It's now the Trump Party in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia
In neighboring states
In Pennsylvania:
This is so gross. How can any Republican with a straight face say this isn’t a personality cult? Every debate in every state is a contest to see who can grovel the most to Trump, instead of presenting a set of proposals to benefit their constituents. https://t.co/HPN12qtOa4
— Ron Filipkowski . . .
West Virginia’s Shelley Moore Capito speaks out on Putin/the Ukraine and Biden nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
Senator Capito “talks tough” on Putin but has nothing to say about one of his biggest fans
Here is WV Senator Shelley Moore Capito, on Wednesday:
West Virginia Republican Senator Shelley Moore-Capito warns if Russian President Vladimir Putin can kill innocent women and children — he can do anything. . . .
Capito . . .
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WV covid
The state’s covid numbers are down but WV Republicans are doing their best to keep the virus alive, well, and mutating
From the New York Times, here’s today’s snapshot:
WV House of Delegates considers banning proof of vaccination necessary for schools, hospitals
From Friday morning’s Charleston Gazette-Mail:
The West Virginia House committee on Health and Human Resources advanced a bill Thursday that would make it . . .
Breaking: Representative Jim Jordan to speak at the West Virginia Trump Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner
In other news: Earlier today, casket in Springfield, Illinois began uncontrollably spinning
Here is the announcement:
The WV Republican Party invites you to the 2021 Lincoln Dinner with Congressman Jim Jordan as speaker. Tickets can be acquired at this link: https://t.co/Yq3d4JSnnK pic.twitter.com/D22WhHf8MX
— Putnam Republican Club (@PutnamWVGOP) September 9, 2021
Isn't Representative Jordan concerned about . . .
West Virginia’s governor, Jim Justice, continues his quest to either kill public broadcasting or make it another state Republican news outlet
More on Justice’s appointments to the Educational Broadcasting Authority
Greg Thomas
My previous post was about the governor's appointments to the board that oversees WV public broadcasting. With additional information, here is some follow-up to that post.
The more I read about the appointments, the more it became clear to me that fairness, objectivity and acceptance of science are not what . . .
A bit surprising: Last night, our local congressman David McKinley was one of just 35 Republicans to vote for the creation of a commission to study the January 6 insurrection
Not surprising: There was no mention of this in today’s Ogden papers
Since the vote was taken last night (too late for the Intelligencer), I waited for the afternoon Wheeling News-Register to see if Ogden would cover our local congressman’s affirmative vote on the creation of a commission to closely examine what happened on January 6. McKinley was one of 35 Republicans to vote for the commission. (WV’s other . . .
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News from the West Virginia branch of the Trump Party
WV’s attorney general is already angling for a position if the Republicans win the next presidential election
Praise for Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis
Yesterday, West Virginia's Attorney General tweeted:
.@GovRonDeSantis is doing a very good job in Florida moving his state forward.
The @GOP has many state officials who are leading during these challenging times. We can do so much better than the #BidenBlunders we are experiencing. . . .
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