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The mid-summer crickets are back
President Trump, Senator Capito, Congressman McKinley, and Ogden Newspapers have had a lot to say about executive orders; unfortunately, you have to go back to the Obama administration to find any of it
Trump (previously) on Obama’s use of executive orders
Ouch. pic.twitter.com/IoYspdHeG1
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 10, 2020
Senator Capito in 2014
On DACA:
West Virginia Second District Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito called Obama’s decision “unconstitutional and wrong.”
“ . . .
Posted in: david mckinleyimperial presidentshelley moore capitotrump presidencywheeling newspaper hypocrisy
The Trump campaign doctors a photo of Biden
Is this a Republican thing?
Alone? Hiding? Diminished?
You may have seen the original Trump campaign ad:
Deep in the heart of Delaware, Joe Biden sits in his basement.
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) August 5, 2020
Alone. Hiding. Diminished. pic.twitter.com/0QVsbp2iis
The original Biden pictures in this ad have been altered and a . . .
No shame what-so-ever
Representative McKinley and the WV GOP continue to tout his "support" for the Great American Outdoors Act
This morning, Congressman McKinley retweeted this post from the White House of President Trump signing the bill (HR 1957) that he voted against
This morning, President @realDonaldTrump will sign The Great American Outdoors Act!
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) . . .
Watch LIVE at 10:30 a.m. ET: https://t.co/EmsdctGWtd pic.twitter.com/XzNkK5WVsg
Posted in: conservationdavid mckinley
Representative McKinley has a "holy shit, I didn’t think that anyone would notice" moment
Some follow-up on our congressman’s “no” vote on the Great American Outdoors Act
From the Congressional Record, one day after Representative David McKinley voted against the Great American Outdoors Act:
Mr. McKINLEY. Madam Speaker, Yesterday, I mistakenly voted against the Great American Outdoors Act As cosponsor of the House companion to this bill, I support permanent, full funding for the Land and . . .
Posted in: conservationdavid mckinley
Can you get any sleezier, Congressman?
David McKinley pulls the “old switcheroo” on the Great American Outdoors Act
Page B4 of the Sunday News Register (on Saturday, no less) carries an article by two officials from The Nature Conservancy in West Virginia, Thomas Minney and Beth Wheatley. Their article celebrates the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act:
Outdoors Act Is Big Win for West Virginians
As they write:
. . .Posted in: conservationdavid mckinley
Following the money!
FirstEnergy’s efforts with the Ohio legislature made national news on Tuesday (see two posts down). What about West Virginia?
Steven Allen Adams in this morning’s Wheeling Intelligencer examined last summer’s efforts by West Virginia’s governor, Jim Justice, to get a $12.5 million tax break from the legislature for FirstEnergy’s Pleasants Power Station. The 1400 word article primarily focuses on the various political donations by FirstEnergy to the governor.
. . .It appears that local representative David McKinley has enlisted in Trump’s personal attack army
Last month, WV Representative David McKinley tried (unsuccessfully, in most eyes) to attack and discredit Anthony Fauci for President Trump. (I wrote about it here.) Today, he quickly supported Trump’s decision to send federal law enforcement into cities.
Here was President Trump at this afternoon’s coronavirus update:
"Today, I . . .
Posted in: david mckinleytrump presidency