News from the West Virginia Trump Party
And some personal thoughts on democracy’s future
Our senators on those Medicaid cuts (see last post)
From the Huffington Post:
Republican lawmakers sound antsy about cutting a program that benefits many of their own constituents. https://t.co/UMERdY2h1a
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) February 22, 2025
From that article:
“Large cuts to Medicaid . . .
Some questions for Senator Capito
Alzheimers, inflation, and Medicaid
West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito frequently holds an end-of-the-week teleconference with state reporters. Here are three questions that I would like answered.
On Trump’s cuts at the National Institute of Health
”Over the years, as both a representative and senator, you have encouraged and supported funding for . . .
Of course, that’s what they do
WV’s senators wholeheartedly support Donald Trump’s cabinet picks
Senator Shelley Moore Capito
Robert Kennedy for Health and Human Services
From WOWK-TV:
“Coming from a state whose residents live with the impact of chronic diseases more than most, I agree with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that we need to Make America Healthy Again.”
“I look forward to working with him to combat . . .
WV and Trump policies
What has happened; what may happen
Tariffs
As you probably know by now, President Trump has put a 25% tariff on products from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on Chinese imports. Most economists that I have read assume that those countries will retaliate.
From the latest year that I could find statistics (2023), here are West Virginia’s exports to those . . .
Posted in: deitariffstrump presidency
What has WV’s Trump Party, especially Senator Shelley Moore Capito, had to say about Trump’s pardons of a notorious drug dealer and insurrectionists?
President Donald Trump, as he promised to do, pardoned Ross Ulbright
On Tuesday, President Trump pardoned the man who set up, according to one FBI agent, “the Amazon of drug sites.” As CBS News reported:
President Trump announced Tuesday that he has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground . . .
That didn’t take long: its day 2 of the Trump Presidency and here is the Wheeling Intelligence jumping on board the Trump propaganda train
Today’s lead Wheeling Intelligencer editorial, "Trump Getting To Work for Us," begins:
A “golden age,” one in which the United States of America can aim even higher than the moon, was proclaimed Monday during President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration speech.
And while Elon Musk may have thrown his hands in the air . . .
It’s Inauguration Day
The grifting becomes official but who will notice?
Crypto
This has not gotten the coverage that it deserves:
President-elect Donald Trump launched a cryptocurrency called $TRUMP on Friday night, taking the crypto world by storm and making some investors big money overnight. https://t.co/rgoR92rY9c
— 7News DC (@7NewsDC) January 19, 2025
And from Will Stancil:
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