- Born
- Birth nameJulius Caesar Watts Jr.
- J.C. Watts was born on November 18, 1957 in Eufaula, Oklahoma, USA. He has been married to Frankie Jones since 1977. They have five children.
- SpouseFrankie Jones(1977 - present) (5 children)
- Served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1994 to 2002.
- Spoke at the Republican National Convention in 1996.
- B.A. from University of Oklahoma, 1981. Was a college quarterback and won Most Valuable Player in 1980 and 1981. Played for the Canadian Football League from 1981-1986.
- Youth minister at Sunnylane Baptist Church in Del City, Oklahoma, from 1987 to 1994.
- Is chairman of GOPAC, which trains Republican candidates for public office.
- [on current members of Congress who have chosen to stay silent on President Trump's failure to clearly and unequivocally condemn white supremacists for the violence in Charlottesville, Va.]I know a lot of those members of Congress, and they don't think like that. They don't think the way the white supremacists or the KKK think. However, if they are silent, they wear the cap. Intentionally or unintentionally, they wear the cap, saying, We agree with that.
- [on current members of Congress who have chosen to stay silent on President Trump's failure to clearly and unequivocally condemn white supremacists for the violence in Charlottesville, Va.]We all have obligations as leaders to not put salt in the wound, to bring a decency and a respect to the table to say, Look, we're going to call evil what it is. We're going to stare evil down.
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