Tomorrow is Election Day, and if Republicans show up, liberals across West Virginia and America are in for a rude awakening. Democrats had their chance to lead and in a matter of months, we have seen the catastrophic results of their agenda. Gas prices are higher, crime has skyrocketed, and inflation is out of control. Democrats detest West Virginia because we are hard working men and women of faith who want to take care of our families, love our country, and kneel for God alone. Democrats have accomplished nothing other than placing men in women’s restrooms and labeling innocent people as racists.
West Virginians have awakened to the fact that the Democratic Party today is not their father’s Democratic Party. In a recent statement, the State Democratic Party Vice-Chair and Democrat Delegate in Charleston, stated “You don’t have to hide behind sheets anymore because you hide behind badges.” Danielle Walker’s statement comparing our law enforcement officers to the KKK is reprehensible. Let’s be clear: there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between a Joe Biden/Kamala Harris Democrat and the Democrat Leadership in West Virginia. These sentiments make up the new Democratic Party. Voters across West Virginia should ask why the current Democrat candidates have not denounced these remarks. Tens of thousands of hard-working West Virginians have left the Democratic Party in recent years, and for good reason; yet Democrat candidates proudly continue to carry the Democrat flag seeking your vote and acceptance of their socialist agenda.
In a time of unsustainable inflation, Republicans know that the Democrat liberal tax-and-spend policies do not and will not solve the inflation crisis; Democrats created it! Republicans know that closing coal mines, power plants, pipelines, and oil rigs will not lower energy costs and save the planet. These outrageous measures have and will continue to raise fuel costs, slow the supply chain, and make us reliant on foreign nations who continue producing their own fossil fuel energy.
When it comes to skyrocketing crime, Republicans know that the Democrat policies which end cash bail and shorten sentences for violent crime and drug offenses do not better our communities and save lives; Democrats have made our cities more dangerous and deadly.
In West Virginia, we have a wonderful opportunity to effectuate change and stop the Democrat’s radical agenda in taxation and education. Voting for and passing Amendments 2 and 4 on the ballot further two major platform goals for the Republican Party.
Allow our super majority legislature to continue its responsible and accountable record in creating the historic and record budget surplus by cultivating an environment to effectuate comprehensive tax reform! Vote for and pass Amendment 2 which will allow our elected state legislators to remove the inventory and machinery thereby promoting business and creating jobs. Vote for and pass Amendment 2 which will allow our elected state legislators to remove the car tax and place money back into pockets of hard-working families in West Virginia. Make no mistake, Voting for and passing Amendment 2 will not only continue funding, but will increase funding to each and every one of our 55 counties for education and emergency services!
Vote for and pass Amendment 4 to give parents a voice in their children’s education. Voting for and passing Amendment 4 will allow our elected representatives to review policies and rules promulgated by unelected bureaucrats at the state Department of Education. Parents must have a voice in their child’s education and those who set policy on children’s education must be accountable to them. Parents’ experience in our neighboring state of Virginia demonstrates what could happen if policy determinations are left solely to the State Board of Education. Vote for and pass Amendment 4!
Republicans also support the passage of Amendments 1 and 3 which reinforce the necessary constitutional order by strengthening the separation of powers and religious liberty in the Mountain State. Vote for and pass Amendments 1 and 3!
Republicans have a chance to wipe out the Democrats tomorrow and eradicate their policies which are destroying our State and our Nation! However, a red wave can only happen if we vote! Polls open at 6:30 AM, and as long as you’re in line by 7:30 PM, you can cast your ballot and make your voice heard. Vote!
Elgine McArdle, of Wheeling, is the Chairman of the West Virginia Republican Party. Tony Hodge, of Hurricane, is the Co-Chairman of the West Virginia Republican Party.