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‘Is this a joke?’ House GOP posting in Spanish has Americans asking WTH!?

May 14, 2025 | | Print Article

The House Republican Conference has some “splainin’ to do” after a pandering post positioned them as proponents of “press one for English.”

Where once the United States was prided as a melting pot of cultural assimilation, woke divisiveness has endeavored to manifest a deconstructed salad. So, it appears beyond reason when the official X account of the House GOP decides to promote the “power of work” in a bilingual post.

“House Republicans believe in every American’s potential to thrive by embracing the power of work,” read the message in English before reiterating it in Spanish. “Los Republicanos en la Cámara creemos en que cada ciudadano americano tiene el potencial de prosperar y beneficiarse de las oportunidades de trabajo.”

While not the first time the conference had opted for multilingual messaging, it did appear to run wholly contrary to President Donald Trump’s America First agenda, as it came weeks after his issuance of an executive order naming English as the official language of the country.

“In welcoming new Americans, a policy of encouraging the learning and adoption of our national language will make the United States a shared home and empower new citizens to achieve the American dream,” said the president who stated, “It is therefore long past time that English is declared as the official language of the United States.”

“A nationally designated language is at the core of a unified and cohesive society, and the United States is strengthened by a citizenry that can freely exchange ideas in one shared language,” read the order that boasted of the ability to “streamline communication.”

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Instead, the GOP chose a bilingual flex that left commentators and some of their own members challenging the move and the priorities of the conference.

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Making matters worse, within an hour of touting “embracing the power of work,” the account followed with a post that read, “We need to get Americans off the sidelines.”

After more than 77 million Americans cast their ballots for Trump on top of those who spent weeks and even months helping the election effort that ushered his return to the White House with control of Congress through victory in each of the swing states, constituents were demanding their representatives get off the sidelines.

Little effort has been demonstrated thus far that lawmakers are going to work to codify any of the actions taken by the president, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has gone as far as to say that doing so with regard to tackling prescription drug prices would be “fairly controversial.”

Among those challenging the party pander while members fired off a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) calling for codification of Trump’s agenda, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) said, “Americans got off the sidelines and handed us the majority in November. It’s the House GOP that is not passing President Trump’s executive orders, making DOGE cuts permanent, and hasn’t completed the big beautiful bill. Getting ratioed in comments is how Americans feel.”

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