Posted on 06/19/2018 12:25:47 PM PDT by simpson96
Richard Ojeda backed Donald Trump
for president, but the West Virginia state senator is now running as a Democrat for the House as his party seeks to wrest control of Congress from Republicans.
In an interview with Hill.TV’s “Rising,” Ojeda said it’s not that he always agrees with Trump, who remains very popular in West Virginia.
“If you have a great idea, I'll support your great idea. But if you don't have a great idea, I won’t,” he said.
“Just because I support somebody doesn’t necessarily mean I'll agree with them always. If they do not do something that’s correct, I have the right to make comment.”
Ojeda, a military veteran, is running to replace Rep. Evan Jenkins
, the Republican congressman who vacated his seat for an unsuccessful Senate bid earlier this year.
It’s an uphill race for Ojeda, as Trump won the conservative district by 19 points in 2016.
Ojeda, a tattoo-adorned former paratrooper, doesn't necessarily fit the mold of most congressional candidates. He’s been a vocal supporter of the recent teachers’ strikes in his state and has called for medicinal marijuana as a solution to the opioid crisis.
He also made clear in an interview with Mother Jones last month that while he wants Trump to succeed, he's frustrated with what he referred to as the "circus" surrounding the White House.
Ojeda’s vote for Trump in West Virginia over Hillary Clinton
could also help him in his race. He won his May primary with 52 percent of the vote.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
If he is going to caucus with ‘Rats and help install Piglosi, then he is an enemy.
Best go with the Republican
https://www.electcarolmiller.com
He said it himself, WV is a Red State and that it tilts right, not moderate.
If he didnt say these things he knows he wont win his district which voted for Trump.
FWIW, Sherrod Brown, the dem US Senator in OH has ads that practically scream how Deplorable he is. And Renacci? What a sorry disappointment. He’s letting Brown own a lot of Trump’s issues.
He’s the kind of guy that COULD win, but I hope they put a Republican up there. He’ll make sure to vote with Pelosi.
Dems lost WV back during Clinton, just the full effects of that loss haven’t been realized yet.... Ability for a Dem to win statewide in WV declines with every election cycle...
Obamas war on coal, and Hillary’s continue attack on it last election cycle, have just furthered the D parties decline there.
Remember folks We wound up with President Bush, not because of Florida, but because D’s wrote off WV..... Decided the working class white voter, and coal didn’t matter in 2000..... Had Gore won WV, like D’s traditionally had, Florida would have been irrelevant have been president.
Obama disguised the underlying problem with the D party during his 8 years... but it never went away and only festered and grew... Hillary continued the same mistakes in 2016
Lots of assuming going on, that Ojeda is telling the truth.
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Do you mean that ‘RATS will lie to get elected?
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