Matthew Roberson

Follower of Jesus, husband, toddler dad, attorney, and Chair of Clallam County GOP - 🅾️

[Matthew Roberson @mattroberson]

@OcrazioCornPop Interesting map. Would be interesting to see what partisan breakdown would be if the Founders' original apportionment amendment passed (when Bill of rights passed, they were 10 of 12 amendments, the others being the apportionment one and the 27th amendment)

[Matthew Roberson @mattroberson]

@stevemur @WAGOP Until center-right and moderate Republicans compete for PCO spots at the county level, many of them going unfilled, WAGOP's state committee will remain locked in with MAGA (county pcos elect chairs and state committee members).

[Brian Heywood - That Damn Mormon @bkheywood]

The state needs 1.1 million new homes in next 20 years
SO
We regulated the crap out of building a new home
THEN
We taxed the crap out of the building industry
THEN
We repeatedly raised property taxes to tax the crap out of homeowners
THEN
We threw on 100’s of 1000’s of dollars of environment regulations and requirements for new homes
THEN
We tried to ban effective gas heating in homes.
THEN
Cities and counties aggressively zoned to prevent landowners from making decisions about their own property
THEN
We made the permit process a long soviet nightmare of hoops and illogic
AND
For good measure we threw in rent control to discourage construction of new rental properties
BUT
For some unfathomable reason, new home construction seems to keep falling
SO
We taxed, regulated, and interfered in the market some more
BUT
That didn’t seem to work
SO
Now we have a plan we know will work
AFTER
Taxing the whole state into oblivion
WHILE
Spending like it is someone else’s money
AND
Having almost no record of success for any taxpayer funded programs
NOW
We know what to do
JUST
1) Spend $244 million more of tax payer money
AND
2)create a new tax payer funded housing bureaucracy

This will totally solve all the problems

“I don’t have much to say, but I think it would be good to have some Holy Santos brought to the high school, to guard the hallway and to bring us good luck. ….I’d like to see more of that. If you vote for me, all of your wildest dreams will come true. Thank you.” Pedro Sanchez

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[Matthew Roberson @mattroberson]

@TravisSCouture @dospueblos @WASenDemocrats @GovBobFerguson My bet is WA Supremes will overturn the precedent.

[Matthew Roberson @mattroberson]

@thehoffather Dude also got in trouble in prison for intimidating other inmates and distributing drugs as recently as the 2020s.

[Matthew Roberson @mattroberson]

Not surprise that WA Rep. Steve Tharinger (D-24th) is asking for a pardon for a guy who murdered a teen & injured another after shooting into a crowded area.

[Ari Hoffman @thehoffather]

NEW: WA Democrats signed a letter urging Gov Bob Ferguson to grant clemency to Tuan Thanh Phan, an illegal alien from Vietnam who just finished serving 25 years for murder & assault & is in federal custody pending ICE deportation.

In 1999 he was also charged with possession of a dangerous weapon at a school & was issued a final order of removal in 2009.

[Matthew Roberson @mattroberson]

@SerranoForWA Congrats @SerranoForWA . Proud of you and know you'll serve the Eastern District well.

[Matthew Roberson @mattroberson]

@radmunkie @AnthonyMixerWA I think he is also counting the fact that GOP controlled the state senate in 2017-2019 - so they had some leverage

[Clallam County GOP @clallamgop]

The Republican Women of Clallam County are hosting Glen Morgan for a DOGE training in Sequim tomorrow. Glen hosts a podcast on YouTube and his website is "We The Governed" https://t.co/IfuJ2cDkW6 .

WHERE: Sequim Elks Lodge #2642. 143 Port Williams Rd, Sequim, WA 98382-3146
WHEN: Thursday, July 17th
TIME: Registration Starts at 5:15 pm
Event Start: 6:00 pm Ends: 8:30 -9:00 pm
COST: $15.00
The Elks club bar will be open where you can purchase alcoholic drinks & sodas and coffee & tea will be available. The Republican Women will have treats for you to enjoy for a small donation.

[Brandi Kruse @BrandiKruse]

Washington state defunded a specialized medical facility for drug addicted babies ... but kept funding that gives concierge medical care to transgender prison inmates, including paying for things like breast implants and laser hair removal.

[Future 42 @future42org]

“You are literally the only state that is above where it was one year ago,” Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said of fuel prices in Washington.

Ouch

Brett Davis
https://t.co/KzLxxlTA1r

[Clallam County GOP @clallamgop]

Lincoln Day Luncheon and Auction

LAST DAY for early bird tickets. Tell a friend!
https://t.co/HMmpCj1jZe

Take a look at our silent auction items. There’s something for everyone!
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[Future 42 @future42org]

BREAKING
Washington State Trooper Gaad's killer found GUILTY of Vehicular Manslaughter and Vehicular Assault!

We'd like to thank @komonews and @JeremyHarrisTV for staying on this rollercoaster of a story.

Story: https://t.co/kbY7FlwueA

[Matthew Roberson @mattroberson]

@1BethDutton I've been a prosecutor involved with drug court. If there is relapse or violation, court can choose to sanction him with days in jail, send back to treatment, or even CSW. Or if the drug court has had enough, proceed with revocation.

[Matthew Roberson @mattroberson]

I'm with Reagan on this

[Ryan Saavedra @RyanSaavedra]

President Ronald Reagan’s thoughts on tariffs:

[Matthew Roberson @mattroberson]

Good speech re tariff proposals from the Administration

[Senator Rand Paul @SenRandPaul]

Tariffs don't punish foreign governments. They punish American families. When we tax
imports, we raise the price of everything—from groceries to smartphones to washing
machines to prescription drugs.

https://t.co/k8sbTKShNL

[Vijay @VijayInWA]

"Our budget situation is grim, but it soon may become dire."

These are not my words, but the words of our governor from a foreboding press conference he gave today (watch the entire thing, if you can stomach it). We learned that the budget hole created by the Democrats was not 12 billion dollars, as we feared, but a shocking *16* billion dollars.

Just for context, California, which many consider the worst run state in the Union, has a budget deficit of 30 billion dollars. But California has a much larger population than Washington. If we adjust for population, our deficit is the equivalent of almost 80 (EIGHTY) billion dollars 😳

Before you let that bleak fact sink in, consider also our state's rainy day fund is less than 10% of our state's budget, a fact the governor bemoaned, stating that "we're one of just four states in the entire country with Reserves at 10% or less of our annual budget"

So what happened? Was there a massive emergency that required us to spend the rainy day fund? Have we gone through a deep recession in the last few years that reduced revenues significantly? How is that Florida has no income tax but is able to RETURN 1billion dollars back to the Federal government, yet Washington seems on the edge of collapse if a single federal dollar does not come our way? The answer is simple my friends.

Tax revenues have grown consistently in Washington for over a decade. Last budget cycle the state had a budget surplus of 12 billion, and despite piling on more taxes on the residents of Washington, including a business-destroying capital gains tax, the legislature has managed to swing that surplus to one of the largest deficits in the country. "So if revenues continued to increase how on earth do we have such a huge hole?" you are wondering. It's because our Democratic controlled legislature and past governor, spent money like drunken sailors.

Any responsible family or business would quickly recognize the recklessness of such spending and cut back to live, or do business, within their means. Instead of doing this, the Washington legislature proposed a series of harebrained new taxes, including an unprecedented wealth tax. Such taxes have been tried many times around the world and have always failed to raise revenue, because the people the tax is intended to loot simply leave.

Our governor flatly rejected the budget proposals from both the Democratic House and Democratic Senate and this has already received much attention, with some suggesting that Bob Ferguson is being true to his inaugural speech: he's going to govern from the center as a unifying moderate.

The truth is much darker, however. Ferguson only rejected the wealth tax proposals because he did not believe they would survive a legal test.

“We cannot rely on a revenue source with a real possibility of being overturned by the courts,” Ferguson said. He did leave open the possibility of a smaller wealth tax that raises no more than $100 million, just to test the legality of the proposal. A trial balloon to see how far Washington Democrats can take their extremist tax policies.

What we are witnessing is the complete implosion of good governance in Washington state. The situation may get even worse as Federal funds may be cutoff with our governor deciding an ideological war with the federal government is a more important priority than solving our own state's urgent problems (like 70% of our 8th graders not being proficient in math.)

The Democratic party controls the governorship, has a super majority in both houses, and controls the state supreme court, which is packed with far-left judges. The slow-motion catastrophe we are witnessing is entirely on them, and unless the people of Washington wake up and decide they've had enough of extremist policies, we are, as our governor observed, in a very dire situation.

[Travis Couture @TravisSCouture]

No lies detected.

[Matthew Roberson @mattroberson]

@elonmusk I thought we lived in a constitutional republic, not a democracy . . .

[Matthew Roberson @mattroberson]

@WAHouseDems have been in charge for decades. They've built the financial house of cards in WA that is now tipping over.

[WA House Democrats @WAHouseDems]

🚨 Devastating cuts. Zero new revenue. The "Book 1" budget slashes essential services—healthcare, housing, long-term care—hurting Washingtonians statewide. See what’s at stake: https://t.co/QZzZOb7Lm9

#WALeg #WABudget #Book1