Wittman Watch

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Wittman is circling like a merry-go-round that occasionally stops in front of you. Some points are correct but obscured by selective propaganda techniques. We'd like to see Wittman face his constituents and tell us what's in store for 2026 and beyond. Perhaps then we can stop spinning.

Even Wittman’s party faithful understand that he, Trump, and cronies in Congress and business are responsible for the rising costs and lower wages that are destroying our chances to achieve the American Dream. The outstanding @gelliottmorris.com delivers the data that shows the truth.

While he postures as a protector of rural Virginia, Wittman’s claims are deliberate disinformation that conceals how he, the Trump regime, and Republicans in Congress are crucifying healthcare to deliver tax breaks to the wealthy. /end

The fact is, because of HR1 VA faces $1.7 billion in rural Medicaid cuts, Virginia hospitals will lose up to $26bn, and 55,500 people will lose coverage. 8/

Wittman mentions a 2021 study; this was done by JAMA, and he fundamentally misrepresents its findings! It examined Medicaid expansion effects, not cuts - he’s cherry-picking to suit his narrative, and it doesn’t wash. 7/

Because of HR1, 300+ hospitals face closure risk, and three rural Virginia clinics have already announced their closures. *The impact of HR1 is already being felt - and it hasn’t really kicked in yet!* 6/

The $200m for CMS he mentions is for a competitive grant. States will have to apply for that money - taking up more time and resources from state budgets - and it won’t even start to address the problems HR1 creates. 5/

Then he claims HR1 will "prevent rural hospital closures”. Fact: HR1 cuts Medicaid to the bone. The $50bn Rural Health Transformation Fund was primarily a Dem Party idea to soften the blow of other HR1 provisions but even that will cover only 1/3 of expected $137bn in rural losses. 4/

Wittman wants to give you someone to hate while he shovels our money to his donors’ pockets. The stuff about “able-bodied adults” and immigrants is inflammatory nonsense. Medicaid fraud is mostly committed *by the providers*, not consumers. Illegal immigrants have NEVER received Medicaid services.3/

As we’ve documented multiple times, HR1 cuts $1.2 trillion from safety net programs, with $50.4 billion specifically from rural hospitals. 1.8 million rural Americans will lose coverage. But Wittman’s wealthy donors are getting tax breaks, so let that comfort us as we die from the flu! 2/

Wittman and Republican’s desperation is on full display with his latest volley of disinformation about HR1 and Medicaid. This “mythbusting” is blatant, deliberate nonsense dressed up in Rob’s “moderate everyman” clothing. This is simply disgraceful. Here’s why. 🧵

Coming tomorrow AM: a thread about Medicaid, rural Virginia healthcare, and this steaming pile of disinformation from Wittman.

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Trump Giving Farmers $12 Billion to Blunt Trade War Fallout

Trump's tariffs are a failure--just like everyone said they'd be--and now *you* get to pay *even more* for their screw-ups.

And where's Wittman on this? 🤐

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Remember that the Repub's/Wittman's comms strategy is to mollify the faithful, enrage his opposition, and confuse the neutrals/independents so they disengage entirely. Pushing back with clear facts is vital - just as @nuslmom.bsky.social does here. 👏👏👏

2026 is coming, Rob…

😂 Ironically, it’s usually Rob who shovels the 💩, for Papa Trump.

Thank you to the panel at the Disability/Visibility Roundtable Conversation for sharing resources, stories of experience and legislative hopes for the GA 2026 session. Thanks to @timcywinski.bsky.social for hosting.

Scott Surovell post about a fundraiser for VA01 Dem candidate Shannon Taylor last night

Now that the 2025 Virginia elections are over, time to turn our attention to the 2026 midterms...including the Dem primary to take on the abysmally awful Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA01) bluevirginia.us/2025/12/sund... h/t @ssurovell.bsky.social

Rob Wittman keeps gaslighting about the ACA, but it isn't working

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Rob Wittman spent his wk on self-promotion/sending out numerous emails with the same lies about the horrific BBB(HR1)/failed fossil fuel energy policies. #VA01 will VOTE (or redistrict) HIM OUT! @wittmanwatch.bsky.social @henricodems.bsky.social @hanovervadems.bsky.social @newkentvadems.bsky.social

Representative Wittman says he feels your pain. We wonder as he shares his concern about the cost of living but promotes the virtues of HR1. Will he ever acknowledge that his vote for The Big Brutal Bill is harming Virginia’s economy, environment, and well-being?

If Wittman were so concerned about “protecting public health,” he wouldn’t have voted to pass HR1 and against the ACA 70 times. Wittman and friends push healthcare plans that rely on magical thinking. They should stop lying and propose a bipartisan plan. We won’t wait for another 15 years.

(2/2) or frontline communities.

His posturing as a defender of the Chesapeake Bay and the outdoors rings hollow with a career score of 11% for environmental stewardship from the League of Conservation Voters and lockstep support for Trump‑style deregulation.

Again, hypocrisy reigns with Rob Wittman’s “Finding ORE Act.” He wraps an industry‑driven minerals‑grab in feel‑good language about stewardship while pushing a bill that hands foreign critical‑mineral opportunities to U.S. and allied companies without real protections for water, ecosystems, (1/2)

I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.