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Capito sticks with Trump (with update)

Trump called for the violent overthrow of our government. What would he have to do, Senator?

Some national reporters suggested that "moderate Republican" Shelley Moore Capito might vote in favor of the article of impeachment. Surprising no one who follows her closely, however, Senator Shelley Moore Capito (WV) voted against the articles of impeachment. Anthony O’Neil expressed it as well as anyone:

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February 13, 2021

Eliminating the WV income tax

Republicans, the Promise Scholarship, and a vulture with a bow tie

Locally, I have seen very little local reporting on this, but the Republican super-majority in the West Virginia legislature looks intent upon eliminating the personal state income tax. At our local Ogden papers, Steven Allen Adams has mentioned it and Mike Myer raised the idea last year. But for something that will negatively impact a . . .

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February 09, 2021

Covid stuff with some odds and ends on a cloudy day in early February

You would think that those who were at the head of line would have some sympathy for those who weren’t

Not necessarily so. Here’s our local congressman, David McKinley:

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February 04, 2021

Yesterday, Senator Shelley Moore Capito explained the debate over a coronavirus relief package to the state’s stenographers

Lucky for us, an Ogden representative participated

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Yesterday, West Virginia’s junior senator, Shelley Moore Capito, met online with some West Virginia media to discuss the Republican and Democratic coronavirus stimulus plans. Jess Mancini (from another Ogden paper) wrote the story for today’s Wheeling editions. Most of the article consists of Capito explaining the Republican . . .

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February 03, 2021

Political odds and ends

Trump, McCarthy and Greene

Different takes on the Kevin McCarthy/Donald Trump meeting

And this:

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January 30, 2021

Sedition is not enough of a reason

Yesterday, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, apparently worried about her 2026 reelection, supported Rand Paul’s amendment to dismiss the article of impeachment against Donald Trump

From today’s Washington Post:

All but five Republican senators backed former president Donald Trump on Tuesday in a key test vote ahead of his impeachment trial, signaling that the proceedings are likely to end with Trump’s acquittal on the charge that he incited the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

West Virginia’s Republican . . .

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January 27, 2021

Manchin strikes again

"Sit down and work with your colleagues." Senator, when has Mitch McConnell ever demonstrated that he can be trusted?

From the Washington Post's Greg Sargent:

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January 25, 2021

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