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'''Charles Eugene Roy''', known as '''Chip Roy''' (born August 7, 1972), is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Texas]]'s 21st congressional district. A former aide to [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]], [[U.S. Senator]] [[Ted Cruz]], and Texas Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]], Roy is considered a [[conservative]] firebrand. He succeeds the long-term [[U.S. Representative]] [[Lamar Smith]]. In the general election, Roy defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Joseph Kopser, 176,913 (50.3 percent) to 167,020 (47.5 percent). Some seven thousand additional votes went to the [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] Lee Santos (2.1 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 7, 2018}}</ref>

Rep. Roy is courageously outspoken. On January 23, 2024, he tweeted and also said in an interview that [[Texas]] should defy a [[U.S. Supreme Court]] 5-4 decision ordering Texas to allow the [[Biden administration]] to remove a Texas fence along the southern border:<ref>https://www.aol.com/news/chip-roy-urges-texas-officials-152916470.html</ref>

{{cquote|This opinion is unconscionable and Texas should ignore it on behalf of the [Texan] agents who will be put in a worse position by the opinion and the Biden administration’s policies.}}

Born in Bethesda, [[Maryland]], to transplanted Texan and [[Baptist]] parents, Roy was reared in northern [[Virginia]] and recalls a boyhood highlighted by visits to [[Washington, D.C.]], and the national monuments and battle sites of the [[American Revolution]] and the  [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Roy told the ''Austin American-Statesman'' that from early in life, he had  a belief in "limited government being good for freedom. I was raised on the idea of rugged individualism." He graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees from the [[University of Virginia]] at Charlottesville and received his legal credentials through the [[University of Texas]] Law School in [[Austin]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/chip-roy-conservative-runs-shadow-cruz/mEkZ3XPOPb1baGWkPjeepI/|title=Chip Roy runs for Republican nod for Congress|publisher=''Austin American-Statesman''|date=May 7, 2018|accessdate=May 19, 2018}}</ref>

Born in Bethesda, [[Maryland]], to transplanted Texan and [[Baptist]] parents, Roy was reared in northern [[Virginia]] and recalls a boyhood highlighted by visits to [[Washington, D.C.]], and the national monuments and battle sites of the [[American Revolution]] and the  [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Roy told the ''Austin American-Statesman'' that from early in life, he had  a belief in "limited government being good for freedom. I was raised on the idea of rugged individualism." He graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees from the [[University of Virginia]] at Charlottesville and received his legal credentials through the [[University of Texas]] Law School in [[Austin]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/chip-roy-conservative-runs-shadow-cruz/mEkZ3XPOPb1baGWkPjeepI/|title=Chip Roy runs for Republican nod for Congress|publisher=''Austin American-Statesman''|date=May 7, 2018|accessdate=May 19, 2018}}</ref>

In 2020, Roy won reelection to his second House term by defeating the popular Texas liberal Wendy Russell Davis, a long-time champion of [[abortion]].

In 2020, Roy won reelection to his second House term by defeating the popular Texas liberal Wendy Russell Davis, a long-time champion of [[abortion]].

On January 13, 2021, Roy leaped to the defense of the No. 3 House Republican, [[Liz Cheney]] of [[Wyoming]], and voiced objection to removing Cheney from the conference chairmanship. Conservative members of the conference have rejected Cheney's vote to impeach President Trump following riots at the Capitol.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/13/liz-cheney-removal-impeachment-vote-458889|title=Liz Cheney faces blowback after embracing impeachment: Conservative hard-liners are looking to strip the No. 3 House Republican from her leadership post|publisher=politico.com|date=January 13, 2021|accessdate=January 21, 2021}}</ref>  He did however reverse that position.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HZhzPOJ78A</ref>

On January 13, 2021, Roy leaped to the defense of the No. 3 House Republican, [[Liz Cheney]] of [[Wyoming]], and voiced objection to removing Cheney from the conference chairmanship. Conservative members of the conference have rejected Cheney's vote to impeach President Trump following riots at the Capitol.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/13/liz-cheney-removal-impeachment-vote-458889|title=Liz Cheney faces blowback after embracing impeachment: Conservative hard-liners are looking to strip the No. 3 House Republican from her leadership post|publisher=politico.com|date=January 13, 2021|accessdate=January 21, 2021}}</ref>  

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