We checked every Rob Wittman campaign pledge since 2007.
11 campaigns, 17 issue areas: almost all of it came back broken, deleted, or never attempted.
Now he wants you to hire him again.
WTF?
Our newsletter has the receipts.
She will hold him accountable for his failure to deliver to the First District, and she will work for us - on prices, healthcare, job opportunities, and the law.
Rob and Shannon's records are very different. See how they stack up in our latest.
Education creates new prosperity for everyone in VA01. But our schools are crumbling, teachers are underpaid, and it’s our students who suffer.
So why is Wittman staying quiet as Trump shutters the Education Department?
In the final WTF file, we again show that VA01 can’t afford Rob Wittman!
Rob Wittman: "I voted against the infrastructure bill, but I am ecstatic that the Port of Virginia received the funding I have worked so hard to secure."
Our latest newsletter shows that our harbors, bridges, and broadband were all funded by bills he opposed - and that he later took credit for.
19 years, $0: #VA01 can't afford Rob Wittman.
Trump's newest move is calling anyone who disagrees with him a "communist."
But look at American history: many of the people we now call patriots were first called traitors.
America is a continuous process, not an exercise in obedience - something Rob Wittman fails to understand.
Crime is near a 60-year low. Violent crime, murder, and car theft all fell in 2024. But Rob Wittman stayed quiet as the Trump admin pulled $811M from local police, crime victims, and domestic-violence shelters.
Wittman only "backs the blue" until there’s a vote.
VA-01 can't afford Rob Wittman.
George Washington warned us about "pretended patriotism." People who question their country tend to be the most engaged citizens.
The flag, Uncle Sam, and Lady Liberty belong to all of us - including the neighbors doing the quiet, steady work of holding power to account.
In VA-01, Rob Wittman is on notice.
We’ve updated our guide to all the VA-01 candidates, and collected all their forum appearances, media interviews, and more. If you haven’t yet voted in the Democratic primary, or you want to know more about who you might vote for in November, here’s where to start. Feedback welcome!
At Wittman Watch, we keep tabs on Rob Wittman. In the Wittman Truth Files, we highlight how he's doing on the issues voters say are most important to them. Our latest shows that Wittman voted to cut:
These are things we've earned or helped build. WTF, Rob? Our latest Wittman Truth File is available to read.
We all saw the video of Wittman faking a call to escape a reporter’s questions. Some of us may have been surprised. This is simply who he has become - and it’s worse than the video suggests.
Wittman signed pledges not to cut Medicaid. Then he voted for $911B in cuts, the largest in US history. Now VCU Health Tappahannock in VA-01 - his own district - is at high risk of closure.
Wittman's still calling it "stabilizing rural hospitals."
WTF, Rob?
Today we launched a new series, WTF: Wittman Truth Files. Each week we’ll reveal how Rob Wittman has delivered on the biggest issues for all of us in #VA01.
Affordability is top of voters’ minds, but Wittman keeps making it worse while telling us everything’s improving.
WTF, Rob?
How does someone most easily win a person's vote? By doing a great job for 18 years or by making them fearful of their neighbors? Rob Wittman has chosen his strategy.
In today's newsletter, we show how he does it - and what a better representative would do differently.
It’s a good thing VA-01 has better choices than the feckless Rob Wittman to represent us in Congress. In today’s newsletter, get to know his eight challengers.
Who are YOU backing on August 4th, and why?
Wittman voted to give tax breaks to tech billionaires. Now Virginians face soaring bills, toxic risks and industrial noise.
Tea Party residents and progressives are standing together to fight back.
Find out what Wittman's not telling you.
With or without new maps, Rob Wittman is in trouble.
His competition is stiff, real people aren't giving him money, and a new poll shows he's neck-and-neck with a Democratic candidate most people don't even know.
Time to update that resume, Rob!
Election Day is tomorrow! Rob Wittman wants you to vote NO so he has a shot at continuing to ignoring you, making things more expensive, and doing whatever Trump wants to Virginia.
However you decide to vote, our guide makes it easy.
Congressman Rob Wittman has, by a long train of abuses, evasions, and performative press releases, proven himself unworthy of that title. What began as quiet neglect has metastasized into active, measurable harm.
Let Facts be submitted to a candid world!
18 years in Congress should result in a long list of major achievements, and Rep Rob Wittman touts several. Looking at these, we can ask: has Rob been good for VA-01?
Our latest Myth of the Week shows how Rob Wittman has gotten far more from VA-01 than we have from him.
Feedback is always welcome!