AOC and Joe Biden continue to defend their open border politics. I will always fight for the rule of law, securing our borders & defending the American First agenda.”
    • 12/7/21 – H.R. 6155 No Tax Dollars for the United Nation’s Immigration Invasion Act: co-sponsor of the bill
    • 6/23/22 – Twitter: “Day 1. Declaration of emergency under Art. 1 Sec. 10 – a state can defend its borders when “actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.” The invasion will continue until stopped by force at the border. Only @KariLake is willing to protect us.”
    • 7/7/22 – Ad: “An invasion on our border, a caravan of illegal immigrants”
    • 7/13/22 – Twitter: “🚨 GOSAR MINUTE 🚨As our beloved country suffers from record inflation, high gas prices, an invasion on our southern border and record crime, Democrats are focused on……. January 6th! WATCH: https://t.co/x2Ixv6RUpW”
    • 8/17/22 – Twitter: “For the seventeenth straight month, more than 150,000 illegal aliens crossed the southern border including 200,000 illegal aliens in July 2022. The Biden Regime has facilitated an invasion of our sovereign borders of more than 4.2 million illegal aliens since January 2021.”
    • 9/3/22 – Twitter: “States have a right to repel the invasion at our southern border. We don’t need to be driving illegals further into the country on busses, we need to build the wall, deport them all, and protect our borders.”
    • 10/10/22 – Twitter: “”Among the several million illegals that have invaded our country in just two years are terrorists, robbers, rapists, murderers, cartelists, child molesters, and other lawbreakers. The Biden Regime has abdicated its duty to stop this invasion – brave governors MUST. https://t.co/tEPxLPnntx”
    • 11/3/22 – Twitter: “Illegal alien crossings at our southern border this year have flown past 2.76 million, breaking the previous annual record by more than 1 million, according to Customs and Border Protection data. This is an invasion and we are losing our country.”
    • 11/4/22 – Twitter: “A nation without borders is no nation at all. Unfortunately, Joe Biden and the Regime Puppeteers behind him don’t even believe in borders as a concept, not for our nation at least. It’s time to put Americans First, and stop the invasion at our southern border.”
    • 11/16/22 – Gosar Statement Regarding October Illegal Border Crossings and Ongoing Invasion: “I commend Texas Governor Abbott on his declaration of invasion. This concept, initiated by Kari Lake, should be adopted in Arizona and all border states.  The invasion is real, palpable and wrecking our country,” concluded Congressman Gosar.”
    • 11/20/22 – Twitter: “I commend Texas Governor Abbott on his declaration of invasion. This concept, initiated by @KariLake, should be adopted in Arizona and all border states. The invasion on our southern border is real, palpable and destroying our country.”
    • 12/21/22 – Twitter: “Over 5 million illegal aliens walked across our border in the last two years. We are under a sustained invasion. Not one red cent should go to Ukraine while our border is open.”
    • 1/9/23 – Twitter: “What can this be called other than an invasion? We must strengthen and close our borders immediately.”
    • 1/10/23 – Gosar Votes to Repeal Funding for 87,000 Additional IRS Agents: “We don’t need more IRS agents pestering our citizens, instead we need 87,000 more Border Patrol Agents fighting the invasion along our southern border,” concluded Congressman Gosar.”
    • 1/20/23 – 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.
    • 1/27/23 – Twitter: “We shouldn’t be sending tanks to Ukraine. They belong on our southern border, where America is being invaded.”
    • 1/28/23 – Twitter: “My constituents are in Arizona, not Ukraine. The only invasion that I am concerned with is the invasion on our southern border.”
    • 1/30/23 – Valiant News: “The only invasion that I am concerned with is the invasion on our southern border.”
    • 2/1/23 – Press Conference: Attended a press conference calling for DHS Secretary Mayorkas to be impeached littered with “invasion” rhetoric.
    • 2/7/23 – Twitter: “Like I said today at the Oversight Committee hearing, Biden’s border plan is to deliberately keep it wide open and hand it over to the Mexican cartels. He’s not interested in border security. He wants to fundamentally and irreversibly change the fabric of our nation.”
    • 2/7/23: Oversight Hearing On The Front Lines of the Border Crisis: A Hearing with Chief Patrol Agents – “What is the answer to this mess for Biden and the Democrats? More Big Brother? More control? Even changing our culture?…Rest of the border patrol seated here in front of us with the tools they need to stem the invasion of illegal aliens” 1:22:17
    • 2/13/23 – Twitter: “The real alien invasion is the one that the media doesn’t want you talking about: Over six million illegal aliens have crossed our southern border in just two years.”
    • 3/13/23 – Twitter: “This is an invasion. Finish Trump’s border wall. Militarize the border. Mass deportations. No amnesty.”
    • 4/19/23 – Twitter: “We are under a sustained invasion in the United States. Over six million illegal aliens have crossed our wide open border since Biden took office. WE NEED: • A Strong, Secure Border • Mass Deportations • Immigration Moratorium • Mandatory E-Verify • A Completed Border Wall”
    • 4/22/23 – Twitter: “Proud to cosponsor. America is under a sustained invasion on our southern border – it’s time to fight back.”
    • 4/26/23 – Twitter: “The 257,910 combined encounters this year is about 3 percent more than the combined 250,404 encounters recorded a year ago.” The Biden Regime Border Crisis is the worst in American history. That’s why I cosponsored H.R. 2737, the Stop the Invasion Act.”
    • 5/3/23 – Twitter: “Over 6 million illegal aliens walked across our border since Biden took office. America is under a sustained invasion. Not one cent should go to Ukraine while our border is wide open.”
    • 5/6/23 – Twitter: “An estimated 700,000 migrants are planning on rushing through our border when Title 42 ends on May 11th. This is a planned and sustained invasion. America needs to act accordingly.”
    • 5/7/23 – Twitter: “My constituents are in Arizona, not Ukraine. The only invasion I am concerned with is the invasion on our southern border.”
    • 5/8/23 – Twitter: “Over 6.5 million illegal aliens have invaded America since February 2021. Over 35 million illegals remain in America. Nearly 1 million are set to cross this month. Our military has one job: defend our borders. Instead, Biden has sent $200 billion in military aid to Ukraine to defend THEIR borders. Unacceptable.”
    • 5/9/23 – Twitter: “The Biden Regime is encouraging this invasion for two main reasons: They want to stay in power forever, and they hate the Americans already here.”
    • 5/10/23 – Twitter: “States have a right to repel the invasion at our southern border. We don’t need to be driving illegals further into the country on buses. We need to build the wall, deport them all, and protect our borders.”
    • 5/10/23 – Twitter: “Over 700,000 illegal aliens are preparing to flood into our country through our wide open borders when Title 42 ends tomorrow. America is being invaded. Border states must repel the invaders as is their right.”
      5/12/23 – Twitter: “FACT: The current invasion at our southern border would not be happening if President Trump was still in the White House.”
    • 5/13/23 – Twitter: “America needs an immigration moratorium. STOP THE INVASION!”
    • 5/20/23 – Twitter: “We cannot have legal immigration when we are experiencing an invasion of rampant illegal immigration at our southern border. It’s a threat to our national security, economy, our culture, and our way of life. We need an immigration moratorium.”
    • 5/12/23 – Twitter: “Joe Biden has created the worst border crisis in history, welcoming with open arms more than 6.5 million lawbreakers into America since his first day in office, along with 14,000 pounds of deadly fentanyl. It goes beyond incompetence. This is malice. This is intentional.”
    • 4/20/23 – H.R. 2737: Cosigner of Stop The Invasion Act
  • 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.”
    • 5/11/23 – House Floor: “Democrats have deliberately admitted into our country more than 2.1 million illegal aliens. That is larger than the entire population of the state of Nebraska…prelude to the mass invasion before our eyes”. 19:35
    • 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?”
    • 7/26/23 – Twitter: “Since Mayorkas took office more than 2.1 million illegal immigrants have been released into the U.S. That’s a population the size of the state of Nebraska. 1.5 million known got-aways have illegally entered as well. That’s an illegal population the size of the state of Hawaii.”
  • Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-01)
    • 9/4/22 – Twitter: “Our nation is facing 40-year high inflation, diminishing real wages, a southern border invasion, and a fentanyl epidemic, but President Biden thinks the greatest threat to America are his political opponents. Republicans are actually trying to FIX these problems.”
    • 11/30/22 – Twitter: “After two years of an unprecedented invasion at our southern border, U.S. Border Patrol agents are now warning that they could face up to 18,000 illegal crossings A DAY. That’s triple the current daily average. The Biden Administration has NO plan to end the border crisis.”
    • 12/28/22 – Twitter: “The Supreme Court decision to halt the termination of Title 42 is a necessary step in solving the southern border invasion. The Administration must act to halt the flow of illegal aliens and drugs pouring over our borders and protect American sovereignty.”
    • 8/8/23 – Twitter: “Armed Cartel Smugglers are coming over our southern border, bringing drugs and illegal migrants into the country. Enough is enough. @POTUS: secure the border and end this invasion.”
    • 4/20/23 – H.R. 2737: Cosigner of Stop The Invasion Act
  • Daniel Webster (R-FL-11)
    • 4/20/23 – H.R. 2737: Cosigner of Stop The Invasion Act
  • Russ Fulcher (R-ID-01)
    • 5/24/19 – Twitter: “The newest data from @HomelandGOP @RepMikeRogersAL shows a 591% increase in migrants at the border, compared to April 2017. Fiscal year totals of migrants at the border have reached over half a million. To put that in perspective, it is approx. the population of Tucson, AZ.”
    • 9/29/22 – FAIR (SPLC designated Hate Group): Attended FAIR’s annual event with many other GOP members
  • 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?”
    • 9/29/22 – FAIR (SPLC designated Hate Group): Attended FAIR’s annual event with many other GOP member
    • 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?”
    • 9/13/23 – Twitter: “The invasion continues.”
  • Jerry Carl (R-AL-01)
    • 8/13/21 –Twitter: “The number of illegal crossings in July equals the population of Huntsville, and the crossings in June equal the population of Mobile. Over 1 MILLION crossings so far this year! Meanwhile, President Biden is vacationing.”
    • 9/1/23 – Twitter: “300,000 just in the month of August! That’s 70,000 more than the population of Baldwin County. These are just the ones we know about. How many are unaccounted for?”
    • 9/29/22 – FAIR (SPLC designated Hate Group): Attended FAIR’s annual event with many other GOP members
  • Matt Rosendale (R-MT-02)
    • 5/5/21 – Twitter: “…The amount of apprehensions is equivalent to the population of West Glendive, and the Biden administration is doing very little to stop the flow of illegal aliens flooding over our borders.”
    • 9/22/21 – Twitter: “Border crossings have reached their highest level in decades. More than 200,000 people were intercepted by US Border Patrol last month, bringing the total to 1.3M for the year For reference: Montana’s population is a little more than 1M This is an invasion”
    • 10/15/23 – Twitter: “To put an end to the ongoing southern border crisis, Remain in Mexico must be reenacted. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like Joe Biden wants to put an end to this invasion.”
    • 10/21/21 – Twitter: “Proud to lead this effort with @RepAndyBiggsAZ I urge all my @HouseGOP colleagues to join this effort and put an end to the invasion at our southern border.”
    • 10/21/21 – Press Release: “I urge all of my colleagues to join this effort, and commit to ending the invasion at our southern border.”
    • 10/23/21 – Twitter: “CBP finally released the latest numbers for illegal alien encounters at our southern border. The highest amount in recorded history. President Biden is allowing an invasion at our southern border.”
    • 10/27/21 – Twitter: “It is critical that we pass the REMAIN in Mexico Act to put an end to the invasion at our southern border.”
    • 11/1/21 – Twitter: “Is anyone surprised? Joe Biden has led our nation into crises on multiple fronts. – An invasion at our southern border – Mass spending fueling decades-high inflation – Our supply chains are broken But hey, no mean tweets.”
    • 11/4/21 – Press Release: “With more border encounters the past year than any year on record, it’s clear we’re past the point of this being a crisis. The Biden Administration’s efforts to dismantle President Trump’s successful immigration policies has led to an outright invasion at our southern border.”
    • 2/1/22 – Twitter: “Today, I participated in the @freedomcaucus hearing on the Biden Border Crisis, the admin’s lawlessness that enables it, and the true human costs. Nancy Pelosi And @HouseDemocrats may not want to hold hearings to shine a light on the invasion at our southern border—but we will.”
    • 2/2/22 – Twitter: “The U.S. government should not be funding nonprofits that are actively facilitating the invasion at our southern border. These groups are complicit in the human suffering caused by the cartels’ human and drug trafficking operations at our border—we must hold them accountable.”
    • 2/2/22 – Twitter: “The Biden Administration is sending thousands of American troops to Eastern Europe in an attempt to prevent an invasion of Ukraine, while actively facilitating the invasion of our nation by millions of illegal aliens. Joe Biden is the America Last President.”
    • 2/8/22 – Twitter: “Reports that the U.S. Capitol Police are spying on members of Congress, their staff, and their constituents are deeply troubling, and an invasion of Americans’ rights to privacy. A full investigation must be launched. Thank you @RepAndyBiggsAZ for leading this effort.”
    • 2/8/22 – Press Release: “It is far past time that American foreign policy actually serves our national interests and puts the American people first,” said Representative Rosendale. “In Joe Biden’s first year in office, we have seen an invasion of over 2 million illegal aliens at our southern border.”
    • 2/11/22 – Twitter: “.@SecMayorkas has gutted ICE interior enforcement and undermined the ability of CBP to stem the flow of illegal aliens and narcotics at our border. It is clear Mayorkas has no interest in stopping this invasion of our country—he must resign, or be impeached immediately.”
    • 2/15/22 – Twitter: “CBP Commissioner Magnus and ICE Acting Director Johnson owe the American people answers on how they plan to stop the invasion taking place at our southern border. Border Security Caucus members, like myself, have questions. I hope they will come speak to the BSC.”
    • 3/6/22 – Newsletter: “Two weeks ago, I was busy confronting issues our nation is facing, such as the continued invasion at our southern border”.
    • 4/8/22 – Twitter: “”DHS officials are estimating there could be up to 18K illegal migrants apprehended at the southern border every day.” Our immigration system will collapse if we don’t stop this invasion. Immigration laws MUST be enforced and the wall must be completed.”
    • 5/10/22 – Press Release: “Since President Biden took office, DHS has verified that dozens on the terrorist watch list have entered our country, and we have seen an invasion of over 2.5 million illegal aliens at our Southern border. DHS estimates show the number of illegal crossing apprehensions could more than double to almost 18,000 a day following the lifting of Title 42.”
    • 5/31/22 – Twitter: “There have been over 1.2 million illegal alien encounters in 2022. That number exceeds the population of Montana.”
    • 7/19/22 – Twitter: “We continue to obligate ourselves to protect other countries while continuing to ignore the invasion that is taking place on our southern border and the fentanyl chemical attack and associated loss of life it has caused. #MontanaFirst #AmericaFirst”
    • 7/29/22 – Twitter: “When illegal immigrants invade southern border states, there is no crisis. When illegal immigrants are transported to a liberal-led city, it is a humanitarian crisis.”
    • 9/16/22 – Twitter: “Hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens have invaded our nation’s southern border towns, and the Left proclaims the border is secure. 50 illegal aliens “invade” Martha’s Vineyard, and the Left lose their minds. #DemHypocrisy”
    • 9/19/22 – Twitter: “The only way to resolve the invasion of illegals on the southern border is for the federal government to enforce our immigration laws, but this Administration refuses to do so. They are using the crisis as a pawn in their political games.”
    • 10/3/22 – Twitter: “Coming Up: Joining @VinceCoglianese on 105.9 FM, WMAL, at 2 pm MDT. Vince and I will be discussing the invasion happening right now on the southern border, the left’s spending spree in Congress, and the destruction of American energy under President Biden.”
    • 12/23/22 – Press Release: “While Americans struggle with inflation, an energy crisis, and a southern border invasion, this bill fails to address these issues in favor of earmarks for special interests and foreign countries, including an additional $45 billion for Ukraine. Montanans deserve better from Congress.”
    • 2/20/23 – Twitter: “Biden visits Ukraine the same day reports show record high illegals crossing our northern border. How bad does this invasion of our country need to get before he substantively addresses it? #ImpeachMayorkas”
    • 4/20/23 – H.R. 2737: Cosigner of Stop The Invasion Act
    • 5/11/23 – Press Release: “President Biden’s open border policies have created nothing short of a national security and humanitarian crisis at our southern border,” said Rep. Rosendale. “With Title 42 expiring, we must put strong policies in place to stop the invasion of illegal immigrants – the Secure the Border Act will resume wall construction, provide necessary resources to Border Patrol Agents, and reform asylum policies. It’s time for our nation’s leadership to take border security seriously.”
    • 5/11/23 – Twitter: “I voted YES on H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act. It’s time to stop the invasion!”
  • Lauren Boebert (R-CO-03)
    • Congressional website: “Since Biden has taken office, over 3.8 million illegal aliens crossed the southern border, and that’s just the ones we know of and doesn’t include the got-a-ways. To put that in perspective, that’s more than 4x the entire population of Denver.”
    • 12/7/21 – H.R. 6155 No Tax Dollars for the United Nation’s Immigration Invasion Act: co-sponsor of the bill
    • 5/31/22 – Rep. Nehls’ letter to Biden: “Today, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22)—along with 32 Republican lawmakers—sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging he uphold Article IV, Section 4 of the United States Constitution, known as the Guarantee Clause, which requires the Executive Branch to protect the states from an invasion.” – co-signer of this letter
    • 10/20/21 – Twitter: “How it started: Paul Revere riding through the night to warn of an invasion. How it’s going: Joe Biden allowing an invasion in the dead of night.”
    • 1/8/22 – Twitter: “More than 2.4 million illegal aliens tried to enter our country last year thanks to the Biden invasion. https://t.co/fKKg0cGinC”
    • 1/10/22 – Twitter: “Democrats want 7,000,000,000 people to be able to elect the US President. They want zero boundaries and zero rules. New York City has noe even make it legal for non-citizens to vote in elections. No one except for living US citizens should be voting in US elections.”
    • 4/8/22 – Twitter: “Secure the border. Stop the invasion. https://t.co/jQVMxSbMFz”
    • 6/2/22 – Twitter: “The Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents caught nearly 4,000 migrants over the Memorial Day Weekend. More than 1,600 migrants avoided apprehension and made their way into the United States. Make no mistake, this is not a “humanitarian effort”, it’s a full-scale invasion!”
    • 11/3/22 – Twitter: “CBP recorded more than 600,000 known “got-aways” at the Southern Border since last October.That’s more illegal immigrants than the population of Wyoming who are now wandering the US freely. That’s Biden’s idea of a secure border. Be sure to vote accordingly on Tuesday.”
    • 1/19/23 – Twitter: “Mark your calendars. The week of Feb 6th. A @GOPoversight hearing on the invasion at our southern border. Time to get to the bottom of this mess. Buckle up!
    • 1/19/23 – Twitter: “Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents reported 10,000 crossings last week, with around 30% of those getting away. While much of our attention is rightfully on Biden’s classified document disaster, let’s not forget our nation is still under invasion.”
    • 1/26/23 – Twitter: “Send tanks to our Southern Border, not Ukraine.”
    • 2/1/23 – Press Conference: Attended a press conference calling for DHS Secretary Mayorkas to be impeached littered with “invasion” rhetoric.
    • 2/7/23 – Twitter: “Shame on Oversight Dems for claiming this hearing is intended to, “amplify white nationalist conspiracy theories”. It’s about protecting the American people!”
    • 2/7/23: Oversight Hearing On The Front Lines of the Border Crisis: A Hearing with Chief Patrol Agents – “would you agree that the policy did change and the truth is that there is an invasion happening at our southern border” 3:14:01
    • 2/7/23 – Twitter: “Under President Trump, it was catch and deport. Under President Biden, it’s catch and release. The invasion at our southern border is a direct result of the policy changes by Joe Biden.”
    • 2/28/23 – Twitter: “We’ve already hit 1,000,000 illegal border crossers for FY2023. Our country is under invasion and those in charge of stopping it are doing nothing. We cannot continue this way!”
    • 4/20/23 – Twitter: “The invasion along our southern border has gone on for long enough. Joe Biden has failed to enforce the law, so I co-sponsored @RepOgles’ bill to force him to do his job.
    • 3/1/23 – Twitter: “We’ve already hit 1,000,000 illegal border crossers for FY2023. Our country is under invasion and those in charge of stopping it are doing nothing. We cannot continue this way!”
    • 4/21/23 – Twitter: “The invasion along our southern border has gone on for long enough. Joe Biden has failed to enforce the law, so I co-sponsored @RepOgles‘ bill to force him to do his job.”
    • 5/11/23 – Twitter: “While @POTUS, @SecMayorkas, and the rest of this administration turn their backs on the American people, we passed the Secure the Border Act, in the House. We must protect our great nation and we must defend our southern border from this invasion!”
    • 5/13/23 – Twitter: “We’ve seen the video of the Paso Del Norte bridge in El Paso being rushed yesterday. Liberals get bent out of shape when we say our country is being invaded. Even our ports of entries are not secure. Impeach Secretary Mayorkas!”
    • 5/28/23 – Twitter: “Instead of addressing the real issues like the invasion of our southern border, @POTUS continues to push an agenda that strips away our Second Amendment rights to bear arms. This leaves the American people vulnerable and unable to protect themselves against criminals HE is letting invade our southern border. We need a President that will take a stand against illegal immigration and secure our border, not take away our constitutional rights.”
    • 5/13/23 – Twitter: “We’ve seen the video of the Paso Del Norte bridge in El Paso being rushed yesterday. Liberals get bent out of shape when we say our country is being invaded. Even our ports of entries are not secure. Impeach Secretary Mayorkas!”
    • 6/13/23 – Twitter: “Biden has allowed a complete and total invasion at our southern border, failing in his duty to keep our country and our children safe. Traitor Joe deserves to be impeached!”
    • 6/15/23 – Twitter: “As a result of POTUS’ dereliction of one of his most basic duties to defend the homeland, we’ve had more than 5.3 MILLION illegal aliens invade our southern border. That’s why I’ve introduced Articles of Impeachment for Traitor Joe! I discussed this and more with @ericbolling”
    • 6/20/23 – Twitter: “Biden intentionally ceded command & control of our border to cartels. His dereliction of duty caused the deaths of over 900 Coloradans from fentanyl, enabled sex-trafficking, & allowed an invasion. I brought my articles of impeachment up via a privileged motion to force a vote.”
    • 4/20/23 – H.R. 2737: Cosigner of Stop The Invasion Act
  • Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02)
    • 7/7/22 – Outside the Beltway on the Real America’s Voice: “Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) vows to shut down U.S. government to stop border invasion”
  • 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
    • 7/26/23 – Twitter: “When you sell out America for personal gain, you should be impeached. When you use your office to cover up the crimes of your son, you should be impeached. When you fail to protect our country from a foreign invasion, you should be impeached. As an Army veteran, I took an oath and I honored that commitment.  As a Congressman, I took an oath and I honor that commitment. Can Biden and Mayorkas say they’ve honored theirs?  The American people know the truth.
  • Mike Collins (R-GA-10)
    • 5/9/23 – Twitter: “America is facing an immigration invasion. Our border is overrun, and it’s getting worse. Finish the wall. Give no quarter.”
    • 5/26/23 – Twitter: “Crazy idea here. Let’s secure the border and stop the immigration invasion.”
    • 9/22/23 – Twitter: “🚨🚨 ‘Local officials declare emergency, ask for state and federal help as crossings rise from Mexico’ We have an invasion underway. We needed troops and a wall yesterday! No money for a Ukraine border until the American border is secure.”
    • 9/26/23 – Twitter: “🚨🚨 “11k migrant encounters at the SW border in the last 24 hours” Folks, we have an invasion on our hands.This is why @HouseGOP passed the strongest border security bill in history 𝐚𝐧𝐝 why we must get these appropriations bills off to the Senate.”
  • Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13)
    • 8/15/22 – Ad: Lauren Boebert’s endorsement ad for Anna Paulina Luna by stating that “Anna Paulina Luna has zero tolerance for illegal immigration, opposes amnesty, and will fight to stop the invasion at our southern border.”
    • 1/9/23 – Twitter: “Tonight I will be voting to DEFUND the 87,000 IRS agents which the federal government would weaponize to spy on Americans & go after small businesses. Why don’t we instead hire 87,000 new border patrol agents to protect the American people from invasion, @JoeBiden?”
    • 2/6/23 – Twitter: “❌ The record-breaking levels of suspected terrorist encounters & migrant deaths  ❌ CBP seizing over 9,000 lbs. of fentanyl coming across the border ❌ Democrats refusing to hold a single hearing on the border invasion Prepare your papers, @SecMayorkas.
  • Harriet Hageman, (R-WY-AT)
    • 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.”