[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 13, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1954]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          VICTORY DAY FOR WWII

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I am grateful President 
Donald Trump announced the United States will now mark May 8 as Victory 
Day for World War II to commemorate the anniversary of the American and 
Allied triumph over national socialism and fascism.
  Aligning with the annual commemorations held by our Allies in Europe, 
the victory largely was due to American Armed Forces, with nearly a 
quarter of a million killed, 250,000. Without the sacrifice of our 
soldiers, this war would not have been won, according to the White 
House proclamation.
  Victory Day reaffirms American courage today and defeats the insane 
propaganda of war criminal Putin, where his stooge, Dmitry Medvedev, 
denounced the truth of President Donald Trump as ``pretentious 
nonsense.''
  Stooge Medvedev should remember September 17, 1939, when Moscow, 
allied with Hitler, invaded Poland, killing 60,000 Poles in just 5 
weeks, dividing the country in half.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops as the global war on terrorism 
continues. Open borders for dictators put all Americans at risk of more 
9/11 attacks imminent, as warned by the FBI. Trump is reinstituting 
existing laws to protect American families with peace through strength, 
revealing war criminal Putin lies with fellow dictators at his Red 
Square military parade instead of agreeing to Trump's request for a 
cease-fire, saving Ukrainian lives.

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