U.S. Rep. Dale Strong has a firestorm response to critics over his approach to town halls and public meetings.
In an interview on WVNN’s “The Dale Jackson Show”, Strong (R-Monrovia) said he was elected to represent North Alabama in Congress – not liberal news outlets or George Soros activist groups.
“I’m not going to change how I’ve done business,” Strong said.
“The three-quarters of a million people in North Alabama’s 5th Congressional District – I placed my name on the ballot, and they overwhelmingly said that they chose me to represent them in the 5th District. It wasn’t any of these media outlets, and I’ll promise you this right here: I’m not gonna bow down to George Soros and his bunch of funded agitators.”
Strong said his constituent engagement efforts, which have been ongoing since he first took office, have included more than 30 mobile office hours across some of the smallest communities in the 5th District, more than 1,500 district meetings – and most importantly – results.
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“We’re fighting for the jobs at Marshall, we’re fighting for DOD, we’re fighting for ATF, FBI. We’re working with Science, Space, and Technology Chairman [U.S. Rep. Brian Babin] out of Texas to be sure he knows our capabilities,” Strong said.
“And then you go and look – as a sophomore, I am on Appropriations, and I’m the Vice Chair of CJS, which is Commerce, Justice, and Science. That right there is what funds Marshall Space Flight Center, and people can take it to the bank: I’m going to be fighting with everything in me. And again, if we find waste that is out there, I want to know about it.”
The congressman also blasted wasteful federal spending by Democrats, including “$22 billion being spent for free housing and cars for illegal aliens; $45 million for DEI scholarships in Burma; $40 million to improve socioeconomic inclusion of migrants; $8 million to promote LGBTQI in Africa.”
“I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. It’s worse than anybody ever thought,” Strong said.
He related voters’ overwhelming decision to elect a full GOP sweep in Washington during the 2024 election to the political shift that’s taken place in Alabama since 2010 — and the conservative governance that has produced.
“Think about this: The Democrats ran this state for over 100 years, and you look at what they did to Alabama. Then all of a sudden, they lost every major office in the state of Alabama. And then you think about it, Dale, I’m the first chairman Republican to ever serve on the Madison County Commission. And look what we did. We created thousands of jobs, paid down the debt, we went in here, reduced the size of government, reduced it by 16.2%,” Strong said.
“This is what people asked elected officials to do, and now it’s the same thing that’s going on at the federal level. But I promise you right now, if they think that I’m gonna bow down to the Soros group, it’s not going to happen. This job isn’t for the weak in the stomach, I promise you. You’ve got to have a backbone, and we are full steam ahead.”
Grayson Everett is the editor in chief of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @Grayson270.
