{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://pressley.house.gov/2026/09/01/pressley-slams-gop-attacks-on-birthright-citizenship-harm-of-great-replacement-theory/", "Pressley Slams GOP Attacks on Birthright Citizenship, Harm of \u2018Great Replacement Theory\u2019", "2026-09-01", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Ayanna Pressley", "P000617", "pressley.house.gov", "pressley", "https://pressley.house.gov/news/", "scraper", "Transcript: Pressley Slams GOP Attacks on Birthright Citizenship, Harm of \u2018Great Replacement Theory\u2019\n\nHouse Oversight Committee Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses\n\nSeptember 1, 2026\n\nREP. PRESSLEY: Today\u2019s hearing is yet another assault on our democracy and our constitution.\n\nNow, Trump tried to dismantle the 14th Amendment through executive order, but even the conservatives on the Supreme Court said that it was wrong, that he was wrong.\n\nAnd now Republicans in Congress are trying to do exactly that. They aren\u2019t just attacking birthright citizenship. They\u2019re attacking Black Americans, my ancestors, who built this country but were denied the fruits of their labor, and Black folks would still be denied citizenship, but for the 14th Amendment.\n\nThey are attacking women. As Co-Chair of the Reproductive Freedom Caucus, it\u2019s abundantly clear to me the Republicans want to continue surveying women\u2019s bodies and end the freedom of movement for pregnant people.\n\nThey are attacking immigrants. Changing birthright citizenship is the next step from their Project 2025 playbook after the mass deportations of people who have been legally working, living, contributing to the United States for decades.\n\nThe chair of this task force, Congressman Gill, recently introduced a bill that would label undocumented immigrants and others as quote, unquote \u201cinvaders.\u201d\n\nThat word is not merely inflammatory. That\u2019s more than a dog whistle. Hell, that\u2019s a bullhorn. It\u2019s more than just a wink and a nod to what the bill\u2019s true motivation is.\n\nDr. Camarota\u2014yes or no\u2014are you familiar with the Great Replacement theory?\n\nDR. CAMAROTA: I certainly read an article. I read an article or two about it, so I don\u2019t know exactly\u2014\n\nREP. PRESSLEY: Well, let me elucidate, let me elucidate you and the public watching at home, because it\u2019s foundational to what\u2019s happening here.\n\nThe Great Replacement theory is a conspiracy that falsely claims that white people are being deliberately replaced by immigrants and people of color.\n\nIt is a far-right white supremacist ideology that far too many Republicans believe is real.\n\nIn fact, in 2017 in Charlottesville at the Unite the Right rally, when people were brandishing those tiki torches, that\u2019s what they were saying: \u201cYou will not replace us.\u201d\n\nSo it often relies on invasion rhetoric to advance that narrative by portraying Black and brown families as an invading force rather than as human beings and people that are entitled to dignity.\n\nA parent crossing a border becomes the enemy. A pregnant woman becomes a threat. A child born in the United States becomes proof of a takeover.\n\nThe consequences of this rhetoric have been deadly.\n\nIn 2018, a gunman who embraced anti-Semitic replacement rhetoric murdered 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.\n\nIn 2019, the El Paso shooter killed 23 people and described his attack as a response to a supposed \u201cHispanic invasion of Texas\u201d.\n\nIn 2022, in Buffalo, New York, a shooter motivated by replacement ideology killed ten Black Americans while they shopped for groceries.\n\nRepublicans have the choice. You could focus on healing and uniting our communities, but you are hell-bent on division and hate.\n\nAs my colleague made clear, we all understand that birth tourism is illegal. It is wrong and it is rare.\n\nThat is not really what today\u2019s hearing is about.\n\nWhat this is about is a strategy to codify the Great Replacement theory in law, to further codify white supremacy, and to weaponize the entire federal government in pursuance of it.\n\nAnd that is the fact of the matter. And I refuse to let that happen.", 1, "2026-09-02T09:19:58Z", "2026-09-02T09:20:51Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://pressley.house.gov/2026/09/01/pressley-slams-gop-attacks-on-birthright-citizenship-harm-of-great-replacement-theory/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9084876403212547, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}