{"id":553137,"date":"2021-06-04T19:35:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T23:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=553137"},"modified":"2021-06-04T19:35:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T23:35:30","slug":"retired-navy-seal-morgan-luttrell-announces-run-for-congress-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-navy-seal-morgan-luttrell-announces-run-for-congress-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired Navy Seal Morgan Luttrell Announces Run For Congress In Texas"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fretired-navy-seal-morgan-luttrell-announces-run-for-congress-in-texas%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=553137&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-110-e1622846793515.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Retired Navy Seal Morgan Luttrell announced Thursday that he is running for Congress in Texas, according to CBS19.<\/p>\n<p>Luttrell, a former Navy Seal and special advisor to Energy Secretary Rick Perry, is running to fill Republican Texas Rep. Kevin Brady\u2019s seat in 2022, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs19.tv\/article\/news\/local\/morgan-luttrell-announces-bid-for-congress\/501-9b4425a5-e808-4f5b-ab97-88cbbb6594de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a>. The potential Congressman also made an appearance Friday on \u201cFox and Friends,\u201d telling co-host Brian Kilmeade that he\u2019s running because \u201cit\u2019s a necessity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongressman Brady is stepping down in our district, and this is my home. I was born here. I grew up here. We need strong leadership to fill the roles of those that are stepping away after their long terms,\u201d Luttrell said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.9087452471483\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cTo support and defend the Constitution of the United States\u201d: Retired Navy Seal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLuttrellTX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MLuttrellTX<\/a> announces his bid for Congress, says he\u2019s running for the same reason he served our country. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XuHwr6fizf\">pic.twitter.com\/XuHwr6fizf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Kilmeade (@kilmeade) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kilmeade\/status\/1400793083197935618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Luttrell added that as a conservative, he would have to create a \u201cdefensive posture\u201d when working with other House members. \u201cIn order to push conservative agendas and do what\u2019s right for our country, the Republican party needs to come together, like we are and have been in the past, and fight for what\u2019s right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A political campaign video released by the retired Navy veteran said a \u201cpolitical battle going on in our country\u201d and that Americans \u201cneed experienced, tough leaders in Washington who will stand up for what\u2019s right and always put America first.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/14\/texas-representative-kevin-brady-retires-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Texas Rep. Kevin Brady To Retire From Congress)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.477876106195\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The radical left is waging a culture war on Texans\u2019 very way of life. We can\u2019t allow the conservative values we\u2019re teaching our children to be threatened by Washington, DC. As your Congressman, I will bring bold leadership and always put America first. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TX08?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TX08<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GKkkjDHHov\">pic.twitter.com\/GKkkjDHHov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Morgan Luttrell (@MLuttrellTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLuttrellTX\/status\/1400437361033502729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Several of Luttrell\u2019s priorities include protecting the Second Amendment, finishing the wall and securing the border, and stopping alleged liberal indoctrination in classrooms, according to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morganluttrell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired Navy Seal Morgan Luttrell announced Thursday that he is running for Congress in Texas, according to CBS19.Luttrell, a former Navy Seal and special advisor to Energy Secretary Rick Perry, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279289,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-110-e1622846793515.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Retired Navy Seal Morgan Luttrell Announces Run For Congress In Texas","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-553137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-110-e1622846793515.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Retired Navy Seal Morgan Luttrell Announces Run For Congress In Texas","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}