{"id":1268853,"date":"2022-02-03T17:08:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T22:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1268853"},"modified":"2022-02-03T17:08:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T22:08:22","slug":"win-the-hearts-chip-roy-grover-norquist-weigh-in-on-the-republican-partys-future-in-dcnf-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/win-the-hearts-chip-roy-grover-norquist-weigh-in-on-the-republican-partys-future-in-dcnf-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Win The Hearts\u2019: Chip Roy, Grover Norquist Weigh In On The Republican Party\u2019s Future In DCNF Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwin-the-hearts-chip-roy-grover-norquist-weigh-in-on-the-republican-partys-future-in-dcnf-debate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1268853&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><ul>\n<li><strong>Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas and Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, spoke at a debate hosted by the Daily Caller News Foundation Wednesday to discuss the future of the Republican Party.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Both commented on the state of the media landscape in the context of discussing Jeff Zucker\u2019s departure from CNN.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Norquist believed that the expansion of liberty was helping Republicans, while Roy noted that the GOP cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of 2017, primarily its failure to repeal portions of the Affordable Care Act.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Texas Rep. Chip Roy and Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), spoke at a debate hosted by the Daily Caller News Foundation on Wednesday to discuss the future of the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Where Roy and Norquist disagreed, it was not so much on policy details, but on whether the Republican Party was on the right track, with the congressman warning that the GOP may not be able to afford failing to deliver without causing \u201cmassive rumblings\u201d about the party\u2019s future. Norquist sounded a more optimistic note, based on what he described as an increased stake that many Americans had in personal freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Roy said that when he saw what came out of his taxes, he often wondered just what he was paying for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat bothers me, it\u2019s a big check, but what really bothers me is what I get out of it,\u201d Roy said. \u201cI\u2019m having to worry about taking my kids into Austin because now it is a dangerous place. I can\u2019t send my kids to the public schools I am funding because they can\u2019t pray, they\u2019re being taught America is evil, they are getting absolutely indoctrinated about absolute nonsense by the social woke, social justice, you know climate change, all the stuff they\u2019re trying to shove into our kids\u2019 brains instead of loving America, reading, writing, and arithmetic.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/18\/parents-group-claims-saint-paul-public-schools-indoctrinating-preschoolers-on-transgender-issues\/\">(RELATED: School System Is Indoctrinating Preschoolers On Transgender Issues, Parents Group Claims)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NOW: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DailyCaller<\/a> News Foundation hosts debate between <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GroverNorquist?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GroverNorquist<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chiproytx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chiproytx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v8K2outr3I\">https:\/\/t.co\/v8K2outr3I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elliot Dordick (@elliotdordick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elliotdordick\/status\/1488999279410786316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI want to see government do what it\u2019s supposed to do and not get in the way of the American people,\u201d Roy said, emphasizing that Republicans \u201cgassed it\u201d in 2017 by not doing what they said they would do, including repealing portions of the Affordable Care Act. The House passed legislation repealing Obamacare, but it fell short in the Senate when John McCain, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski voted against the bill along all 48 Democratic Senators.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Hunter, who moderated the debate, pointed out that since the Contract with America, a 1994 promise by candidates for the House of Representatives to bring ten measures to a vote in the first 100 days, Republicans have been \u201cgreat in the abstract\u201d but had often fallen short when in the majority and questioned Norquist as to whether there would be a push for a third party.<\/p>\n<p>Norquist said that calls for a third party had been around since the 1930s, but that he\u2019d been through \u201cthe cycle\u201d multiple times, and that \u201cseveral things have changed\u201d since the 1994 election to the advantage of Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so much better off than when the Republican Party was people born north of the Mason-Dixon Line,\u201d Norquist said, adding that many of the groups that vote Republican do so on the basis of being \u201cleft alone\u201d on their \u201cvote-moving issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are 21 and a half million Americans with a concealed carry permit,\u201d Norquist said, adding that the number rose by 1.5 million despite the presence of 21 \u201cconstitutional carry\u201d states. Norquist also cited the growth of homeschooling and the number of workers with 401(k) retirement plans.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6487557\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-6487557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conservative tax activist Grover Norquist speaks during an interview with Reuters in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2017. REUTERS\/Stelios Varias.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cEvery time you expand liberty, you give people a stake in it, you make it infinitely more difficult for the other team to take it away,\u201d Norquist said, noting the backlash forming against measures targeting the \u201cgig economy\u201d and small businesses. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/02\/elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-ro-khanna-uber-lyft-pro-act\/\">(RELATED: Anti-Ride Share Democrats Spend Hundreds Of Dollars On Uber And Lyft)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are people that are lost to the modern Democratic Party and available to the Republicans,\u201d Norquist added.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the debate, Norquist predicted a Republican sweep that would be much bigger in state legislatures, governorships and other state-level races than in races for the House of Representatives and Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Roy pointed out that even if the Republicans did well, they\u2019d \u201chave a sizable majority in the House, and okay majority in the Senate if we\u2019re lucky \u2013 short of 60, and we don\u2019t control the White House.\u201d He added that Republicans needed to be bold about what they intend to do to \u201cwin the hearts of the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first topic of conversation in the debate centered around the media landscape, propelled by the sudden resignation of CNN President Jeff Zucker on Wednesday. Norquist recounted a reunion which Zucker attended during the 1992 Los Angeles riots in which Zucker told the attendees, \u201cMy job \u2026 was to make sure nobody thought the riots had anything to do with the failure of the welfare state.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7359836\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7359836\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7359836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Photo-by-Kevin-DietschGetty-Images-21312-e1643217313912.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7359836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 SEPTEMBER 22: Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), joined by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), speaks at a news conference about the National Defense Authorization Bill at the U.S. Capitol on September 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Freedom Caucus announced they will not support the military funding bill, saying it does not hold President Biden accountable for the Afghanistan withdrawal, it undermines homeland security and they oppose the female draft amendment to the bill. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Norquist noted that none of those in attendance, which included prominent journalists at the time, felt that Zucker\u2019s comments were newsworthy or problematic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the classic \u2018Rules for thee but not for me,\u2019\u201d Roy said in response, adding that he felt frustrated by those who \u201cpreach\u201d at Americans. \u201cWe act like this is new, it\u2019s not,\u201d the congressman added, \u201cAs mad as we get about the current media environment, Tucker [Carlson], and Neil [Patel], and Sean Davis started\u201d alternative outlets like the Daily Caller and the Federalist. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/01\/the-big-board-dc-rand-paul-thomas-massie-vaccine-mandate\/\">(RELATED: Members Of Congress Show Up To The Only Restaurant In DC Defying Mandates)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got all these different outlets where we can go get the truth,\u201d Roy said, which existed despite censorship by Twitter, Facebook and other social media giants. Norquist agreed, pointing to efforts to restrict talk radio in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><br \/>[embedded content]\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Rep. 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