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Rep. Pfluger on his main takeaways from the State of the Union:
Words can't describe, especially how that speech ended up last night, the feeling in the room.... and let's just kind of remember the environment that he took over in January of 2025 with a wide-open border, tens of millions of illegal aliens who had poured in here, a fentanyl crisis, soaring inflation, an economy that was wrecked, a military that had been demoralized and degraded. I mean, the list goes on and on. So, you know, he kind of walked through that. It was much less of a rally, and I would say, I've heard Donald Trump speak so many times, and this speech was different. The feeling was different when he talked about the things that he has done, the things that Congress has done, like the One Big, Beautiful Bill, and the amount of money that's going to come back into people's pockets this tax season. Reminding us of the facts of closing down the border and really working hard to get the economy back on track. 53 record days on the Dow since he's taken office. I mean, it's really amazing to just look back at the record now.
Rep. Pfluger on President Trump honoring Veterans during the address:
Here's what I want to say about the end of the speech...when he brought out the veterans, and I'll specifically say when he brought out the army helicopter Chief Warrant Officer that flew the mission into Venezuela, that was shot multiple times through the leg and still landed that helicopter, that Chinook helicopter, in the compound where we were able to apprehend Maduro, Nicholas Maduro. When he talked about him, he also talked about his wife, and they were standing in the opposite corner from the First Lady. So we kind of looked around, and we thought, 'Where is he?' And then, the President didn't say anything. He just let us figure it out. We looked over in the back left corner, and there is this soldier who is out of the textbook of what it looks like to be a soldier with perfect posture, standing up. And he talks about those accomplishments, and then he said, we have a surprise for you. We're going to give you the nation's highest award, which is the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was a huge surprise to all of us, and there wasn't a dry eye in the Capitol. There was not a dry eye in that room to see how much he cares about our veterans and about our country. The Democrats were on their feet, clapping with smiles on their face...I thought he rallied the country together and highlighted that after 250 years, we are stronger than ever.
Rep. Pfluger on President Trump taking our country in the right direction:
He ended on such a positive note that I think people see that. You know, he's a leader. He's moving our country in the right direction. You may not like the way he talks or tweets or does things like that, but he's moving the country in the right direction.
Rep. Pfluger on Democrats boycotting the State of the Union:
We know that there's a lack of respect for institutions. They've tried to destroy every institution we've had for years, and we saw that on display last night, and it was disappointing. I mean, I sat through President Biden's State of the Union. They were terrible. You know, we all remember those days, but I sat through because I respect the institution of our government. I respect the fact that we have a three-part government, those coequal branches, and no matter who's in the office, I'm going to show that respect from the great district that I represent.
Rep. Pfluger on thanking our nation's leaders and bringing them to Texas-11:
I had the chance to talk to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and a few others. And you know, first off, I told Secretary Hegseth thank you for recognizing the veterans that he did to really go above and beyond and to make a big deal. And then I told Secretary Rubio, thank you for the work that you're doing around the world to reset the way that we interact with other countries and the respect level that we have. I just think he's doing a great job. And it was great to have a chance to talk to them, plus a few of the senators who were there. I was able to talk to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Dan "Razin" Caine. So it was a great opportunity to see a bunch of people. And by the way, General Caine has been to the district. He visited Goodfellow Air Force Base. I invited him to do so, and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Wilsbach, is going to visit here in just a couple of weeks.
Rep. Pfluger on the direction of the Democrat party:
I mean, there's no message on anything. I mean, their policy is really in a state of chaos because they let the radical side of their party take over. And whether it's foreign policy, whether it's health care, whether it's our economy, or the military, or men playing women's sports. They're very confused. Y'all know this. I work hard to represent the great district of West Texas, the Permian Basin, the oil and gas production, and agriculture. There are Democrats out there who have joined us. Every bill I passed last year was bipartisan, but those Democrats’ voices have been drowned out by radicalism. They have been drowned out by the far left, and until they police that up and clean it up, they will have no message. It will not resonate with America.
Rep. Pfluger on the SAVE America Act and voter ID:
You should have heard the gallery last night when he talked about the SAVE America Act. I mean, how crazy is it that the Democratic National Convention requires you to present an ID to get into their convention, yet they can't even stand up and agree to the fact that you have to prove you're a citizen when you register, and you have to show your ID when you go to vote? I mean, this is just insane. Thankfully, Texas has very good election integrity laws. We're going to keep pressing this forward. This is the right thing to do, and 80+ percent of our country believes in it.
Rep. Pfluger on the future of our country:
I'm standing right outside the Capitol. I'm looking at the Supreme Court right now. What an honor to be amongst these institutions. But these institutions wanted us as a self-governing people to make decisions that preserve the integrity of these institutions, that preserve the integrity of our system. And this is a moment where we do have to do that all for it again...There's more to be done. There's more work that we have to accomplish, and I'm very confident that we're going to do that. And I think at the next State of the Union, you're going to hear even more successes and even more triumphs of getting this country back on track and having that pride. We should all really take it in last night that the President highlighted that at the 250th year of our country, we are stronger than ever. We do go through challenges. There have been bumps and hurdles, but we're going to overcome those. And I think there's going to be a time very soon where our country is going to come back together, where the political divisiveness is going to drop, and we're going to come back together as America.
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