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田纳西州共和党众议员范·埃普斯称，得到美国民主社会主义者支持的候选人“与美国建国理念背道而驰”
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田纳西州共和党众议员马特·范·埃普斯表示，该法案旨在重申美国的建国价值观，并回击民主党内部社会主义思潮的抬头。
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一名新任共和党议员在美国建国250周年之际，将美国的建国原则重新提交国会，他认为随着左翼社会主义思潮日益盛行，美国必须重新恪守这些原则。
田纳西州共和党众议员马特·范·埃普斯推出了一项重申《独立宣言》的法案，他表示此举是为了遵循国会以建国文件纪念重大全国性周年纪念日的传统。
“美国国会曾在建国百年时推出过类似法案，”范·埃普斯在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，“我们认为现在是推出这项法案的恰当时机，这样后代就能明白，在建国250周年之际，我们依然热爱自己的国家。”
这位在2025年12月特别选举中当选的田纳西州共和党人表示，他提出这项法案是为了回应民主党内部社会主义思潮的崛起，极左翼势力正试图在11月的中期选举前大肆攫取权力。
美国未来250年的发展取决于将信仰与自由传承给下一代
范·埃普斯特别提到了一批社会主义候选人，他们在以纽约市为中心的深蓝选区赢得初选，即将进入国会。
民主党国会候选人达里亚利扎·阿维拉·舍瓦利耶是一名32岁的活动人士，她在一场爆冷胜利中击败了建制派民主党人。她声称驱逐任何非法移民都是错误的，支持废除监狱运动，并质疑以色列的生存权。她还在哥伦比亚大学联合创立了一个支持巴勒斯坦的组织，该组织呼吁“彻底消灭西方文明”。
“这些得到美国民主社会主义者支持和背书的人，与美国建国理念背道而驰，”范·埃普斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“我们必须与之斗争。”
“社会主义、马克思主义、左翼思想在世界历史上每次付诸实践都以失败告终，”他补充道，这些理念“从根本上不符合美国的核心价值观”。
“250年前，开国先贤们所追求的理想……我们必须继续传承下去，让后代了解这种自由与 liberty（注：原文为liberty，译为“自由”），以及对伟大的追求。”
目前尚不清楚众议院何时会审议这项决议，因为一群保守派共和党人因《拯救美国法案》和边境安全优先事项发起抗议， effectively 冻结了议事进程，议员们已提前离开华盛顿，准备7月4日的休会。
得到曼达尼支持的社会主义者因删除赞扬共产主义、马克思主义的帖子再次陷入舆论漩涡：“疯疯癫癫”
本月早些时候，密苏里州共和党参议员埃里克·施密特也在参议院提交了一项关于《独立宣言》的决议案，并在参议院轻松获得通过。
施密特和范·埃普斯在为纪念美国建国250周年举办的年度国会棒球赛期间，达成了推出配套法案的共识。
施密特表示，他此举是为了重振美国人对国家的自豪感，他认为这种自豪感多年来一直在稳步下降。
“一代人以前，美国自豪感几乎是全民共识，”施密特当时在参议院发言时表示，“9·11事件后，超过90%的美国人表示为自己是美国人而自豪。如今，盖洛普民调显示这一比例仅为58%。”
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他将这份文件所承载的理念描述为代代相传的遗产，用以提醒美国人，为何开国先贤们要摆脱英国对殖民地未来的控制，开创自己作为新国家的道路。
“这份遗产如今掌握在我们手中，但这个国家太多有影响力的声音教导下一代，要以怀疑而非感恩的态度接受这份遗产，”施密特说，“我们不再为美国感到羞耻。我们热爱自己的国家。我们纪念缔造这个国家的先贤们。我们感谢他们留给我们的遗产，并打算守护这份遗产。”
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Republican unveils Declaration of Independence bill ahead of America’s 250th birthday
July 3, 2026 8:00am EDT / Fox News
Congressman Van Epps says candidates backed by Democratic Socialist of America are ‘antithetical to the founding’
By Adam Pack, Alex Miller Fox News
Rep. Matt Van Epps, R-Tenn., says the measure is meant to reaffirm the country’s founding values — and push back on the rise of socialism in the Democratic Party.
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A newly elected Republican lawmaker is putting America’s founding principles back before Congress ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday, arguing the country must recommit to them as socialist ideas gain traction on the left.
Rep. Matt Van Epps, R-Tenn., unveiled legislation reaffirming the Declaration of Independence — a move he said follows a congressional tradition of marking major national anniversaries with the founding document.
“Congress did this in America 100 to celebrate the 100th Anniversary,” Van Epps told Fox News Digital in an interview. “We felt like this was the right time to do it so that generations forward understand that we love our country at America 250.”
The Tennessee Republican, who was elected in a December 2025 special election, said he filed the bill in response to socialism’s rise in the Democratic Party, with the far-left attempting a major power grab ahead of November’s midterm elections.
Rep. Matt Van Epps, R-Tenn., leaves the House Republican Conference caucus meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.(CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
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Van Epps specifically referenced a slate of socialist candidates poised to serve in Congress after winning primaries in deep-blue districts anchored in New York City.
Democratic congressional nominee Darializa Avila Chevalier, a 32-year-old activist who won an upset victory against an establishment Democrat, has argued that the deportation of any illegal migrant is wrong, voiced support for the prison abolition movement and questioned Israel’s right to exist. She also co-founded a pro-Palestinian organization at Columbia University that called for “the total eradication of Western civilization.”
“These folks that are supported and endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America are antithetical to the founding,” Van Epps told Fox News Digital. “We’ve got to fight against that.”
“Socialism, Marxist, leftist ideas have failed every time they’ve been tried in the history of the world,” he continued, adding that those ideas are “not America at its core.”
“What the founders set out to do 250 years ago … We’ve got to continue so that the next generations know about that freedom and liberty and pursuing that greatness.”
It is unclear when the House will consider the resolution, as lawmakers left Washington early for the July 4 recess after a group of conservative Republicans effectively froze the floor in protest over the SAVE America Act and border security priorities.
Rep. Matt Van Epps, R-Tenn., unveiled legislation reaffirming the Declaration of Independence.(iStock)
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Earlier this month, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., also put the Declaration of Independence on the floor in the Senate, where it easily passed in the upper chamber.
Both Schmitt and Van Epps agreed to put forward companion legislation after playing in the annual Congressional baseball game ahead of America’s 250th birthday.
For Schmitt, it was to reinvigorate Americans’ pride in their country, which over the years, he contended, has steadily declined.
“A generation ago, American pride was nearly universal,” Schmitt said on the Senate floor at the time. “After 9/11, more than 90% of Americans said they were proud to be an American. Today, Gallup puts that number at 58%.”
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., talks to reporters as he leaves a Republican Caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on November 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
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He described the idea behind the document as an inheritance passed down through the generations to remind Americans why the founding fathers opted to wrench control of the colonies’ future from England, and carve their own path as a new nation.
“That inheritance now rests in our hands, and too many powerful voices in this country teach the next generation to receive it with suspicion instead of gratitude,” Schmitt said. “We are done being ashamed of America. We love our country. We honor the men who built it. We give thanks for the inheritance they placed in our hand, and we intend to keep it.”
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