Pfluger, Scalise, Alford: 'Houston, The Left Has a Patriotism Problem'

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a special new episode of the Republican Study Committee's Right to the Point podcast, RSC Chairman August Pfluger (TX-11) is joined by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (LA-01) and Rep. Mark Alford (MO-04) to celebrate America's 250th birthday and mark one year since President Trump signed the Working Families Tax Cuts Act into law.

The trio reflects on what makes America the greatest country on earth, from the freedoms that draw people here from every corner of the globe to the record wave of tourists marveling at American life during the World Cup. They also detail the real-world impact of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act one year later, including no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and a Missouri family who received a $12,500 tax refund they had never seen before.

The celebration comes with a warning. Scalise and Alford detail what they describe as a Bolshevik takeover of the Democrat Party, pointing to a collapse in Democrat patriotism from 85 percent in 2001 to just 29 percent today and warning what a Democrat-controlled House could mean for the future of the country.

You can listen to the full episode on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Read highlights from the conversation below: 

Leader Steve Scalise (LA-01): "What you're seeing is a transformation and a takeover. I call it the Bolshevik revolution…This is not your father or your grandfather's Democrat Party."

Leader Steve Scalise (LA-01): "No tax on overtime, no tax on tips. People are actually happy to file their tax returns because they're getting money back from the government for the first time ever."

Chairman August Pfluger (TX-11): "Rural America is back. People realize the craziness that is happening in these blue cities, and they want to raise their kids in a place where there's community and accountability."

Chairman August Pfluger (TX-11): "You have this guy Freddy, who comes over here and he stops at Buc-ee's and he's invited to a Langley concert. And then you had one German guy that got to meet the President. Where else? What other cultures? This is America."

Rep. Mark Alford (MO-04): "Folks, we had the best thing going of any nation on earth, and it's time we start acting like it."

Rep. Mark Alford (MO-04): “I believe our best days are still ahead of us as a nation, and I am so optimistic as we turn this corner into 250 years of greatness that we're going to have another 250 years."