Eugene, OR – Today, Republican candidate Monique DeSpain responded to Val Hoyle’s signing on to a letter with 15 other House Democrats facing a ‘tough campaign cycle’ begging President Biden to take executive action to “better address security at the Southern border, interdict illicit fentanyl and allow for orderly legal immigration.”
“After spending her entire time in Congress voting against any effort to hold the Biden Administration accountable for its catastrophic border policy, Val’s desperate letter clearly isn’t a response to the national security emergency at the border that she has rubber-stamped with approval all along,” said DeSpain. “It’s a desperate reaction to Val’s obvious political re-election emergency in the 4th District.”
In February, this same Val Hoyle went to El Paso, TX, and praised open borders while lecturing her constituents who said, “Why don’t you just shut down the border?” explaining that “We need to have movement through the border and how much we need the workforce.” Seven weeks later, Texas National Guard Troops at an El Paso, TX checkpoint were overrun and assaulted by foreign military-aged males forcing their way into our country.
“Less than 24 hours after sending her letter to the President, the real ‘open borders’ Val was back at it when she voted against H. R. 7109 - Equal Representation Act (see bill explanation below), which would require that U.S. citizenship be asked during the next U.S. Census, and that non-citizens be excluded for the purpose of the apportionment of Congressional Representatives. The effect of this bill would be to exclude the massive influx of millions and millions of illegal migrants during the Biden Administration in the 2030 U.S. Census. By her vote, Val is now admitting that the ‘movement through the border’ that she said we need is just a cynical scheme to distort future congressional district reapportionment by rewarding sanctuary cities and states with outsized representation in Congress, thereby manipulating future elections to her benefit,” said Monique DeSpain. “We shouldn’t be surprised, but it just shows she’s not fooling anyone into believing that she actually wants to end the border crisis.”
Here’s a brief overview of Val’s Disorder at the Border voting record. She voted against:
“Week after week, corrupt, self-serving Val Hoyle has revealed that her top concern is to salvage her political career at the expense of the citizens of her district,” said DeSpain. “This week serves as yet another example of how the dysfunction of Washington D.C. is perpetuated by career politicians like Val Hoyle, serving her true priority - her radical special interest masters in Washington D.C., not us.”
“As a retired Air Force Colonel and lawyer, I know what fighting for our country and our communities looks like,” said DeSpain. “My top priority is to secure our borders by all means necessary and end the public safety crisis of fentanyl, meth, human smuggling, and crime gripping the 4th District.”
“I’m the only Republican candidate running for Congress in the 4th District who has held Val Hoyle accountable for her conduct and votes. I am also the only one who can defeat Val Hoyle this November. Primary ballots are due May 21st, so please get your vote in to deploy me to Congress in January 2025.”
Monique DeSpain is a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, mother of twin boys, and public policy advocate who resides in Eugene, Oregon. She is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Oregon’s 4th Congressional District in a bid to unseat incumbent Congresswoman Val Hoyle in 2024 and bring about a safer, more prosperous Oregon. Her campaign website is www.MoniqueForCongress.com
To arrange a candidate interview or obtain additional information about her campaign, please contact the Communications Director, Kevin Hoar, at press@moniqueforcongress.com or call 541-321-6095.
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H. R. 7109 Equal Representation Act
This bill requires any questionnaire used in the decennial census to include a checkbox or other similar option for respondents to indicate whether the respondent and each household member is a U.S. citizen.
The Department of Commerce must make public the number of citizens and noncitizens in each state.
The bill also requires that the statement sent by the President to Congress indicating the number of persons in each state (related to the reapportionment of U.S. Representatives) exclude noncitizens.