Napa Valley Ben

The following news release is from the Beth Macy for Congress campaign.

ROANOKE — On Saturday, Oct. 10, Democratic candidate Beth Macy talked to voters from the top to the bottom of Virginia’s 6th Congressional District, from Front Royal to Roanoke – 174 miles. 

Meanwhile, Ben Cline, the Republican incumbent, was more than 2,000 miles away dining with lobbyists from Google and Nvidia at an $800-a-night winery resort in Napa Valley. 

“Congress is on recess, a time when Ben COULD be talking to his constituents about what he’s going to do to bring down gas prices, end the war in Iran, release the Epstein files, regulate a tech world gone out of control. 

“Instead, he’s on a Cali junket with the people bringing you unregulated data centers and AI. Can you believe it?” Macy said.

Cline attended a weekend gathering organized by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., at The Estate Yountville. Other scheduled attendees at the Scalise Leadership Fund event were U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ore., U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, and Joe Strada, a MAGA multimillionaire running for Florida House 11. 

Invited  industry representatives included UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health and Storm Services LLC. Texas Monthly reported the Texas Military Department “paid other contractors, like Storm Services LLC, over $750 million to build and maintain temporary based camps” for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border surge, called Operation Lone Star. The ACLU of Texas says the state-run immigration enforcement program is unconstitutional and polluted by racial profiling.

“Who does Ben Cline keep company with? Is he really against data centers, or does this junket show he’s all about staying in perfect step with Trump’s illegal and immoral actions against Americans?”