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Your Silence Is Betrayal — West Virginians Deserve Better Than Trump’s Lapdogs

To: Sen. Capito, Sen. Justice

From: A constituent in Buckhannon, WV

May 20, 2025

Where the hell are you? While the House prepares to ram through a devastating budget at 1AM, with no hearings and no CBO score, you two sit in silence—meek, obedient, and utterly useless to the people of West Virginia. You were elected to fight for us. Instead, you’re busy groveling to Trump, parroting talking points, and pretending this isn’t happening. • Did you speak out when rural health programs were slashed? • Did you object when aid for miners, veterans, and low-income families was gutted? • Did you even read the bill before bending the knee? No. You hid behind tweets, photo ops, and empty statements while your party wrecks the very programs that keep our people alive. Capito, you film performative videos about being a “tireless advocate” while the agencies you claim to protect are being dismantled before our eyes. Justice, you’re too busy playing MAGA mascot to lift a damn finger. This isn’t leadership. This is cowardice. Your loyalty to Trump is louder than your loyalty to West Virginia—and history will remember that. We will too.

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