West, who recently stepped down as chair of the Texas Republican Party, made his announcement at Sojourn Church in Carrollton, Texas, as the former Florida congressman played a 7-minute video to launch his campaign.
"Now it is our time, it is our time to stand up and honor those words of Texas, Our Texas, and to secure the future for our children and our grandchildren, to make sure the growth, the opportunity, and the prosperity, the economic success that you see here in Texas, continues on," said West.
"That means that we stay energy independent, and we fuel America, so that we're not dependent on other nations – other nations that are our enemies."
"To make sure that we secure our borders, to make sure that Texas is for Texans."
"We cannot live in a state that is the number one state for human and sex trafficking in the United States of America. That's not how we protect our children and our legacy."
"There comes a time when a warrior understands that, maybe he has to go back, to pull out that sword, and do that exact same thing that a 26-year-old did at the Alamo. Yes, William Barret Travis," continued West. "When he drew a line in the sand, and he challenged the defenders at the Alamo to stand on the right stand of that line. I am now drawing my sword, and I would draw that line in the sand, and I will ask you to stand with me, to preserve the future, the legacy of Texas, to honor the words of our state song, to stand for something, or as my mother would say, not fall for anything."
Here is his 7 minute campaign announcement:
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