Congressman Pat Harrigan, who won the 2024 general election against Ralph R. Scott, Jr. with 57.5% of the vote, used his social media platform on September 30, 2025, to criticize state education policies and federal spending priorities.
In a post published at 13:40 UTC, Harrigan expressed concern about educational programs supported by state officials: “We are systematically poisoning the minds and futures of our children.
What’s worse—our state’s highest education official is fully invested in cheerleading programs like this that do nothing to teach kids math, science, or reading. They don’t prepare them for the real world.” (September 30, 2025)
Later that day at 18:57 UTC, Harrigan commented on ongoing budget negotiations in Congress: “Democrats are dragging this country into a shutdown—and for what? To give taxpayer-funded Medicare to 1.2 million illegal immigrants. It’s insanity. Rewarding lawbreakers with free healthcare only fuels the border crisis, and the American people know it.
@HouseGOP passed a clean” (September 30, 2025)
At 19:28 UTC on the same day, he criticized Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s actions regarding government funding: “Chuck Schumer is about to slam the brakes on America’s government to reward people who broke our laws.
NOT for citizens.
NOT for the middle class.
NOT for anyone who actually built this country.
He’s burning it all down so illegal aliens get taxpayer-funded perks.” (September 30, 2025)
Pat Harrigan was elected to Congress in November 2024 after defeating Ralph R. Scott, Jr., securing over half of the votes cast in his district.
