WV AG Morrisey update
Thank-you. I’ll sleep better tonight knowing that you are protecting our state from Joe Biden
We live in unprecedented times. Much insecurity about our future.
— Patrick Morrisey (@MorriseyWV) January 14, 2021
Here’s what I’m focusing on:
WVAG is preparing to save our state & the republic from destructive and illegal regulations that may emerge from the Biden Administration. #LaserLikeFocus. Are you ready? #WVAG
I guess he missed yesterday's Wheeling News-Register editorial about needing "to unite, not fight."
The locals may not be covering it, but the Republican Attorney Generals Association efforts to recruit for the Trump rally/insurrection is not going unnoticed
While yesterday’s local papers did highlight the NAACP suit against the Attorney General, it ignored a potentially larger ongoing story: the part that Morrisey’s Republican Attorney Generals Association played in last week’s attack on the Capitol. (See this post.)
Updating the story, here is more information including the major corporations who have or are contemplating ending their relationship with the organization.
The violent riot at the United States Capitol last week did not magically appear. First, millions of people had to be whipped into a frenzy over bogus charges of voter fraud. Then, a critical mass of them had to be directed to the Capitol building at the same time.
The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) was involved in both activities. First, both the organization itself and the majority of its members pushed baseless allegations of voter fraud. Then, RAGA's self-described "policy arm," the Rule of Law Defense Fund (RLDF), sent a robo-call driving people to participate in the "March to Save America."
In response to inquiries from Popular Information, three major corporate donors — Facebook, Lyft, and DoorDash — are suspending their contributions to RAGA. The University of Phoenix, which donated over $50,000 to RAGA in 2020, is demanding its money back. And numerous other companies tell Popular Information that they are reevaluating their support for the organization.
By the way, Morrisey did not show any "laser-like focus" on the issue in yesterday’s Charleston Gazette-Mail front-page story about this issue.
Off-topic but I did want to give props to another law-and-order WV Republican
Rep. Alex Mooney walks through the metal detectors while talking on the phone.
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 13, 2021
He extends his hand as if to say, ‘I’m on the phone,’ and just walks onto the floor.
Mooney wasn’t the only Republican. (See here).
