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NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND – Former Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) told Breitbart News at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that House Speaker Mike Johnson should craft a “three-issue contract” with Americans addressing the national debt, the border crisis, and “endless wars.”
Breitbart News caught up with Brat on radio row at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center Thursday, where he shared his vision for a unified Republican front on several key issues in the House of Representatives heading into the November elections.
Former U.S. representative for Virginia’s 7th congressional district and member of Republican Party Dave Brat speaks as he attends a panel named “Education for Dummies” during the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Maryland, United States on March 4, 2023. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
“The last guy that was hugely effective was Newt Gingrich as Speaker because he had a ‘Contract with America.’ And so, I want Mike Johnson, who’s a great person, and I want him – you can just have a three-issue contract,” Brat explained. “And it’s clear, everybody knows what they are: the endless wars – throw in China and Ukraine in that bucket – and then the debt – we’re $50 trillion in 10 years, according to CBO – and we’re going to grow at 1.5% for the next 20 years… and then the border invasion, which is just existential.”
Brat noted that Congressional Democrats are unified in their approach to issues, whereas Republicans often run as individuals with platforms that are tailored to their specific districts – a recipe for “disaster.”
“What no one knows is the Democrats are unified. The Republicans… there’s 220 congressmen and women; when we go into the room, our strategy is you just fund people and let them go run 220 different elections,” Brat explained…
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