All posts tagged "Brandon Gill"

A Wall Street Journal social media video sparked a MAGA meltdown after it asked why young men are leaving the workforce.

A video by Mary Julia Koch, the Wall Street Journal's associate editor of its Free Expression newsletter, highlighted how women hold more payrolled jobs than men. Koch cited how male-dominated industries like manufacturing and construction have switched to automation and offshoring and noted that more men are staying at home.

"But we can fix this," Koch suggested. "We can encourage more men to enter education, health care, and administration, just as women were encouraged to pursue careers in STEM."...

A MAGA congressman tried to capitalize on a political scandal, but it ended up drawing sharp online criticism.

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) tried to weigh in on the scandals involving Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner. He appeared on Fox News and took a swipe at Democrats.

"They didn't have a problem with multiple credible allegations of abuse from multiple women," Gill said. "They have had no problem, really unsavory, frankly, disgusting things that he's written on all kinds of social media platforms. We need decent people running for office, not those who are so transparently scumbags."...

A MAGA congressman's attempt to defend his wing from accusations of racism backfired after online critics laid into him.

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) took to X with a post that featured a picture of him with a serious expression and one of his quotes pulled and in bold.

"The left has one debate tactic: call you a racist and pray you shut up," the quote read. "I never will."...

MAGA Republicans are losing their minds over an innocent social media post that includes a Spanish translation, according to The Daily Beast.

The House Republicans' X post claimed, "House Republicans believe in every American’s potential to thrive by embracing the power of work," and below that, the message was translated into Spanish.

"Some outraged conservatives questioned whether the House GOP account had been hacked, and demanded that whoever posted it to be fired," the Beast reported. "Others recalled President Donald Trump‘s March executive order that designated English as the official language of the United States."...

Texas Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), who sits on the DOGE oversight subcommittee, was thrown for a loop Thursday when CNN's Boris Sanchez challenged him on his Social Security claims.

Sanchez asked, "I do wonder how they're going to get to $1 trillion without cutting into those entitlement programs. Can you guarantee that there won't be a reduction in benefits?"

Gill said one way DOGE will make a dent in that $1 trillion is through removing dead people from the Social Security roles....