A fantastic night last night and beautiful Montrose, Colorado with my friends for their annual Lincoln Reagan Day Dinner. Each day I think about what an honor it is to represent Western Colorado and how proud I am to be doing exactly what I promised you I would do in Congress. Each day on the campaign trail last year, we would talk about how frustrating it is when Republicans don’t get in the fight, when they don’t stand up for our conservative principles, and I promised then, I would work hard to find common ground, but I would not compromise on principle.
This past week is a perfect example of that. We had Nancy Pelosi in a box, where she didn’t have the votes for her trillion-dollar spending spree, even AOC in the squad wasn’t with her. Face it, the Democrats could not even pass a kidney stone let alone a trillion dollars in new spending. But, sure enough, 13 so-called Republicans flipped sides and voted for this and bs and passed it.
So here’s the deal. We don’t need to just take back the house in 2022, we need to take back the House with strong conservatives who don’t flinch, who speak up and help take our country back. The candidates are out there, and I want you to know I’m working hard to help make sure they get elected. Virginia showed us we don’t need to run scared, and we don’t need to run light, we need to run strong. I proved it can be done because of your support and others will follow. 2022 cannot get here fast enough. So hang with me. God bless you and have a great day.
The 13 Republicans joining Democrats in support of the bill were:
- Reps. John Katko (R-N.Y.) https://katko.house.gov/
- Reps. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) https://garbarino.house.gov/
- Reps. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) https://malliotakis.house.gov/
- Reps. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) https://reed.house.gov/
- Reps. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) https://vandrew.house.gov/
- Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) https://chrissmith.house.gov/
- Reps. Don Young (R-Alaska) https://donyoung.house.gov/
- Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) https://kinzinger.house.gov/
- Reps. Fred Upon (R-Mich.) https://upton.house.gov/
- Reps. Don Bacon (R-Nebr.) https://bacon.house.gov/
- Reps. Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio) https://anthonygonzalez.house.gov/
- Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Penn.) https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/
- Reps. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) https://mckinley.house.gov/