On the record · Updated October 1, 2026

Joe Gruters quotes

RNC Chairman

3 things Joe Gruters said, verbatim, from August 16, 2026 to September 9, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.

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Positions

Congress should abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement rather than reform it.

Disputes Aug 16

“This resolution is political suicide, and Democrats will pay for choosing open borders over public safety, border security, and backing the blue.”

Washington Examiner Democrats put South Carolina first in 2028 and pass two opposite resolutions on ICE the same day ›

Others on this question

Yvonne Reeves-Chong DNC member who voted against the ICE abolition resolution Disputes

“I would strongly suggest we get to the business of winning races so we can make the policies that make a difference”

Michele Johnson DNC member from Louisiana, sponsor of the ICE abolition resolution Supports

Michele Johnson, a DNC member from Louisiana who proposed the measure to abolish ICE, said it’s time for Democrats to take a stand and pointed to the dissolution of ICE’s predecessor agency, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, as a precedent.

Ro Khanna U.S. Representative (D-CA), speaking at the DNC meeting Supports

“That is why we must abolish ICE. It is a cruel, rogue agency”

Joe Gruters on Immigration & the border1

As printed Aug 16

“Democrats made it official: they care more about protecting violent illegal aliens than American families”

on the DNC's internal fight over a resolution to abolish ICE

Washington Examiner Democrats’ intraparty fight over whether to ‘abolish’ or ‘reform’ ICE at DNC meeting ›

Joe Gruters on Campaigns & elections1

As printed Sep 9

“President Donald Trump and Republicans are fighting to launch the golden age of America while extreme liberal Democrats want to tear this country apart and create a liberal failed state with their out-of-touch and anti-American views,”

on framing the midterm convention as Republicans versus a failed liberal Democratic Party

Fox News Trump's unusual role at midterm convention revealed as schedule goes public ›

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