The Wheeling Alternative
WV legislative Democrats now joining the Trump Party in support of Texas
From the WV ACLU:
The near-unanimous passage of the xenophobic and paranoid HCR 64 might be a new low for the WV Legislature. https://t.co/F6AvDMVyBB
— ACLU of WV (@ACLU_WV) February 4, 2024
Yes, the vote for the resolution included Democrats Kayla Young of Kanawha and local delegate Shawn Fluharty:
HCR64, as a friend . . .
West Virginia stuff
A potpourri of state politics
The Republican legislature
On the rights of women
lol the “women’s bill of rights” that WV GOP recently introduced explicitly says they don’t mean equal rights. pic.twitter.com/RGToBydLyq
— Delegate Kayla Young (@kaylayoungforwv) January 29, 2024
And on the right to read
Thank-you #WVLegislature for wanting to . . .
It’s official: the West Virginia Republican Party is no more as its last member has surrendered to the Trump Party
One day after a $83.3 judgement is rendered against Donald Trump for his defamations following his sexual assault trial, WV senator Shelley Moore Capito endorses him for President. Yesterday:
We have a chance to return to this in less than a year under President Trump.
West Virginians overwhelmingly support President Trump, and so do I.
. . .
Following the WV attorney general race
Republican candidate, Mike Stuart, goes all-in (and then some) for Trump
Sorry, Mike, but the West Virginia attorney general’s primary role is not to protect West Virginians “from radical liberals and climate crazies”
From West Virginia’s “Mission of the Office of the Attorney General”:
The overarching mission of the Office of the Attorney General, as set forth in the West Virginia . . .
Covering a week’s worth of West Virginia’s politicians
Media playing favorites – a look at our “fair and balanced” local media deciding (by their coverage) who is and who is not a legitimate candidate
Covering the media’s favorite favorite, Riley Moore
Monday was the first filing day for West Virginia candidates. And at the point of this WTOV broadcast on Tuesday, numerous . . .
What has the WV Trump Party been doing lately?
Keeping tabs on Patrick Morrisey, Mac Warner and Riley Moore
Patrick Morrisey claims to be WV’s attorney general but whom does Patrick Morrisey really work for?
How about the Indiana AG? Yesterday, from a group called Veterans for Trump:
Just got off the phone with AG Patrick Morrisey running for Gov in WV - he has been working on legal in Indiana to keep Trump on the ballot - we have . . .
Starting the new year with some leftovers from 2023
Ogden Newspapers, the WV Trump Party, and pepperoni rolls
Ogden newspapers
A look at the state of the West Virginia economy: send in the cheerleader
This weekend's Wheeling News-Register carried an op-ed by the President of the conservative Cardinal Institute for WV Policy, Garrett Ballengee, who bragged about what great strides West Virginia has made since the Republican Party . . .