Brandon Gill Mocks Land Acknowledgments at 2026 GOP Convention, Refusing to Apologize for U.S.
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Sep 10
Brandon Gill Mocks Land Acknowledgments at 2026 GOP Convention, Refusing to Apologize for U.S.
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 10
Summary
Dallas Rep. Brandon Gill drew a roaring response at the 2026 Republican midterm convention after opening with a patriotic "land acknowledgment" that cast the United States as the homeland of patriots, pioneers and explorers.
Gill told Fox News Digital the line was meant to rebut Democrats' practice of acknowledging Native tribes, which he said amounts to treating America as "stolen land" and apologizing for the country.
The Texas Republican said most Americans see the U.S. as "the greatest country that's ever existed" and do not want elected officials apologizing for it.
Land acknowledgments have become a partisan flashpoint, with a Michigan Democratic official recently mocked after mispronouncing tribal names and Texas Democrats also using the practice at their Corpus Christi convention.