Aaron Hackett

Appalachian

[Aaron Hackett @hackettwva]

Here is a picture of my great-great grandpa posing with a raccoon because Appalachia

[Aaron Hackett @hackettwva]

Every now and then the Matt LaFleur Packers look good for a few games only to remind you why they should never be seriously considered as Super Bowl contenders for as long as Matt LaFleur is the HC.

[Andy Herman @AndyHermanNFL]

Golden with a drop. It's a complete no show for GB so far.

[Aaron Hackett @hackettwva]

@AndyHermanNFL Yeah, but he has more time on task than other kickers.

[Aaron Hackett @hackettwva]

The Vikings has such horrible dating experiences that not only are they back with their ex but they want to COMMIT

[Ian Rapoport @RapSheet]

Sources: The #Vikings want to keep Kirk Cousins beyond this season and before the trade was completed, they talked to the QB about staying in 2027.

Story: https://t.co/PeJq65nu8O

https://t.co/PeJq65nu8O

[Aaron Hackett @hackettwva]

Either he leaves now or he gets dog walked in a primary in two years. Either option is fine by me.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Fetterman suggests he will leave the Democratic Party if Van Hollen is elected majority leader

[Aaron Hackett @hackettwva]

That button look familiar @FrankenberryWV

[Really American 🇺🇸 @ReallyAmerican1]

BREAKING: Congressman-Elect Richard Ojeda suggests that lobbyists should wear body cameras.

He is hoping to bring attention to how big money influences politics.

[Aaron Hackett @hackettwva]

It says a lot about how DC functions that the newly-elected Senators, fresh off of actually being on the ground and listening to people outside of the DC bubble, are almost all anti-Schumer.

[99Chambers @99chambersapp]

BREAKING: Chris Van Hollen is challenging Chuck Schumer for Senate Democratic leader. Our whip count:

Schumer: 15
Van Hollen: 3
Want a change, no pick yet: 11
Undecided: 16
No statement: 11

29 of 56 wins, if Peltola's lead in Alaska holds. The vote is Dec 1.

[Kyle Tharp @kylewilsontharp]

💡 Democrats are poised to represent South/Central Appalachia in Congress for the first time since Heath Schuler left office in 2013.

Its a big deal in a region that has been key to the rise of Trumpism over the past decade.

[Troy N. Miller @TroyNMiller]

The word of the cycle is Heterodoxy.

If you're doing political analysis or campaigning and removing "place" from the analysis or campaign, you are dealing in a world of spherical cows in a vacuum.

[Aaron Hackett @hackettwva]

Maybe if certain people in Colorado recruit a wealthy guy from Aspen to run in CD3 for a 4th straight cycle, it’ll finally work!

[Jesse Aaron Paul ☀ @JesseAPaul]

Jeff Hurd is one of only two Republican incumbents in the country to win in Trump +10 or less districts this year. #copolitics

[Aaron Hackett @hackettwva]

@joewrote @musharbash_b Interesting that @mattyglesias never complains about the GOP having harmful supermajorities in West Virginia.

Why is he fixated on attacking Democrats instead of Republicans?

[Aaron Hackett @hackettwva]

As someone who was on board the independent candidate bandwagon, I think I was wrong and @TroyNMiller is right!

[Troy N. Miller @TroyNMiller]

I know this'll be a sore spot... but can we put to rest the theory of power that says running as an indie in rural 'red' areas is smarter than just running as a Dem?

Nationwide, did any of the indies running overcome the "Democratic penalty" by more than Dems themselves did?

[Aaron Hackett @hackettwva]

@TroyNMiller Yeah, I think this election was evidence that Democrats can be successful when we’re in touch and responsive to the people in our state/district/local community and not weighed down by unpopular national figures who served as the faces of an unpopular national party.

[Aaron Hackett @hackettwva]

@DeepNotShallow Being pro 2A is a common lefty position in Appalachia. The Trump vote and the cultural conservative quote are old.

[Aaron Hackett @hackettwva]

@appodlachia Very doable given my understanding of linear time

[Aaron Hackett @hackettwva]

Roy Cooper and Jon Ossoff received higher vote shares in the “battleground states” of North Carolina and Georgia than Shelley Moore Capito received in West Virginia.

[Rep. Riley M. Moore @RepRileyMoore]

The Senate race in based West Virginia was not even close.

[Aaron Hackett @hackettwva]

Jay Rockefeller’s story is fascinating.

His grandfather was responsible for the Ludlow Massacre in Colorado, which killed over 20 people, including 11 children.

He came to West Virginia and spent his career fighting for coal miners and became an honorary member of the UMWA.

[Maj. (Ret.) Richard Ojeda @Ojeda4America]

For years, my dad battled Parkinson’s disease. On Election Night, I got to tell him, “Pop, we won.”

This morning, he passed away.

A part of me believes he held on just long enough to see his son make it to Congress.

He won’t be there when I’m sworn in. But I know he’ll be standing right beside me.

Rest easy, Daddy. I’ll take it from here. These next two years are for you ❤️

[Aaron Hackett @hackettwva]

@abreezeclayton Shout out to North Carolina for keeping Blue Appalachia alive!