State Representative (35th-WA) State budget hawk; protector of children, constitutional rights, and your tax dollars.
Washington, USA
Joined November 2012
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Travis Couture retweeted
"It seems like Republicans were voted against, but Republican issues were supported by the populace in the last election."
I joined a panel on @NEWSMAX with my friend Rep. @TravisSCouture to discuss Washington state voters approving I-638 to keep boys out of girls' sports
Happy Veterans Day to all my fellow vets out there!
I’m deeply thankful and appreciative of your service, and the sacrifices you and your families make to ensure America remains safe and free!
Nathan Hale once said his only regret was that he had but one life to give for his country, and every veteran signed a blank check, payable up to and including their life, so that we can enjoy our freedom and liberty.
Special shout out to all my fellow submariners out there, especially my sub vets league in Bremerton! 🇺🇸⚓
Travis Couture retweeted
Washington approved a 16.7% health insurance hike for small businesses in 2027 — more than the 16.5% insurers even asked for. Third double-digit hike in three years. A $1,000-a-month plan in 2024 costs about $1,473 in 2027.
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Travis Couture retweeted
Agreed, Michael. 31 states are in, and Mead's school board is asking the Governor to opt in by Jan. 1. If we sit this out, Washington taxpayers can still claim the credit, but the help goes to kids in other states. That makes no sense for our students.
4 vote difference.
Look at how close this race is in Pierce County. 4 votes! If you live in Pierce County go to Vote.Wa.Gov to ensure your ballot has not been challenged. If it has, take steps to fix it immediately!
I’ll be on Newsmax today to discuss the newly passed girls sports initiative, and how the far left is already working to overturn democracy.
Today 4pm ET on Newsmax 2:
-Seattle school board trashes will of voters
-Amnesty or not?
-Jim Jordan is in
-Hamtramck mayor takes oath
-Hacking your refrigerator
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@KurtSchlichter
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Looking forward to Gov. Ferguson supporting democracy and enforcing the newly passed girls sports initiative.
“As public officers, our duty is to abide by the will of the people we serve, and implement and enforce the laws they adopt.” - Bob Ferguson
I warned this would happen (checks watch) for the last two years.
Three Washington school districts are preparing to sue the state over education funding.
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Having a House supermajority in Olympia, democrats have promised to lower the cost of every day items like healthcare, gas and groceries, reduce significantly regressive taxes, and fully fund education. Although they’ve had large enough majorities to accomplish this before, there’s no excuses now.
A costly error.
Scoop: Accounting error could cost Washington state $654M, Senate staff says. #waleg
ALT Years of accounting errors involving children's health care funding could cost Washington state hundreds of millions of dollars, according to an estimate from legislative staff. Why it matters: The potential costs come as Washington lawmakers are already preparing for a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall. Zoom in: From 2020 to 2025, the state Health Care Authority underreported to the federal government how much it spent on the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), agency spokesperson Katie Pope wrote in an email to Axios. CHIP provides health coverage to children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid. Because of the reporting error, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began reducing Washington's CHIP funding allotment in fiscal year 2024 — from roughly $250 million a year to about $133 million today, state Senate staff estimate.
Washington has been fully Democrat controlled for a long time, who is she taking the state back from? More moderate democrats?
"We are going to take our state back. We're going to start planning for how we overturn these bad initiatives and how we go back to loving everyone with gender inclusivity the way we have for decades," said Washington's Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
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Washington has had Democratic control of the governorship and legislature for decades. Voters approved only one of three citizen initiatives this election: I-638 on girls' sports (56% yes); the others failed.
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For years Democrats in Washington State have been pushing ranked choice voting. Now they have a large enough majority to make it finally happen. But with the disaster RCV has been in Alaska and other places, Democrats should abandon that idea.
Alright @robmckenna do your magic brother! Defend our constitution and our economy!
Incredibly heartbreaking 😔
My deepest condolences, sympathy, and prayers to their families.
Second Spokane Sheriff deputy dies after shooting kiro7.com/news/local/spokane…
Taxes just keep going up.
On January 1, Washington's business tax goes up again — for grocers, manufacturers, wholesalers, and child care centers. It's a tax on gross receipts, so even a business that loses money still pays it.
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Travis Couture retweeted
WA’s tax system now ranks 47th in the country, according to the Tax Foundation’s newly released 2027 State Tax Competitiveness Index.
Only New Jersey, California and New York rank worse.
The ranking doesn’t yet include WA’s new 9.9% income tax, scheduled to take effect in 2028.
I assume that will bring us down to 49th.
We’ve dropped from #6 to #47 in just 13 years.
This in my opinion is the most dangerous consequences of this election. Dems will now have a supermajority. This is partially to do with gerrymandered and now illegal maps they shoved through courts over a year ago. We lost at least 4-6 seats due to these maps. We stand to lose 7-9+ seats this election pending upcoming vote tallies.
However, we can’t just blame the maps for decades of failure. More reflection on that in coming days.
I warned about this outcome months ago. And now here we are.
The House Republican caucus in Olympia has been bleeding seats since 2016, and now are poised to have the lowest amount of seats since the Great Depression.
If the governor gets his way, it’ll be catastrophic. Any fool downplaying this in the GOP needs to be shitcanned asap.
President Trump put out the call to rig the system in order to maintain the Republican majority in Congress, and red states are answering. I support efforts to level the playing field. In Washington state, we would need a two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate to change our redistricting process. If we get that supermajority, I would not only support a redistricting effort — I would lead it. seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
