ATLANTA—For too long, Republicans have caused the things they campaign against, like big government spending, Rep. Chip Roy said Saturday.
“Republicans give lip service to wanting to … shrink the size of government,” the Texas Republican said at Erick Erickson’s The Gathering conference in Atlanta, “and they won’t do it.”
Many Republican members of the House of Representatives voted against spending cut amendments in the federal budget in March, Roy noted.
“Until Republicans are willing to do what Democrats are always willing to do, which is risk your election certificates to change the country and change the trajectory of the country, it’ll never change,” Roy said.
In his famous 1964 speech, “A Time for Choosing,” Ronald Reagan presented Americans with the choice between freedom under limited government, and big government intervention….
