#chip roy

Alex Woodward at The Independent:

A proposed bill from a top House Republican could be used to denaturalize U.S. citizens who “advocate” for socialism, including anyone who is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America or any “affiliate” group, which includes New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and dozens of public office holders across the country. Monday’s bill from Donald Trump ally and Republican Rep. Chip Roy, a leader in the far-right House Freedom Caucus, would radically expand the grounds for deporting, denying entry and stripping the citizenship of anyone in the country based on their real or perceived politics or ideology, echoing President Donald Trump’s attempts to “maximally pursue” denaturalization cases and remove tens of thousands of people from the U.S.

Roy’s bill — Measures Against Marxism’s Dangerous Adherents and Noxious Islamists, or MAMDANI Act — would amend the decades-old Immigration and Nationality Act to target any “alien” over “any membership, affiliation or advocacy of socialist, communist, Chinese communist, Marxist or Islamic fundamentalist doctrines.” Trump and his allies have repeatedly used citizenship and immigration law as a cudgel in the president’s government-wide deportation project, with administration officials and Republican members of Congress routinely threatening to strip citizenship from their political opponents. The Texas Republican’s latest escalation specifically targets Democratic Socialists of America, a political organizing group with more than 100,000 members, including Mamdani and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib.

The bill’s text also broadly implicates any other group that discusses socialism, communism or Marxism, echoing largely defunct Red Scare-era laws that sought to identify and remove any perceived communists from the country.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) proposes a fascistic anti-American law called the MAMDANI Law to deport and denaturalize those who advocate for “socialism”, “communism”, “Marxism”, or “Islamic fundamentalism.”

This bill is yet another attack on those opposed to Satan 47’s regime.

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Republicans are now blocking an effort to allow new mothers in Congress to vote remotely shortly after giving birth.

So. Chip Roy.

The man who once yelled at his own party, “Name ONE thing we’ve done with this majority,” has decided he’s qualified to run Texas’s legal department.

His résumé?

✔️ Former Ted Cruz sidekick (which is basically like listing “assistant chaos goblin” on LinkedIn).

✔️ Worked under Ken Paxton before deciding, shocker, Paxton is corrupt.

✔️ Congressman who spent most of his time yelling at Republicans for not being Republican enough.

He’s not exactly Team Trump’s bestie.

( Oh no guy, But who would really want to be besties with a pedo, felon? )

Voted for the tax cuts and most of Trump’s agenda.

BUT also called BS on the “stolen election” schtick.

THEN endorsed DeSantis over Trump in 2023, which is basically like picking Diet Maga and thinking nobody would notice.

Why is he running now?

Apparently, after the Hill Country floods, he had a revelation that his “true calling” is serving Texans as AG. (Translation: Congress is messy, Texas politics is blood sport, and the Paxton throne is up for grabs.)

But the race is stacked, he is up against:

Joan Huffman (aka the Senate budget queen),

Mayes Middleton (deep pockets, even deeper ambition),

Aaron Reitz (Paxton’s golden boy).

So yeah, it’s basically the Hunger Games, Texas edition.

The Irony:

Chip Roy used to be Paxton’s first lieutenant. Now he’s running to take over the same office while Paxton cheers on someone else.

That’s not just political beef, that’s Texas BBQ slow-smoked betrayal.

Summary:

Chip Roy is the Republican who:

Fought his own party,

Side-eyed Trump,

Broke up with Paxton,

And now wants to run the law shop of a state where the law is mostly used as a political weapon.