“We’re no longer going to apologize” for America, the Texas Republican declared.
Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) put his own spin on the increasingly familiar “land acknowledgment” Wednesday as he took the stage at the Republican Party’s Midterm Convention in Dallas.
Rather than acknowledging the Texas ground beneath the convention as the ancestral territory of indigenous peoples, Gill used the format to recognize generations of Americans who built and defended the country.
“Now, I think it’s only appropriate that we kick this convention off properly with a land acknowledgement,” Gill told the crowd.
Gill continued:
“I’d like to acknowledge that we stand here today in the great state of Texas and the United States of America, the ancestral homeland of great American patriots, pioneers, and explorers who put down roots, fought for freedom all over the globe, and bled and died to build the greatest civilization ever known to man.”
“My friends, we live in the finest country in the history of the world, and we’re no longer going to apologize for that,” Gill added.