First appearance on Fox: Former President Trump is receiving blessings from the bayou as he seeks a second term in the Oval Office.
Fox News Digital reported that House Minority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) is supporting the leading Republican candidate, Mr. Trump, as the presidential candidate.
“American workers and families thrived when Donald Trump was president,” Scalise said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital.
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On Friday, January 4, 2019, at a press conference held in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, then-President Trump speaks and Republican House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (right) from Louisiana speaks. listen. (Getty Images)
“The economy was strong and interest rates were low. Groceries were affordable and families could afford to buy homes and support their children,” Scalise continued. “Our borders were safe and crime was down. We had safe energy policies and gas and utility prices were low.”
Scalise said that President Biden “has thrown our country into chaos with soaring costs, and hard-working taxpayers are paying the price.” Under the Biden administration, “gas prices have more than doubled, and housing costs have increased. “Prices are at an all-time low and mortgage rates are at an all-time low.” Inflation has doubled, reaching a 40-year high, and interest rates are at a 22-year high. ”
“Hardworking Americans are fed up, and consumer confidence has fallen to record lows under President Biden,” Scalise said.
The House Majority Leader said Americans need to “fix the problems Joe Biden has created and build a strong coalition to deter foreign powers seeking to harm the United States at a time when foreign adversaries have become increasingly aggressive.” “We need leaders,” he said, citing “more than 6.2 million encounters at our southern border.” And “1.7 million known fugitives” have arrived and been arrested from “hundreds of countries” as well as Latin America.
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House Minority Leader Steve Scalise said President Biden “has thrown our country into chaos with soaring costs, and hard-working taxpayers are paying the price.” (Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“FY2023 surpassed FY2022, with the highest number of border encounters on record, 169 people on terrorist watch lists arrested for attempting to enter the country illegally, and CPB hauling in more than 27,000 pounds of fentanyl.” was confiscated.”
“Our communities are not safe in Joe Biden’s America,” Scalise said.
“American families and workers deserve a president who will stand up for them and their safety, who will rescue us from the failed bidenomics and restore our country to greatness,” Scalise said. Stated.
“There's one man in this campaign who has a proven track record of saving the country and getting us back on track, and that's Donald Trump,” Scalise said. “He's done it once before, and I know he'll do it again.”
“I am proud to support Donald Trump as a candidate for president in 2024,” said House Minority Leader Steve Scalise (left). (Getty Images)
“I am proud to support Donald Trump as a candidate for president in 2024. I look forward to working with President Trump and the House and Senate to fight for the families who are suffering under the weight of Biden's failed policies. I'm looking forward to it,” he concluded.
The Republican leadership's endorsement comes as Trump, the leading Republican candidate, faces attempts by several states to remove him from primary ballots.
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Last month, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to exclude President Trump from voting for the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot, citing the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause.
In response to the ruling, Maine Secretary of State Shena Bellows removed President Trump from the state's ballot, citing the same clause in the 14th Amendment.
FOX News Digital has reached out to the Trump and Biden campaigns for comment.
