“Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard College and Oxford University, attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship. From 2009 to 2017, he was an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve, attaining the rank of lieutenant. He was mobilized and deployed to the War in Afghanistan for seven months in 2014.” 1
Secretary Buttigieg is spearheading the largest infrastructure plan in a generation.
“To make the most of a logistics district, you need good transportation infrastructure, the right roads for trucks, the right connections for freight trains,” Buttigieg said. “And that’s why this project is so vital.” 2
“The rock-and-roll-loving Mormon has his own fair share of critics inside the party who appear largely unfamiliar with his past. Some House Republicans view Biggs’ legislative persona as an unlicensed backseat driver, a constant no vote who still tries to give direction on how to make policy. Out of the roughly 760 bills he’s introduced, only four have become law.” 3
A Shameful Politician Who Doesn’t Represent Many People in His District
Andrew Steven Biggs (born November 7, 1958) is an American attorney and politician who represents Arizona’s 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. 4
Then in a Biggs email newsletter he states, “On Wednesday, I met with Joshua Stanwitz of Concerned Veterans of America, Bob Dalpe of Arizona Veterans Medical Leadership Council, veteran advocate Steve Cooper, and Ro Gonzalez of Valors Veterans Community AZ to discuss the latest VA crisis and long wait times currently faced by our veterans. This is outrageous. Our nation has promised care for our veterans and the VA is failing to deliver that promise.” 5
Joe Manchin’s Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) Is Poised to Wreak Havoc
“The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), touted as the most extended and largest-capacity new gas pipeline in the eastern United States, is an environmentally destructive project that threatens the well-being of Appalachian communities in West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. We must stop it.
Community opposition had successfully blocked the 300-mile pipeline, but in the recent debt ceiling negotiations, Sen. Joe Manchin took advantage of GOP extremism to extract promises to fast-track the construction of the MVP. This pipeline is poised to wreak havoc on West Virginia and southwest Virginia’s low-wealth, Black, and indigenous communities and plunge us further into the climate crisis. As a veterans organization, we know that climate change is an existential threat facing our country and communities, and building more pipelines only worsens the problem.
The resilient Appalachian communities refuse to be silenced or overlooked. However, disheartening reports have exposed a troubling “side deal” that prioritizes the fossil fuel industry’s interests over the well-being of the communities it purports to serve.
Joe Manchin’s debt deal only serves to solidify the status of Appalachian communities as sacrifice zones, their voices stifled and their concerns ignored.” 6
“It’s time to stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline system, aka MVP, and its dangerous attempts to transport dirty fracked gas across Appalachia. This massive dirty energy project makes no more sense today than when it was first proposed more than five years ago. It would keep communities dependent on dirty fossil fuels for generations while jeopardizing sensitive rivers and streams, drinking water sources, the climate, and local communities.” 7
FACT: A right-leaning think tank, the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, states that the in 2020 the Trump deficit reached $3 trillion dollars. This deficit accounted for 14.9% of the economy. 8
Remember this when you VOTE. Make sure your fingers are pointing in the correct direction. Don’t listen to the lies of the Republican GOP.
Learn About the United States Debt
“The national debt of the United States is the total national debt owed by the federal government of the United States to Treasury security holders. The national debt at any point in time is the face value of the then-outstanding Treasury securities that have been issued by the Treasury and other federal agencies. The terms “national deficit” and “national surplus” usually refer to the federal government budget balance from year to year, not the cumulative amount of debt. In a deficit year the national debt increases as the government needs to borrow funds to finance the deficit, while in a surplus year the debt decreases as more money is received than spent, enabling the government to reduce the debt by buying back some Treasury securities.” 9
Statistics and Facts
“The discourse around federal debt in the United States is at the forefront of political discussion. With U.S. debt surpassing 31 trillion dollars in 2023, many commentators and politicians are concerned with the country’s long running budgetary deficit. There are a number of interrelated factors contributing to these high spending levels, all of which have been exacerbated by major global events such as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the 2008 financial crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic.” 10
Rep. Alexander Kolodin, R-Scottsdale, AZ – “… I’ll shoot you, you know.” Statement
“We circumcise our kids, and people think that’s really weird, right? That’s my right and if you try to take it away from me, I’ll shoot you, you know.” 11
