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Burgess Owens

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Representing #UT04 in Congress Super Bowl XV Champion

Utah, USA
Joined August 2012
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I will never stop defending our values.
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I believe it's possible to be against a police officer killing someone unjustly while being against violent riots. Who's with me?
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As a kid I was told which water fountain I had to use. Don't you dare tell me which national anthem I stand for. It's a beautiful hymn, but the racist notion of saying "here you have this anthem" is unacceptable. I'm a proud American, proud of my history and proud of that flag.
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Who would love to see Nancy Pelosi lose her power?
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There is no "black national anthem". Why does it feel like the country is trying to segregate again sometimes?
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It's time to give @realDonaldTrump a congress that has his back, that has America's back. I am ready to help change DC. Who's with me?
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I'm told continually my support of @realDonaldTrump may hurt my campaign & limit my appeal to moderates. I'm not running a campaign by focus group, I'm running a campaign of truth and Donald Trump has done more for America than any president in my lifetime.
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I'm so glad after living through segregation and the racial tensions of the 60's that I now have woke white college kids willing explain what real racism is to me.
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How many black lives are saved each year by the police? Don't those thousands of black lives matter?
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We don't have a systemic racism problem. We have a systemic victimization problem.
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There is nothing white liberals fear more than a God fearing, educated, black man.
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No child should ever be taught that they're born racist.
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The most popular racist term today... "White Privilege". Don't you dare tell me my skin color holds me back. Don't you dare tell me my skin color makes me a victim.
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In God we trust.
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I'm hoping to vote in a new speaker in 2021. Who's with me? #firepelosi
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I use my I.D. to drive a car, to get a job, to board a plane, pick up prescriptions, and virtually everything else in life... So tell me again, why is showing an I.D. "voter suppression"?
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I'm tired of seeing @realDonaldTrump working with one hand tied behind his back because @SpeakerPelosi would rather play politics than help the American people. I'm ready to give him the support he needs. Who's with me?
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If they keep tearing down pro slavery statues there will be no Democrat statues left!
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I am not a token. I am just part of a movement that will be seen loud and clear on election day.
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Remember how much they hated Tim Tebow taking a knee in prayer?
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Joe Biden actually finds a running mate who's done more damage to minorities than himself...
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Here's the thing. @realDonaldTrump doesn't SAY the perfect thing. He DOES the right thing. @BarackObama said all the right things, but did nothing. The media and Hollywood are far more concerned with being told what they want to hear, than they are seeing American success.
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Thank you Utah voters. I'm honored to have the opportunity to serve. I promise to be an open ear for all Utahns and to serve with all I have. Now, it's time to get to work.
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It's easy to encourage rioting when you can fly home to your gated community and watch it on TV.
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I can't have respect for anyone who truly believes America is more racist than it has been. People who can't see our progress do not know our history.
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If you only do what's easy, you will seldom do what's right.
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You know who I have a problem with? The people standing holding their cameras as bad things happen to people.
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The percentage of good police is much higher than the percentage of good politicians.... So what should we really be defunding?
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To liberals the definition of "racist" has become "Anyone who disagrees with me on anything".
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Has anyone noticed every 4 years there's a race war? It's good for business. Guys like @TheRevAl have made lucrative careers out of it. Politicians like @SpeakerPelosi and @JoeBiden pander through them to win elections, get elected and do nothing. Are we waking up yet?
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Freedom isn't given to us by government, it's given to us by God. We cannot allow government to take away that which isn't theirs to take.
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So Lady Antebellum changed their name, Aunt Jemima is gone and garage door pull strings have been exposed. Did we meet all the mob's demands yet?
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We are not a white nation or a black nation... We are one nation, with one national anthem.
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Did we cure Coronavirus?
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WE DID IT! Thank you for all your support over the last few months. Now, onto November!
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Free people should never be comfortable with the term "I'll use my power as President to get them out of the way"...
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BIDEN: "If these governors won’t help beat the pandemic, I’ll use my power as president to get them out of the way."
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Imagine growing up dealing with the horrors of actual white supremacists, only to eventually see that term just become a way for "woke" Democrats to gaslight anyone who doesn't agree with them.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Imagine thinking that ‘healthcare is a human right’ vs white supremacist conspiracy theories are two views “just as extreme” as the other 🤡🤡🤡
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You know who hates bad cops more than anyone? Good cops. We're all in the same side. Division halts progress.
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It's the same "woke" white hipsters with their skinny jeans and "man buns" that were too scared to leave their apartment last week, who are in crowds of thousands egging cars and burning buildings. Thank you for your sudden passion for "civil rights" please go back to quarantine
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I'm not running for Congress to change Utah. I'm running to bring needed change to D.C.
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Standing for our flag DOES NOT make you racist. Being thankful for our police DOES NOT make you racist. Voting for @realDonaldTrump DOES NOT make you racist. Share if you agree!
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Wow. What a contrast. I'm grateful to have @SenatorTimScott in the Senate! Who's with me?
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If we only listened to mainstream media, we'd think this was a world of angry looters, fighting angry racists. In reality we live in a world full of good people doing good things. That's just not good for their ratings.
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So.... Are we not supposed to eat food made by people we don't align politically with now?
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Please pray for our soldiers and citizens in Afghanistan, as well as our Afghan allies. This is heartbreaking.
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I don't think we can truly move past racism until the person responsible for the #JussieSmollett attack is behind bars...
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Joe Biden is basically the bad guy in every civil rights movie ever made... I cannot believe that in the year 2020 Americans are considering a one time proponent for segregation for our highest office.
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Nancy Pelosi's pac is spending millions in ads against me... Shouldn't that win some votes knowing how badly @SpeakerPelosi doesn't want me to win?
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I want to thank @TuckerCarlson for speaking unpopular truth. He said what needed to be said, what silenced leaders in the black community have been trying to say for decades. Thank you, I've seen these con artists attack my race all my life. Thank you for standing against them.
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Are we still in quarantine?
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Look you "woke" hipsters, calling every person who isn't on board with the Green New Deal a "white supremacist" is actually SETTING BACK RACE RELATIONS. You may think it makes you look cool in your cultural appropriations class, but it really makes you look STUPID.
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Go to church and the liberal media will shout you down as a murderer spreading corona virus. Burn down a church they hail you as a hero and @chrissyteigen will post your bail.
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So, when can we stop taking monuments down and figure out how to save millions of children being trafficked, get jobs back, tackle criminal justice reform and a million other more pressing issues? We need to act now.
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When I was a kid we battled blatant racism. Now it's more subtle, the left attempts to silence those who don't fit their false narratives. More and more brave patriots like Vernon are standing up and saying "no more". A movement is coming, one that's long overdue.
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Yesterday, I announced my intentions to resign from my office. But shortly thereafter, the outpour of support I received was too great for me to ignore. I will not allow the Democrats to bully me into submission. I will not let them win. I will NOT resign. #MAGA
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I am so grateful for all the support we've received. Friends from across the country, countless hours from volunteers have united behind our message of the American Dream. We are feeling good about the results we've seen so far, thank you for your support everyone!
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It's time for a new speaker of the house. I'm ready to cast vote against Nancy Pelosi. Who's with me?
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It's appalling, while being protected by barbed wire fencing and armed guards the US house passed a bill making it harder for Americans to protect themselves.
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I remember lining up with my teammates, seeing that flag and getting teary-eyed... We felt the power in what it and our anthem represent. I know most Americans still feel that, they're just not the ones being shown on TV.
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So @KingJames you're about social justice? You want change? Call on the @NBA to end their relationship with China. What they are doing to Muslims is evil.
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Joy, hate to be the bearer of bad news, but 'black people' already own guns. We are also capable of getting an ID, driving cars and using the internet. Now you know.
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JOY BEHAR: “Once Black people get guns in this country, the gun laws will change. Trust me.”
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So along with presidential and vice presidential debates. Can we add a @DonaldJTrumpJr vs #hunterbiden debate? I'd pay to watch that.
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Let me make this clear. @realDonaldTrump has not been "stoking the fires of white supremacy" those of us who actually KNOW what white supremacists are realize he's done the opposite. It's PATHETIC how hard they've pushed this false narrative. It needs to stop.
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After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence? ‘When the looting starts the shooting starts’??? We will vote you out in November. @realdonaldtrump
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He is risen!
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Why do black lives only matter every 4 years? Maybe black lives should matter even when there isn't a presidential election.
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As a country we've lost any ability to look objectively at any issue. That's dangerous.
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Notice everytime something happens with the police it's in a Democrat run city with a Democrat mayor supervising.
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I left the NFL as a cocky Liberal. Started a biz I knew could not fail. 7 years later it did. Lost everything, moved family to Brooklyn basement apartment for months & worked as chimney sweep & security guard. Clawed way back to middle class. Now a humbled & thankful Conservative
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The only place Democrats don't want you to show ID is the voting booth...
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One party tells me I'm not black if I think for myself, nominates a man who praised a klan leader decades after fighting against integration. That same party gets a full endorsement from Richard Spencer.. yet the media claims the other is racist?
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If our friends in the media really wanted us to stop attacking their integrity, they'd develop some.
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As Americans we have a duty to stand up to the David Dukes of the world, we also have an equal duty to stand up to the Louis Farrakhans of the world.
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How bad is NYC missing @RudyGiuliani right now?
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Can anyone think of a current politician who has done more to hold back minorities than @JoeBiden ?
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I would PROUDLY Stand with @realDonaldTrump in Lafeyette Square. A raised Bible in front of a burned historical church says it all. In American Good will ALWAYS triumph against Evil. God is our protector!
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When the President says no amendment is absolute, he's putting them all at risk.
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There was a time when liberals and conservatives could talk through ideas. We've lost the ability to debate through concepts. It's become "if you don't agree with this you're a racist". That kind of intolerance is dangerous, not just for our culture but for our future.
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On a daily basis I'm called an "uncle Tom", "House Slave", Coon, and other vulgar epithets I'm not comfortable mentioning on social media. . . These same people sit and wonder why minorities are choosing to #WalkAway in record numbers..
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We brought in the New Year with my 17th grandchild born 12/31/23!! Baby and mom are doing fantastic ❤️
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We've allowed anti-Semitism to become "mainstream". It's pathetic, it's evil. We have a moral obligation to stand against this.
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I'm pretty sure Lincoln would want nothing to do with their "project"...
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You know what's racist? Believing that only white people are capable of getting an ID.
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I was never a slave. Why would I possibly "deserve" money from those who have never owned slaves?
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I'm not an "oxymoron", Sunny. Myself and many others put the free market, safe streets and babies lives ahead of identity politics. Race does not dictate thought; it does not dictate values. I hope the mainstream media learns someday skin color does not define ANYONE
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The View’s Sunny Hostin: A "black Republican is an oxymoron… I don't understand black Republicans and I don't understand Latino Republicans."
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Since we're uniting, let's unite on school choice. Let's give parents options.
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I remember the days when it took more than disagreeing with a Democrat to be called a racist.
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Bubba took a stand for all the American's who have been forced to walk in their garage and see a garage door pulls. He took a stand for the millions who remain in silence, while dealing with garage door manufacturers systemic racism.
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. @elonmusk became rich innovating and creating products that people chose to buy and support... meanwhile Bernie Sanders became rich by spending decades in Washington...
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Here in America people are good, people look after their neighbors, they help those in need. We believe in hard work, we cheer for others success. The media wants us to believe the opposite. It's time we change the channel.
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White democrats keep telling me how racist @realDonaldTrump is... Black democrats keep telling me how excited they are to vote for him... Anyone want to do the math there?
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You know a really scary thought? The mainstream media adores Biden, so we're only seeing the best footage they can find! #KAG #DonaldJTrump
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Critical race theory doesn't combat racism, it spreads it.
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Want to make real change? Stop giving 18 year old kids hard time for drug charges while predators get a slap on the wrist.
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There was a time when real racism was fought. Now, it's become something you yell anytime someone has a conservative view point.
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I have a record of getting things done and representing the values of our country. I'm ready to be your next Congressman. #UT04
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I'm fine with tearing down monuments of slave owners.... On one condition, we get rid of the party responsible for it. Let's see if they're "woke" enough to cancel the @DNC
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Today is primary day in Utah. I'm grateful for all the support that has poured out leading up to today. Thank you!
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My parents lives sure would have been a lot easier if Jim Crow laws just meant they had to show ID to vote.
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If black lives mattered to BLM they'd spend their time advocating for school choice rather than buying mansions.
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It's crazy even while running against "you ain't black", segregationist Joe, the media tries to push the false narrative that @realDonaldTrump is racist. It's not just false reporting, it's immoral, it's slander, it needs to stop.
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A self made billionaire @Oprah beat the odds and embodies the American dream.... yet instead of encouraging others to do what she did, she wants them to believe the system is rigged and they're not as capable.
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How dare @Kaepernick7 compare the evil endured by so many of our ancestors to a bunch of millionaires who CHOSE to play game.
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