Fighting For America

There’s no doubt that Donald Trump has transformed the Republican Party. He’s also transformed many Republicans from wimps to warriors who are fighting for America first. 

Trump has clearly told his cabinet members to stop playing by the old rules when testifying before Congress. Instead of sitting there quietly while one Democrat after another lies to the American people, Trump’s cabinet secretaries are aggressively fighting back. As a result, there have been some remarkable exchanges in what are usually very dull committee hearings.

Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was grilled by House Democrats over President Trump’s immigration policies. Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) demanded to know what the administration was doing to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a deported gang member and wife beater, back to the country. 

“It’s got to be extremely discouraging to be one of your constituents,” Noem said. “To see you fight for a terrorist like this and not fight for them is extremely alarming to me, and I’m sure it is to your constituents.”

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy was on Capitol Hill recently. One Democrat congresswoman used up her entire time repeating one lie after another and accused the Trump administration of firing 400 air traffic controllers. 

When she finished speaking, Duffy said, “Mr. Chairman, there are a lot of falsehoods that were just lodged. If you would give me a moment to respond to five minutes of misinformation, I would be happy to do that.”

Duffy made it clear that the Trump administration has not fired a single air traffic controller. Nor were they allowed to take retirement buyout offers. He also made it clear that the problems plaguing the Federal Aviation Administration didn’t just pop up over the last 120 days. The Biden administration failed to maintain adequate staffing levels over the past four years.

Yesterday, it was Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s turn. Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen (D) attacked Rubio for deporting “Maryland man” Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Left’s patron saint of open borders. Rubio fired back:

“In the case of [Garcia], absolutely, absolutely, we deported gang members, including the one you had a margarita with. And that guy is a human trafficker, and that guy is a gangbanger.”

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) blasted the Trump administration for admitting white Afrikaners from South Africa into America as refugees. Kaine accused the Trump administration of having a race-based refugee policy that favored whites. Rubio replied:

“I’m not the one arguing that, apparently you are because you don’t like the fact that they’re white. . . You’re the one that’s talking about the color of their skin, not me.”

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., was also on Capitol Hill yesterday. After Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) berated him for several minutes, Kennedy didn’t hold back, saying:

“I want to point out something, senator. You presided here, I think, for 32 years. You presided over the destruction of the health of the American people. Our people are now the sickest people in the world because you have not done your job. . . What have you done about the epidemic of chronic disease?”

It’s inspiring and refreshing to see these Trump administration officials boldly standing up to the Left and unapologetically fighting for America first!