In Wheeling Creek near the Junior Avenue in Wheeling, W.VA., several badly damaged vehicles are shown after flooding on June 14, 2025 (Amy Essington | Essington Creative)
Last week a Republican legislator said chopped.
In the Facebook group Marshall County WV Republican Club, there was a contribution by DEL. Charles Sheedy’s personal Facebook account that he was asked to ask why President Donald Trump did not give a Fema declaration for the counties of Ohio and Marion from the floods of the last month. It also contained a screenshot of the letter that was on his legislative letterhead.
Sheedy, R-Marshall, released the following day on his professional Facebook account, where he was hacked and did not write the letter. He has not clarified how West Virginia was hacked – his Facebook, his legislative e -mail or both.
The State House’s communication director said a security check that was carried out on Sheedy’s accounts for suspicious activities, nothing was problematic.
The reason why he might want to distance himself from the letter is that it focuses more on the fact that Republicans have lost seats if the lend a hand has not been granted than to the life that was lost during the floods. It can also be because the writer Trump rightly criticizes to ignore those who voted strongly for him.
“My voters also belong to them and earn an answer because about 78% of all West Virgins who chose did so for President Trump.” The letter said. “It is very obvious that President West Virginia does not need because he is in office for an term.”
Whether Sheedy sent the letter or not, the letter had to be sent.
West Virginia came to Trump’s surveys. But Trump is in no hurry to bring your favor back.
Tuesday evening – 32 days later Governor Patrick Morrisey applied for a federal disaster declaration from the fatal floods that reached the north of West Virginia on June 14th opinion From US Senator Shelley Moore Capito.
Now that the The individual auxiliary program of the Federal Emergency Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) can have a gigantic disaster declaration that homeowners and tenants who are affected by the floods in June can provide financial support, and by awarding the emergency agreement for public support, additional financial support for state authorities and the local governments are now activated.
This is the second great flood disaster this year in West Virginia. In February, three people in southern floods were killed in Virginia. Morrisey requested A federal disaster, and members of the West Virginia congress delegation also sent a letter To Trump. Nine days later, only part of the request was approved – for McDowell, Mercer, Mingo and Wyoming Counties.
Although the Fema received support, two months later in residents in McDowell County still lived in their flooded houses with damp floors, some surrounded by mold.
On April 23, Morrisey announced this Fema contested Individual support for the counties Boone, Cabell, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Lincoln, Monroe and Summers as well as public support in the counties Cabell and Kanawha for the floods in February.
“Despite today’s notification, I am grateful to the Trump government for their strong support for the recovery of the Southwest Virginia after the floods in February,” said Morrisey in a statement.
So much Morrisey Trump praises, the president does not throw him bones.
The same applies to the Congress delegation of West Virginia, all of which came up with the President’s priorities.
On June 20, the delegation sent another one letter The President asks him to approved Morrisey’s request for a disaster declaration for Marion and Ohio Counties.
Told understood Wtov That she was in contact with Fema every day to check the status of the disaster declaration for North -West Virginia.
But what did Senator Jim Justice do, apart from Capito’s letter? What about representatives Carol Miller and Riley Moore? I can’t find anything that you attack individually or even talk to the media about the floods in Northwest Virginia.
But what I found are you celebrate Choose In favor an invoice that Medicaid will take away from West Virginians thousands.
There is no money in the state Fund of Flood Resilience Trust. Morrisey has not added any money to his budget and the legislator did not add any money during this year’s legislative meeting. Financing the Fema is everything we have.
In the meantime, those who have lost family members and their houses have been waiting to get lend a hand almost 40 days later.
I’ve already said that, but I will say it every time this happens because it will continue to happen – West Virginia needs Fema. Justice, Miller and Moore have to take over Capito’s leadership and continue to urge to do things for their home state. And maybe Sheedy should claim this letter and take a certain recognition for the final explanation.
