这位32岁的得克萨斯州国会议员作为新成立的监督特别委员会主席，就多元化、公平性与包容性政策质询证人的视频走红网络
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认识布兰登·吉尔：打造数百个爆款视频的众议院最年轻共和党议员
布兰登·吉尔议员接受了福克斯新闻数字频道的采访，谈及他在得克萨斯州的成长经历，以及帮助他成为众议院共和党新星的策略。
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得克萨斯州共和党人布兰登·吉尔已成为众议院共和党最有效的数字宣传者之一，他将尖锐的委员会质询转化为单次播放量可达数百万的爆款视频。如今，在网络上获得关注度几乎和掌控众议院议事席一样有价值。
这位32岁的新晋议员凭借自身才能迅速提升了在共和党议员团中的知名度，同事们称赞他是冉冉升起的保守派声音和潜在的未来领袖，同时帮助他在国会山之外积累了大量受众。
“你可以走进会场，对着证人大喊大叫，也可以就当天脑海中浮现的任何政治观点发表长篇大论——但当证人站在证人席上宣誓后，他们不能对你撒谎，至少本不该如此。这是一个绝佳的机会，你可以就他们的信仰、用我们纳税人的钱做了什么、他们正在推行的意识形态，或是左翼一直在推行的意识形态，提出尖锐的问题。”吉尔在谈到自己的策略时说道。
“我认为左翼所信奉的很多东西……完全站不住脚。所以我试图提出尖锐的问题，直击相关议题的核心——我们可以拿多元化、公平性与包容性政策举例——尝试提出直击左翼实际主张核心的尖锐问题。”
观看：布兰登·吉尔用DEI问题逼问法学院把关人，对方拒绝回答
2025年5月6日周二，得克萨斯州共和党议员布兰登·吉尔离开国会山的众议院共和党议员团会议。（比尔·克拉克/CQ-罗尔Call公司通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
而吉尔的支持者们也称赞他确实做到了这一点。
作为众议院监督委员会新成立的“捍卫宪法权利与揭露机构滥用职权特别委员会”主席，他已经质询过史密森尼国家美国历史博物馆馆长和美国律师协会主席。
在一段引发关注的片段中，吉尔就一项声称米老鼠的创作植根于种族主义的展览与博物馆馆长发生争执。
“我认为左翼已经将多元化、公平性与包容性政策武器化，用来将史密森尼博物馆或法学院等美国机构政治化。这是个问题。我们国家的信念是，你应该得到应得的回报，无论你的肤色如何，你都应该得到你应得的东西。这是每个人都应该认同的理念。”吉尔说道。
批评者认为，吉尔连珠炮式的质询优先考虑打造爆款视频，而非细致入微的政策讨论。南加州大学教授尚恩·哈珀曾在一场关于多元化、公平性与包容性政策的众议院听证会上与吉尔发生冲突，他后来撰文称，这名国会议员多次打断他提供背景信息的尝试，坚持要求他给出是或否的答案。而支持者则表示，吉尔尖锐的质询揭露了进步政策背后的意识形态根源。
这位共和党千禧一代在西得克萨斯州的一个养牛牧场长大，目前和妻子以及两个年幼的孩子住在弗劳尔芒德镇，代表该州北部地区。
民主党正拉拢“政治无家可归者”Z世代转向社会主义——反击正在形成
他也是正在改变共和党面貌的年轻议员浪潮中最知名的面孔之一，长期以来共和党一直被视为老年政党。
吉尔认为，这归根结底是左翼越来越多的文化雷区。
“所以左翼强迫高中学生相信男性可以怀孕，或者告诉只想过正常生活、享受美好时光的大学生他们是种族主义者，或者他们有隐性的跨性别恐惧症，”吉尔说，“然后你看看另一边的共和党人，大体上都要随和得多。他们友善得多，不会到处给你看到的每个人贴上种族主义者或性别歧视者的标签。他们都是普通人。”
他继续说道：“我们不是那种会嘲笑你、诽谤你的政党。我认为，我们这个政党对年轻人更加开放。”
在许多众议院共和党同事看来，吉尔给人的印象确实如此。同事们表示，吉尔私下里低调且健谈，和他在听证会上咄咄逼人的形象截然不同。
还有几人表示，他们认为吉尔在国会山拥有光明的未来。
吉尔在爆款听证会后抨击民主党：“他们是自作自受”
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一位要求匿名以便坦率发言的众议院共和党人告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“他是个相当谦逊的人。我总是很乐意在众议院议事席上和他交谈。”
“他显然做足了功课，在准备问题和在委员会揭露左翼方面做得非常出色，”这位共和党人说，“我能预见他会成为下一位来自得克萨斯州的美国参议员。”
另一位共和党议员也称赞吉尔准备充分，并表示他会将吉尔称为“未来的吉姆·乔丹”，这里指的是多年来一直是保守派运动领袖的众议院司法委员会主席。
来自俄亥俄州的共和党人乔丹也是吉尔表示最敬佩的众议院议员之一。
“我想说有几位议员我特别敬佩。其中一位是众议院司法委员会主席吉姆·乔丹。我认为他在揭露左翼方面做得非常出色，他是那种永远不会失手的人，总能清晰、简洁地阐明自己的观点。另一位我非常敬佩的是拜伦·唐纳兹，他将成为佛罗里达州下一任州长，是个聪明人，”吉尔说道。
乔丹告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，吉尔“是司法委员会和监督委员会以及我们议员团的优秀成员”。
“他有着非凡的能力，能将我们的信息传递给美国民众，”乔丹说。
众议院自由核心小组主席、马里兰州共和党人安迪·哈里斯称赞这位年轻议员是“冉冉升起的新星”。该核心小组也是吉尔所属的组织。
“他让左翼陷入窘境，用简单而毁灭性的问题揭露了民主党的妄想，”哈里斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“他向美国展示了自由核心小组决心根除的腐败现象。”
吉尔在右翼团体中的晋升也很迅速，去年他在该核心小组成立十周年纪念活动中获得了特邀演讲席位。
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但吉尔也在普通共和党议员中取得了进展，当选为 fellow first-term GOP lawmakers的“班长”。
当被问及他认为这会将他带向何方——是获得委员会主席职位，甚至是众议院共和党领导层的角色——吉尔不愿透露。
“目前，我只想在现任岗位上做好工作，确保共和党能够保住众议院的控制权。我们有绝佳的机会打破历史惯例，确保我们能在未来两年继续过去一年半以来一直在做的出色工作，开展调查、举行听证会和推动立法，”吉尔说道，他补充说自己特别喜欢在众议院司法委员会任职。
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尽管这位得克萨斯州共和党人的批评者主要来自左翼，将他描绘成极右翼且制造分裂的人物，但吉尔将批评视为一种认可。
“首先，我确实认为，如果左翼不批评我，那说明我工作做得不好，没有起到效果。左翼只会攻击他们认为正在发挥作用的人，”吉尔说。
“其次，我想请批评我或批评我们举行的听证会的民主党人，想象一下自己站在证人席上，真正从理智上为自己的观点辩护。如果你认为多元化、公平性与包容性政策是一项正义的事业，请以简单直白的方式向美国人民解释，为什么种族配额是好事，它如何促进精英管理，如何让美国变得更好？”
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者，负责报道众议院事务。此前的数字报道见于《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。
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GOP’s freshman firebrand goes viral targeting ‘utterly intellectually indefensible’ DEI policies
The 32-year-old Texas congressman has gone viral grilling witnesses on DEI as chairman of a new oversight task force
July 25, 2026 9:00am EDT / Fox News
Meet Brandon Gill: Youngest House Republican behind hundreds of viral moments
Rep. Brandon Gill spoke with Fox News Digital about his upbringing in Texas and his strategy that’s led to him becoming a rising star in the House GOP.
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Texas Republican Brandon Gill has emerged as one of the House GOP’s most effective digital communicators, turning pointed committee questioning into viral moments that reach millions at a time when commanding attention online has become nearly as valuable as controlling the House floor.
The 32-year-old freshman lawmaker’s talents have quickly elevated his profile within the Republican conference, earning praise from colleagues who view him as a rising conservative voice and potential future leader while helping him build an audience far beyond Capitol Hill.
“You can go in there and I can yell and scream at a witness. I can give a massive soliloquy about whatever political views happen to be at the front of my mind that day — but whenever you have a witness on the other side of the witness stand who is sworn in, they can’t lie to you, or they’re not supposed to, it’s a huge opportunity to be able to just ask probing questions about what they believe, what they’re doing with our tax dollars, about ideologies that they are pushing or that the left has been pushing,” Gill said of his strategy.
“I think that so much of what the left believes in…is utterly intellectually indefensible. So what I try to do is to ask probing questions that really get to the heart of whatever issue — we can take DEI as an example — try to ask probing questions that strike at the heart of what the left is actually advocating for.”
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Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, leaves the House Republican Conference caucus meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
And Gill’s supporters have lauded him for doing just that.
As chairman of the House Oversight Committee’s new Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses, he’s already grilled the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and the president of the American Bar Association.
During one notable moment, Gill clashed with the museum director over an exhibit arguing that Mickey Mouse’s creation was rooted in racism.
“The left has weaponized DEI, I think, to politicize American institutions like the Smithsonian or like law schools. And that’s a problem. We’re a country that believes you should receive your just desserts. You should receive what you deserve regardless of the color of your skin. And that is something that everybody ought to be able to get behind,” Gill said.
Critics argue Gill’s rapid-fire questioning prioritizes viral moments over nuanced policy discussions. Shaun Harper, a University of Southern California professor who clashed with Gill during a House hearing on DEI, later wrote that the congressman repeatedly interrupted his attempts to provide context, insisting on yes-or-no answers. Supporters, meanwhile, say Gill’s pointed questioning exposes the ideological underpinnings of progressive policies.
The Republican millennial grew up on a cattle ranch in West Texas, and currently lives in the town of Flower Mound with his wife and two young children while representing the northern part of the state.
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He’s also one of the most recognizable faces in a wave of young people who are changing the face of the GOP, which had long been known as the party of old age.
Gill argued it comes down to the left’s growing number of cultural landmines.
“So you have the left forcing, you know, children in high school to believe that men can get pregnant, or telling, you know, college students, who just want to like live a normal life and have a good time that they’re racist, or they have implicit transphobia,” Gill said. “And then you look at the other side of the aisle and Republicans, by and large, are much more laid back. They’re much more nice. They’re not going around calling everybody they see racist or sexist. They’re just normal people.”
He continued, “We’re not the party who’s going to deride you and to slander you. We’re the party that I think has much more open arms towards young people.”
And among many of his House GOP colleagues, that does indeed seem to be how Gill comes across. Fellow Republicans have called Gill low-key and easy to talk to in person — a far cry from his intense persona in the hearing room.
Several have also said they see Gill having a bright future on Capitol Hill.
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One House Republican, granted anonymity to speak candidly, told Fox News Digital, “He is a pretty humble guy. I always enjoy talking with him on the House floor.”
“He clearly does his homework and a great job preparing questions and exposing the left in committee,” that Republican said. “I can see him as the next US senator from Texas.”
Another GOP lawmaker also complimented Gill’s readiness, and said he would style him as a “future Jim Jordan,” referencing the House Judiciary Committee chair who’s been a leader of the conservative movement for years.
Jordan, R-Ohio, also happens to be one of the House Republicans Gill said he looks up to the most.
“I would say there’s a few members that I particularly look up to. One of them is Jim Jordan, who’s the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. I think he does a brilliant job of exposing the left, and he’s somebody who just never misses. He always makes his point very clearly and succinctly. Somebody else I look up a lot is Byron Donalds, who is going to be the next governor of Florida, a brilliant guy,” Gill said.
Jordan told Fox News Digital that Gill was “an excellent addition to both the Judiciary and Oversight Committees and to our conference.”
“He’s got a remarkable ability to relay our message to the American people,” Jordan said.
Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, of which Gill is a part, praised the young congressman as a “rising star.”
“He’s putting the Left in the hot seat, exposing Democrat delusions with simple, devastating questions,” Harris told Fox News Digital. “He’s showing America the corruption the Freedom Caucus is determined to root out.”
And Gill is rising quickly in the right-wing group, getting a featured speaking slot at the caucus’s 10-year anniversary last year.
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But Gill has made headway with rank-and-file Republicans as well, winning the position of “class president” among his fellow first-term GOP lawmakers.
Asked where he thought that would take him in the future — whether a committee gavel or even a role in House GOP leadership — Gill would not say.
“Right now, I just want to do a good job where I’m at and make sure that Republicans can maintain control of the House. We have a huge opportunity to defy history and make sure that we continue doing the great work, the investigations, the hearings and the legislation that we’ve been doing for the past year and a half, for another two years,” Gill said, adding that he particularly enjoyed serving on the House Judiciary Committee.
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While the Texas Republican’s critics, mainly on the left, paint him as far-right and divisive, Gill views the criticism as validation.
“I would say, first and foremost, I do believe that if the left isn’t criticizing me, then I’m not doing a good job, and I’m not being effective. The left only attacks people that they believe are making a difference,” Gill said.
“Secondly, I would ask Democrats who are critical of me or of the hearings that we do, to simply imagine that they’re in the witness stand and actually defend, intellectually defend, the views that they have. If you believe that DEI is a righteous endeavor, please explain to the American people in a simple and straightforward way why racial quotas are good, how that promotes meritocracy, how that makes America better off?”
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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