Rep. Keith Self

Privacy is a non-negotiable American right. We can strengthen safety without surrendering our constitutional freedoms. Never accept the false choice between them.

🚨 SOMETHING HISTORIC MAY BE HAPPENING Footage from Dublin shows protesters expressing solidarity with the people of Belfast as demonstrations continue to spread. For generations, politicians spoke of the divisions between North and South. Today, many are pointing to something different: People on both sides of the border finding common cause on immigration, national identity and the future of their countries. The old divisions may not be disappearing. But a new unity appears to be emerging. Unity is strength.

The Constitution exists to restrain government Not fuel government mission creep We should enforce it more strictly

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: "Democracy is two wolves & a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."

Spain or Egypt? Both were conquered by Islamic armies. Both were centers of rich, pre-Islamic civilization. But only one reclaimed its soul. For nearly 800 years, Spain lived under Islamic rule. But the Spanish people never accepted it as final. Through centuries of resistance, revolts, and the unrelenting Reconquista, Spain eventually drove out the occupiers. Spain reclaimed its civilizational integrity. Today, Spain is a Western, secular, democratic state. The Spanish language, Christian heritage, and European identity were not erased.  Egypt, on the other hand, the cradle of one of humanity’s oldest civilizations, a land of pharaohs, hieroglyphs, libraries, and monotheism before Islam ever appeared, was invaded in the 7th century. The Coptic Christian majority had no organized defense. The result was that Islam absorbed Egypt’s identity. Arabic replaced Coptic. Mosques replaced temples and churches.  Over generations, the Egyptian mind was colonized spiritually and linguistically, until the population no longer remembered what it had lost. Today, Egypt is an Islamic republic. Less than 10% of Egyptians remain Christian, persecuted in the land where their faith once thrived. Unlike Spain, Egypt didn’t fight for its cultural survival. It adapted, assimilated, and submitted. This is more than a history lesson. It’s a mirror held up to the West today. In the face of Islamic expansionism, not by sword, but through ideological power, mass migration, legal agitation, and cultural intimidation, Western nations must decide: Will you be Spain or Egypt?