What John McGuire did this week: 5/10/25

The pro-life congressman who's apparently fine with kids dying if they're in Africa.

After taking a week off for a mental-health break, I’m back to reading Rep. McGuire’s social feeds so you don’t have to. This week he…

Spoke of

• The miracle of life.

Did not speak of

• The 1.2 million children who will die in the next 5 years because President Trump stopped funding vaccination programs in poor countries.

Thanked

• Elon Musk, who put those vaccination programs in the wood chipper.

Took time to

• Vote to rename the Gulf of Mexico.

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Held

• A telephone Town Hall.

Misrepresented

• Many facts in his town hall.

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Celebrated

• National Nurses Week.

Did not celebrate

• His votes to cut Medicaid for 160,000 constituents.

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Has co-sponsored

• The Pregnancy Is Not An Illness Act of 2025, which among other things would nullify the FDA’s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone.

Has not co-sponsored

• The MEME Act, which would prohibit the president and other federal officials from inviting bribery by creating cryptocurrencies, as President Trump has already done.

  • Here’s how the crypto thing works: Trump has created two new currencies, $TRUMP and $MELANIA. He, his family, and his business partners own large shares of both. He gets a trading fee every time someone buys or sells any of the remaining coin. He also profits when the price goes up.

  • Trump is driving the price up by offering the biggest coin holders special access to the White House. This is happening in public.

  • Because it’s crypto, nobody knows who’s buying or how much they buy. Anyone, including corporations and foreign governments, can let the White House know they’ve bought in, which makes Trump money, and then ask for favors in return.

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Noted

• Military Spouse Recognition Day

• Renaming VE Day

Did not note

• That he’s voted to cut benefits for 27,000 veterans throughout Virginia.

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Ate lunch at

• The T-Room in Lynchburg.

• Ann’s Family Restaurant in Nelson County.

Did not eat lunch at

• Schools attended by any of the 50,000 kids in his district whose free and reduced-price meals he’s voted to cut.

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Boasted about

• Returning over $200,000 to constituents.

Did not boast about

• Voting to cut the $18 million in food and cash benefits that his constituents get every month.

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Shared

• A selfie with his dog, Remington.

Thankfully, did not share

• A selfie featuring his, er, “Smith & Wesson.”