Gallagher comes to Wittenberg on campaign trail

Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher, who represents Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District, anticipates a “red wave” will sweep the nation in November. He made a campaign stop and touched on several pertinent issues Aug. 3 at Maple Hills Golf Course in Wittenberg, as he is seeking reelection Nov. 8.

Gallagher told the crowd that he is optimistic about Republicans regaining control in the House of Representatives.

“The good news is that (Republicans) are going to take back the House of Representatives and retire Nancy Pelosi,” said Gallagher. “Not to sound overconfident, but I am very confident.

“The American people are fed up and frustrated. Things are happening domestically and abroad. The American people are going to voice their frustration come Election Day.”

According to Gallagher, the United States Senate is debating a proposal that would put half of a trillion dollars toward production of electric vehicles — an expenditure he describes as a “corporate boondoggle for subsidizing electric vehicles.”

“This is already after we spent $6 trillion on COVID-19. This is after the Democratic House and the Democratic Senate passed a $280 billion CHIPS bill,” said Gallagher. “We just keep spending all of this money that we don’t have, and the Biden administration acts surprised that we have inflation — or denies that we have inflation.”

“This is a green, new deal bill, described as an inflation-reduction act,” said Gallagher. “This will turbo-charge inflation moving forward.”

He went on to question the reason for producing electric vehicles.

“I am not an expert on electric vehicle technology, but they require electricity,” said Gallagher. “That electricity is not coming through renewable, by and large. Electric vehicles, actually, are not better for climate change or the environment. If you look at the life cycle of what it takes to build an electric vehicle, it is worse for the environment than a traditional car.”

After talking about energy, Gallagher brought up American citizens’ views on the United States foreign policy.

“Thank God that we were able to take a strike against the leader of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri,” said Gallagher. “This is a good thing that we were able to take a bad guy off of the battlefield. But the Biden administration is saying this vindicates their entire decision to get out of Afghanistan, and their entire over-the-horizon counter-terrorism approach.”

Gallagher noted that al-Zawahiri was not killed in a remote cave or compound, but in Kabul, Afghanistan.

“He was meeting with a senior adviser, who is apart of the Taliban government,” said Gallagher. “If you remember, when they (the Biden administration) were justifying their surrender to terrorists in order to get out of Afghanistan, they said: ‘Don’t worry; al-Qaida and the Taliban are enemies.’ Well, clearly they are not enemies — this guy was meeting with them.”

Gallagher went on to slam those who support the decision to remask children in school, as another reason why American citizens are frustrated.

“The Milwaukee Public School District has said that they are going remask kids,” said Gallagher. “What is the scientific reason for remasking kids? It did not work the first time. You are not protecting these kids — you are harming them. Their socialization and mental health are being harmed by having to wear a mask.”

He noted that with President Joe Biden in office, if the Republicans win the House and Senate. they still won’t be able to pass a lot of legislation.

“What can you do in a divided government that prepares the way for having a Republican president in 2024?” asked Gallagher. “Well one, we will have control of the committees. So we will have subpoena powers to launch investigations and start to hold people accountable.”

Gallagher said that with subpoena power, Chief Medical Adviser Anthony Fauci and the entire intelligence committee can be held accountable for failure surrounding the origins of COVID-19.

“We can hold those accountable for the way that our own government was funding dangerous research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, that likely was the reason why we had a pandemic that disrupted — if not destroyed — people’s lives for two years,” said Gallagher. “At a minimum, Fauci should not be collecting the most generous government pension in American government history. He is the highest-paid government official. Holding Fauci accountable is essential to returning some semblance of trust.”

Finally, Gallagher said that accountability can be forced onto those overlooking the United States’ southern border.

“The Biden administration admitted that they are building part of Trump’s wall,” said Gallagher. “They recognize that a physical barrier is essential to keeping people out of this country that are coming in illegally. There is a whole series of investigations that we need to do, relating to mismanagement of the southern border and the total chaos that currently exists there.”

He pointed to drugs coming across the border as an important reason why accountability needs to be held.

“One hundred thousand Americans dead because of fentanyl,” said Gallagher. “The sub-components of fentanyl being are made in communist China and being shipped to the drug cartels in Mexico.”

lreimer@newmedia-wi.com