Wittman Watch

After the midterms, Trump will still be President with the power of veto. 1️⃣ What can change if #VA01 elects @shannontaylorva.com? 2️⃣ What will Congress definitely have to deal with? 3️⃣ What have House Dems committed to doing? Today's newsletter lays it all out. #VoteTaylorVA01

Wittman says Medicaid changes only hit able-bodied adults. VA work requirement starts Jan 1: 80 hrs/month, rechecked every 6 months. Some state officials told KFF the rushed timeline risks unnecessary coverage losses. CBO: 5.3M more uninsured from this alone. Able-bodied ≠ good at paperwork. Vote.

HTDems are hosting an Election Night Party, and you can RSVP right here. It could well be an historic night in the Historic Triangle. It's where America's independence, freedom from tyranny, and the grand experiment of human self-determination began. And we're doing it again!

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🤯 KEEP GOING! This race isn’t won until Taylor is sworn in in January. Do NOT lose focus! Get out the vote!

Everyone in #VA01 needs to read these docs to understand how self-professed “environmentalist” Rob Wittman once again is cowardly silent as the Trump Admin puts his constituents in harms way. Unconscionable. Vote for @shannontaylorva.com. Literally your health depends upon it.

@shannontaylorva.com has prosecuted racist violence and won: she has a 90% homicide conviction rate over 15 years of service to our state. Wittman has been "standing back and standing by," calling for order while working to foment unrest with cynical votes and dishonest politics. #VoteTaylorVA01

👀 Corruption in Plain Sight 👀 🤬 Trump "DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN" about high ⛽ prices 😡 Because he's making 🤑💰 ❌Wittman Votes w/ Trump 💯❌ VOTE FOR @shannontaylorva.com @wittmanwatch.bsky.social @bluevirginia.bsky.social www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

The Winning Team at the East Henrico Fish Fry & Early Voting Rally! LET'S GO!! @bluevirginia.bsky.social @markwarner.bsky.social @mcclellan.house.gov @shannontaylorva.com @laurenunderwood.bsky.social @wittmanwatch.bsky.social @hanovervadems.bsky.social @chesterfielddemsva.bsky.social

Corruption in plain sight: Rob Wittman cut SNAP and USDA aid so HE could get a bigger tax cut VOTE EARLY FOR @shannontaylorva.com @wittmanwatch.bsky.social @hanovervadems.bsky.social @chesterfielddemsva.bsky.social @bluevirginia.bsky.social

Exactly. And the folks at @wittmanwatch.bsky.social have ALL the receipts proving every single one of these assertions. Wittman has had 19 years of comfortable underperformance and under-delivery. No more!

Williamsburg is fired up to send @shannontaylorva.com to Congress! Great canvass launch this morning with the Historic Triangle Democrats and a reminder that we have 10 days left to put in the work to flip this seat and retire Rob Wittman.

Still feeling salty about this campaign ad. Rep. Rob Wittman of #VA-01 cosplaying as a working-class guy/man-of-the-people isn't fooling anyone.

With a week to go, VA01 continues to lead the way in Virginia early voting, followed by VA05, VA10, VA02 and VA06...with safe-blue/noncompetitive VA03 at the bottom bluevirginia.us/2026/10/sund...

Nov. 3 is coming, VA-01. One in eight of Wittman's constituents relies on Medicaid. He voted for a law that cuts ~$911B from it, after reportedly saying he wouldn't. Now he's touring clinics to talk "protecting access." Three Virginia clinics have closed citing the law. Oh, the hypocrisy, the irony!

Almost a million early votes cast and YOU are leading the way! Congratulations! 🎉

Wittman loves to use @richmond.com as a channel for disinformation bombs. Another one dropped today! He should make this harder to spot, though. "I believe trust is earned by *showing up and delivering*," he says. 👀 THEN WHY HAVEN'T YOU, ROB?! richmond.com/opinion/colu... (sub required)

#VA01 is the bellwether district for the House majority race, so CNN's Jake Tapper interviewed @shannontaylorva.com earlier today. Tapper's right: the things Taylor accuses Wittman of are legal. That doesn't mean they're right! Taylor's plan will close the gap between legal and morally defensible.

Oil is now almost $117/barrel and rising. Wittman voted for this - multiple times. He won’t stop supporting Trump’s insane decisions that make everything worse for normal people. No matter what you once believed, it’s clear we literally cannot afford Rob Wittman. #VoteTaylorVA01

@shannontaylorva.com has met with #VA01 faith leaders to understand what our communities need from their rep in DC. One leader said, "[Rob Wittman] has failed to lower costs and instead supported policies that further hurt our community. I stand with Shannon Taylor..." AGREED! #VoteTaylorVA01

The final, pre-election campaign finance report (10/1-10/14) for VA01 shows Democrat Shannon Taylor outraising incumbent Rep. Rob Wittman (R) nearly 2:1 ($412k-$217k), although Wittman does still have more cash-on-hand bluevirginia.us/2026/10/new-...

This is how early voting is going across #VA01 - breaking hard for Shannon Taylor. Continue to GET OUT THE VOTE, from the tip of York County to the top of Westmoreland. See projects.statenavigate.com/interactives... for more detailed numbers by county and precinct. (It's really a fabulous site!)

The incumbent (in this case, the godawful MAGA douchebag Rep. Rob Wittman in VA01) definitely does NOT want to be at just 46% with 11 days until Election Day. Go @shannontaylorva.com! bluevirginia.us/2026/10/new-... cc: @henricodems.bsky.social @wittmanwatch.bsky.social

Guess who voted to remove protections from cargo ship pollution? The Great Environmentalist, Rob Wittman, that's who! Every time Wittman has a chance to vote by his stated principles, he does the exact opposite. EVERY TIME. #VoteTaylorVA01 Vote record: clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026311

Some authors in this week's Gloucester Journal letters page claim Dems want to "abolish Thanksgiving," condone "sexual mutilation of children," and "encourage Muslim enclaves." 👀 Meanwhile David Poplawski and Molly Broderson say plainly why electing Wittman is not a good idea. #VoteTaylorVA01

Wittman AGAIN refused to call the Iran War a "war". It's a mild disagreement, a contretemps, a tiff between lovers, a squabble over the last sugar cube... ANYTHING BUT A "WAR". He's vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee. And he's a complicit patsy, and a disgrace. #VoteTaylorVA01

Wittman gets another Trump endorsement today, we see!

Further fake award photos from phony fronts w/ fish Rinse 'n' repeat 🙄 Typical Wittman. PR for him. Nothing for CD-1 VOTE EARLY FOR @shannontaylorva.com @wittmanwatch.bsky.social

And, unfortunately, the "mainstream" media (e.g., the Richmond Times-Dispatch, aka Republican Times-Disgrace) just amplifies this crap, basically refuses to call out Wittman on ANY OF IT.

More proof worthless Rob Wittman, House Armed Svcs Comm Vice Chair, will never step up at the most critical times for our national security. Another passive, do nothing response to my call about Trump/Musk betrayal of Ukraine. #VA01, our military & country deserve better! Vote @shannontaylorva.com.

The media will barely cover this, of course, but they WILL cover some Republican hit job against Shannon Taylor. Priorities! bluevirginia.us/2026/10/new-...

More promising news. BUT THIS ISN’T OVER, #VA01. Wittman is using dirty tricks (predictably) and has dark money $$$ pouring into the district. Get out the vote this weekend - just one more weekend to go after this! #VoteTaylorVA01

America believes that Trump is failing on EVERYTHING, polls suggest. And every one of those failures as Wittman’s signature attached to it. #VoteTaylorVA01

Facts matter. Truth matters. REALITY matters. But these are inconvenient when someone’s track record is filled with failure, incompetence, and double-dealing. The result? DISINFORMATION. Today we present Rob Wittman’s top 10 disinformation bombs. He’s been deliberately deceiving you, #VA01.

House Armed Services vice chair Rob Wittman's district is packed with military bases. Navy families evacuated from Bahrain are in hotels, one spouse says her savings are "zero," and funding ends in November. Haven't seen a word from him. Oversight, Congressman?