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Williams warns Senate gridlock and politicization of Homeland Security funding risk shutdown; urges GOP turnout for midterms
Summary
Rep. Roger Williams blamed political maneuvering over a Homeland Security appropriations carve-out for a potential shutdown, and urged Republican turnout and aggressive campaigning ahead of the midterms.
Rep. Roger Williams said a dispute over Homeland Security funding — in which that agency was removed from broader appropriations — has left the government at risk of a shutdown.
"They're holding these other agencies hostage," Williams said, blaming political opponents for making the funding process partisan while he argued that defending Homeland Security should be nonpartisan.
On the midterms, he urged Republican candidates and voters to be active and not "passive," telling prospective candidates to "get our vote out" and to fight for conservative policies he said 75 million people supported in the prior presidential election.
Williams cited recent special elections as evidence that turnout matters and warned that failing to mobilize conservative voters could cost seats. The interview did not include detailed polling data or views from campaign officials.
Contact information shared at the program's close listed Williams's congressional website, williams.house.gov, and his social handle.
