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Your Silence Is Cowardice—Reject This Billionaire Budget Scam

To: Sen. Justice, Sen. Capito

From: A constituent in Buckhannon, WV

June 6

Let’s not pretend this is anything other than what it is: the “big beautiful budget” is a billionaire handout disguised as governance. You’re gutting everything that matters to working people—healthcare, infrastructure, education—just to give billionaires like Elon Musk and Trump another tax break, while burying us in trillions of new debt. And while you sit silent, we’re forced to watch an unhinged pissing contest between a tech oligarch and a wannabe dictator play out in public. Elon Musk and Donald Trump are treating democracy like a reality show while real people suffer—and you have nothing to say about it? Cowardice. I’ve written before. No reply. No accountability. Just performative statements and rubber-stamped priorities from the top down. I don’t care who’s throwing money around or who you’re trying to impress behind closed doors—West Virginians need representation, not lapdogs for the ultra-wealthy. You were elected to serve us, not hedge fund managers. Not tech billionaires. Not the Trump cult. Reject this budget. Stop enabling these ego-driven power grabs. Follow parliamentary procedure and restore some dignity to your office—because this performative circus isn’t just exhausting, it’s dangerous. We see you. We’re fed up. And we’ll remember this in 2026 and beyond.

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