House Republican Says Congress Needs to ‘Work Our Way Back to Where America Was in the 1960s’

Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) lamented “the breakdown of the family” in the U.S. and called on lawmakers to bring the nation back to the 1960s.

Grothman railed against President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society program, which he claimed led to more abortions, more children being born out of wedlock, more divorce, and general social disorder.

“I would ask the press corps to look at this,” he said during a floor speech on Thursday. “And I would also ask leadership in both parties as they plan what they’re going to do in January of 2025.”

He went to rail against Black philosopher Angela Davis and 1960s feminists before saying the goal of the war on poverty “goal was destruction of the family.”

Grothman added:

And of course, they have succeeded in that these single-family units are much more likely to depend upon the government. And every year, of course, I am lobbied by people who want the government therefore to take up an even greater role in their children’s life, be it daycare, be it preschool, be it after-school programs, whatever. They clearly want the children raised by the government.

So, I hope the press corps picks up on this. And I hope Republican and democrat leadership put together some sort of plan for January in which we work our way back to where America was in the 1960s.

The lawmaker has been an ardent opponent of food stamps. Last year during a committee hearing, he claimed the government program is “discouraging work and discouraging marriage.”

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