Tag: Politics

When W.Va. Delegate Compared LGBT to KKK, He Highlighted the History of Religious Right Prejudice

When West Virginia House of Delegates member Eric Porterfield, R-Mercer, called the LGBT community “the modern-day version of the Ku Klux Klan” in an interview with a Charleston Gazette-Mail reporter last week, it drew condemnation not just in the state, but nationwide. But Porterfield, in fact, joined a long legacy […]

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Fact-check: Did Obamacare Premiums Rise 160 percent in West Virginia in Four Years?

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, a Republican, recently took to Facebook to criticize the Affordable Care Act, the landmark law also known as Obamacare. Morrisey is seeking to overturn the law through a suit filed by a number of Republican attorneys general. In his Jan. 2 post, Morrisey said the country must […]

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