Richard Ojeda

Richard Ojeda, a U.S. Army veteran and Democratic state senator, ran unsuccessfully for a U.S. House seat in West Virginia in 2018. He has announced his interest in pursuing the presidency in 2020.

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Richard Ojeda
stated on August 15, 2021 a tweet

The United States spent “2 trillion dollars to train and equip the Afghan military over the past 20 years. They fell in a week.”

By Trenton Straight, Zach DeLuca • September 21, 2021

Richard Ojeda
stated on October 19, 2019 a tweet

"One in eight American adults, or 12.7 percent of the U.S population, now meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder."

By Claudia Breaux, Jacqueline Kautz, Olivia Vigna • November 19, 2019

Richard Ojeda
stated on August 20, 2019 a tweet

"75-100 folks (are) killed a month and over 200 wounded by senseless gun violence."

By Katherine Baile, Maddie Cherry • October 17, 2019

Richard Ojeda
stated on August 25, 2019 a tweet

The United States is "#1 in oil consumption" in the world.

By Autumn Cecil, Jacqueline Kautz • October 1, 2019

Richard Ojeda
stated on November 27, 2018 a tweet

At General Motors, CEO Mary Barra "took home almost 22 MILLION DOLLARS last year alone (295x your company's average employee)."

By Liz Newton, Jamie Green, Kenna Richards, Patrick Orsagos • December 6, 2018

Richard Ojeda
stated on October 24, 2018 a video posted to Facebook

"We have lost more lives in the last two years" due to opioids "than all of the lives lost during the Vietnam War."

By Douglas Soule • November 15, 2018

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