House Republican Dismisses Trump Calling for His Ouster: ‘Rick Perry Called President Trump a Cancer and Ended Up In His Cabinet’

 

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) dismissed scathing criticism of him from President-elect Donald Trump – including calls for his ousteron Friday during an interview with Fox News after he and nearly 40 other Republicans voted against a Trump-backed bill to avert a government shutdown.

Roy reminded Fox News host John Roberts that former Texas Governor Rick Perry  (R) called Trump a “cancer” before he ultimately joined the first Trump administration to run the Department of Energy.

On America Reports, Roberts noted Trump was furious at Roy and other Republicans for voting against the bipartisan bill to keep the government running.

“He’s now taken aim at you, saying that you, Chip Roy, you’re getting in the way of what he wants done, and he’s encouraging Republicans in Texas to primary you,” Roberts said. “I mean, you’ve really poked the bear here,” Roy replied:

Yeah. Look, at the end of the day, my job is to honor God, my family, the Constitution, and my voters – the voters who sent me here. That is what drives me. But I am working tirelessly to get what the president wants. I think the president knows that at the end of the day – look, politics are politics. Rick Perry called President Trump a cancer and then ended up in his cabinet. I’m not worried about politics.

I’m worried about the American people. I’m worried about inflation. I’m worrying about a $5 trillion debt ceiling increase with no spending cuts. The president is rightly motivated to block Chuck Schumer’s abuse, but we Republicans here in Congress, in the House have an obligation to get it done correctly. That’s what we’re working to try to do on behalf of the president and our constituents and our obligations under the Constitution.

Thursday, Trump took aim at Roy in a pair of posts on his Truth Social account. In one post, Trump wrote:

The very unpopular “Congressman” from Texas, Chip Roy, is getting in the way, as usual, of having yet another Great Republican Victory – All for the sake of some cheap publicity for himself. Republican obstructionists have to be done away with. The Democrats are using them, and we can’t let that happen. Our Country is far better off closing up for a period of time than it is agreeing to the things that the Democrats want to force upon us. Biden is President, and it’s his obligation to properly lead.

We’re there to do the right thing, and we can’t agree with what Biden and the Democrats are demanding. Weak and ineffective people like Chip have to be dismissed as being utterly unknowledgeable as to the ways of politics, and as to Making America Great Again. Put “America First,” and go for the Victory, even if it means shutting the Government down for a period of time. We had an overwhelming Victory just four weeks ago, and we’re not going to let the Democrats forget it so quickly!

Trump also called on Texas voters to oust Roy in the 2026 GOP primary:

Chip Roy is just another ambitious guy, with no talent. By the way, how’s Bob Good doing? I hope some talented challengers are getting ready in the Great State of Texas to go after Chip in the Primary. He won’t have a chance!

Watch above via Fox News.

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