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Patrick Morrisey: “If these trump tax cuts and these income tax cuts, let's say…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

Governor Morrisey Continues Calls for Tax Cuts at the State Fairgrounds

Published March 12, 2026 | Video Starts at 23:47

I know it's not always easy to be out there working and toiling for your family. We have to look out for you, give you a little bit of help. If these trump tax cuts and these income tax cuts, let's say they combine help you with 3, 400, 500 bucks, isn't that good? I'd rather you have that money than the government and that's what I'm fighting for. But we need your help. Contact your delegates, ask them pass the income tax cuts now. (23:47–23:57)

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Asserts that the combination of Trump tax cuts and income tax cuts could result in savings of $300 to $500 for individuals.

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“Since October 1st alone, we've been able to announce over $10.75 billion worth of investments.”
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“West Virginia's bridges were considered the worst rated in the country.”
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“West Virginia has real momentum and we are poised for our comeback.”
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“We've made economic development a central feature of our administration.”
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“We've put the basics in place, the fundamentals, about how you actually lure businesses in.”
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“We've always been looking to make West Virginia's tax code much more competitive with other states that we touch.”
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“When I took office, I am proud to say that we had started the process to get the state income taxes down.”
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“A lot of that was due to the piece of litigation that I filed to make sure that West Virginia could lower the taxes.”
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“That's over 9,600 projected jobs.”
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“You have to add another $546 million for broadband to connect it to West Virginians.”
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“That's going to lead to thousands of jobs, about 500 to a thousand direct thousands of indirect.”
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“When that goes into effect, that's going to lead to another thousand jobs and that's going to be another $1 billion for West Virginia.”
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“Based upon that six month period, it's the best six month period West Virginia has ever seen that we can, based on the record books that…”
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“Just this week, I signed into law a provision which conforms West Virginia to the Trump tax cuts.”
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“Trump tax cuts affect West Virginia about $106 million. That's net tax reduction for you, the people of the state.”
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“When you add that $106 million to the 125 million that they've reserved in the budget, we're talking about $231 million of tax relief for…”
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“In my budget, I put $100 million of new monies for transportation, for infrastructure.”
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“The legislature, in the budget that they sent me, which I have to respond to by today, they added about 25 million.”
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“We have resources available for health care, not only that Rural Health Transformation grant I talked about, which I expect it's going to…”
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“Our HOPE Scholarship, this is the first year it's being fully implemented for a lot of our kids.”
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“I've proposed a 10% across the board income tax cut.”
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“Between the Trump tax cuts and these income tax reductions, we're going to see that's over $230 million in your pocket.”
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“Kentucky, they're looking to drop their tax rates to 3.5% at the highest level.”
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“Ohio is looking to drop its rates to 2.75.”
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“Pennsylvania, they're at 3.07, their top rate.”
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“Here's West Virginia coming in at 4.82.”
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“Virginia is looking to increase [taxes].”
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“We have an opportunity here to lower our tax rate. High taxes discourage businesses.”
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“The Senate has passed the budget and the House and Senate passed their budget. They've allowed for income tax cuts, but the House still…”
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“Legislative session stops on Saturday and I think we're going to have a terrific session and we're going to cap it with an across the board…”
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“We're going to have more economic development opportunities and we're going to do it through many things, including lower income tax cuts.”
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“West Virginia has momentum and this part of the state is going to help lead the way.”
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