The Wheeling Alternative
Coronavirus stimulus negotiations end as President cancels negotiations until after he wins re-election
West Virginians await new prediction from Senator Capito as to when the next package will be passed
From earlier today:
Hill-HarrisX poll:
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 6, 2020
Should the Senate first pass a COVID relief bill or confirm Amy Coney Barrett?
Pass a COVID relief bill first 74%
Confirm Amy Coney Barrett first 26%
However, from CNBC News:
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has told his . . .
Keeping up with Senator Capito
Her thoughts on the debate and Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Hey, WOAY, these are terrible answers. Did you ask any follow-up questions? (Apparently not.)
From Oakhill West Virginia's WOAY Newswatch:
WASHINGTON D.C. (WOAY) – In a phone conference on Wednesday, Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito called the debate on Tuesday between President Trump and Democratic Nominee . . .
It’s the no-context party!
Is it part of their hypocrisy or are they just rubbing the Democrats’ faces in it?
In a tweet earlier today, the West Virginia GOP quotes the Senate Democratic Minority Leader, Charles Schumer:
Senate Democrats have agreed, the Supreme Court needs 9 justices to function properly:
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer: “Every day that goes by without a ninth justice is another day the American people’s business is not getting . . .
The only surprise is how long it took her to announce this (with updates)
Senator Capito confirms that she is hypocrite
Senator Shelley Moore Capito a short time ago:
My statement regarding @realDonaldTrump's intent to fill the United States Supreme Court vacancy following the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: pic.twitter.com/TTeBXnQss3
— Shelley Moore Capito (@SenCapito) September 22, 2020
Of course, this is the opposite of what she . . .
Posted in: shelley moore capitou.s. supreme court
The predictable answer: “let the people decide” and “it’s a vendetta”
The question: What did Senator Capito and our local Ogden newspapers say in 2016 about replacing a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year?
Senator Capito
As Senator Shelley Moore Capito awaits her Republican talking points on voting on a new U.S. Supreme Court justice, I thought it might be informative to see what our senator said four years ago.
On March 16, 2016, President Barack Obama introduced Merrick Garland as his nominee for the Supreme Court. . . .
Further confirmation of the obvious
When it comes to interviewing Senator Capito, West Virginia has NO reporters, just stenographers
A week ago, the United States Senate, by a vote of 52 to 47, failed to pass a coronavirus economic relief bill. (60 votes were needed – all Democrats + Rand Paul voted against the measure.) Since that vote, West Virginia’s Republican senator, Shelley Moore Capito, has made the rounds of radio talk shows in the state with the Republican . . .
What's Senator Capito been doing?
(with Thursday update)
Senator Capito and other Republican senators wait for their talking points on the Woodward book
One of today's big national stories was the release of Bob Woodward's book on President Trump, "Rage." Here is the headline at the Washington Post:
Woodward book: Trump says he knew coronavirus was ‘deadly’ . . .