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Release from Donald J. Trump for President
Donald J. Trump Announces Native American Coalition
LAS VEGAS, NV - Today, Donald J. Trump is
pleased to announce his Native American Coalition. These women and men are
grassroots leaders and elected officials who engage on relevant issues
with the Native American
community and are actively working to elect Donald J. Trump
president.
The Chair of the Native American
Coalition, U.S. Representative Markwayne Mullin, had this to say: "The
daily flood of new federal regulations keep Indian Country from
becoming self-sufficient. Local tribal decisions, not federal
bureaucrats, are the best way to improve our communities. As both an
enrolled member of Cherokee Nation and a Member of Congress, I will
stand with Donald Trump in supporting tribal
sovereignty and reining in federal overregulation."
Honorary Chair Fleming Begaye, Sr., one of America's revered Navajo
Code Talkers, said, “Native Americans need a
federal government that gets out of the way of small business. As an
independent and a successful small businessman, I crossed the line this
week and voted for Mr. Trump.”
“As a local elected official, I am outraged that Indian Country is
prevented from harnessing our own energy resources by ever-increasing
regulations,” says New Mexico State Representative Sharon
Clachischillage. “The Trump Administration
will ease restrictions on American energy
reserves worth trillions of dollars. Together we will block the
bureaucrats holding Native American
businesses back and bring new jobs into our communities.”
Ross Swimmer is the former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation and
Special Trustee for American Indians at DOJ:
"Hillary Clinton's war on coal interferes with our sovereign right to
develop energy on native lands. We need a new
traffic cop so the federal government stops playing gatekeeper with
Tribal economies.”
Former Poarch Band of Creek Indian Chairman Eddie Tullis finished by
saying: "Hillary Clinton favors union bosses over Tribal authority in
labor matters. Instead, native communities
should be treated like state governments when it comes to labor."
The Native American
Coalition for Trump includes U.S.
Representative Markwayne Mullin as chair, Navajo Code Talker Fleming
Begaye, Sr. as Honorary Chair, three co-chairs, and a growing number of
Coalition members and supporters (27 announced today and others in the
future). Fifteen states are represented in this coalition. These
leaders are advising Mr. Trump and Governor
Pence on issues relevant to Indian Country.
Native American
Coalition:
Chair: U.S. Representative Markwayne Mullin
(Cherokee), Oklahoma
Honorary Chair: Fleming Begaye, Sr., Navajo
Code Talker (Navajo), Arizona
Co-Chairs:
New Mexico State Representative Sharon Clachischillage
(Navajo), New Mexico
The Honorable Ross Swimmer(Cherokee), Oklahoma
Former Poarch Band of Creek Indian Chairman Eddie Tullis (Poarch Band
Creek), Alabama
Members of the Coalition:
Debra Kilgore, Alabama
Amy Begay, Arizona
Gloria Esquerra, Arizona
Trenton Nez, Arizona
Tanya Yazzie, Arizona
Laurie Everidge, California
Dawn Ishcomer, California
Rene Keener, California
Gregory Licht, California
Jody (Everidge) Robison, California
Darrick Woolever, California
Diane Woolever, California
Charles “Charlie” Cheek, Florida
Michael Harrison, Florida
Joann Whitaker, Florida
Aaron Barnard, Indiana
Anita Henry, Michigan
Tom Yazzie, Minnesota
Laurel Eckert, Missouri
Danny Nez, New Mexico
Megan Tsosie, New Mexico
Alice Mae Yazzie, New Mexico
Martin Graves, New York
McDuffie Cummings, North Carolina
James Sherbaugh, Jr., Ohio
Samuel “Dutch” Hillenburg, Virginia
Lynn Armitage, Wisconsin
Additional members of the Coalition are forthcoming.