Riley is the man you should be with

When Riley Moore was elected State Treasurer in 2020, he became West Virginia’s first Republican treasurer since 1932. His beat his predecessor, who had held the office for 24 years, by 13 points.

When West Virginians elected him they asked for another kind of treasurer. The one that will cancel all state contracts with BlackRock Goldman Sachs JPMorgan Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo. This is the one that launches the first national state savings program for high school graduates who are not interested in four-year degrees. This is the kind that wears a Power Trip T-shirt and uses an orange Stihl saw to cut down trees.

They didn’t want the man wearing newly minted Timberlands to pose next to the chlorophyll stained worker. They desired the worker with chlorophyll stain.

When West Virginians elected Moore, they wanted something new in policy and personnel. Moore was running on an anti-corruption, pro-transparency campaign. He wanted to “clean up” the office.

Born as the youngest of three siblings in Morgantown, Maryland’s northernmost city, the Mountaineer became a welder shortly after graduating high school. Moore welded his way to college at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. He studied international politics and government. Moore was a miner, and he remembers it as an unforgettable experience. He also worked at several steel plants near Georgetown University, where he studied international politics and government.

Moore was encouraged by his maternal grandparents to learn welding. His grandfather, a mechanic and welder, worked for the family while his grandmother served tables at the Los Angeles restaurant. He couldn’t express his gratitude for his grandparents enough: “They were blue-collar workers who loved the country and were the most kind people I have ever met .”

. The way they lived their lives, and how they were good people, they encouraged him to learn welding.

The treasurer’s combination of political and labor experience can be seen in his family ties. His grandfather Arch Moore was West Virginia’s only three-term governor. Shelley Moore Capito is the current junior senator. He referred to his grandfather as “a personal hero,” admiring his victory over Jay Rockefeller in a contest in which Moore was “outspent something like 11:1.”

After graduating at George Mason, Moore wanted a job on the Foreign Affairs Committee that was then headed by Henry Hyde of Illinois. Moore relates that Moore discovered his chief of staff owned Murphy’s Grand Irish Pub in Alexandria, Virginia. Moore, a recent graduate, got a job at King Street serving tables. Tom Mooney was the owner of the bar. I finally asked him “Mr. “Eventually, I asked Tom Mooney, owner of the bar, ‘Mr.

He started out doing low-level work, but he worked his way up to become a member the professional staff and a national security advisor to the committee. Moore earned his master’s in Strategic Security Studies from the National Defense University at Fort McNair in DC. He was appointed secretary to the U.S. Congressional Delegation in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly after he completed his graduate program.

The treasurer said that learning how these decisions were made and weighing those decisions at a high level…was very informative for him. It was very instructive for me .”

to learn how these decisions were made, and weigh those decisions at high levels.

After working in the public sector, Moore decided to move into the private sector. He found it less fulfilling than he expected. He was employed by Textron (which owns Bell Helicopter), and he enjoyed his time there. He said, “It is a tremendous organization that does great work. But I believe I overlooked the U.S. National Interest or in my instance West Virginia Interest.”

He chose to go back to his hometown because it is where his heart is. They are the best people this country has ever seen. These people are truly amazing. They are the hardest working faith-based communities who care about others and try to live the American Dream.” Moore knew his state was the “buttof those jokes” but accepted a call to “do something bigger than me. It’s not about me

Upon returning to Appalachia, Moore won a seat in the 67^th district of West Virginia’s House of Delegates, located on the very limit of the state’s eastern border in Jefferson County. It was an extraordinary session for Moore’s first and last session at the House. In 2018, the chamber impeached all five justices on the state’s supreme court on charges of overspending and corruption and elected Moore to become majority leader. Moore was defeated in his bid to reelect himself as district leader, just months after his peers had elected him. He ran a solid campaign and [Sen.] Manchin was listed on the ballot. Our Attorney General Patrick Morrissey lost his opponent and they’re from the same area. There was a wave election that saw us lose every seat in Jefferson, which is kind of an accident.

Moore said that he didn’t feel satisfied with his state service and ran against John Perdue for the position of state treasurer. Perdue had won six straight terms. During his campaign, Moore emphasized that his opponent served as a delegate for Vice President Biden at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, while he served as a delegate for President Trump at the Republican National Convention. Moore also presented the Jumpstart Savings Program plan, which was signed into law by Gov. Jim Justice signed into law in March of 2021.

According to the governor’s office, “The Jumpstart Savings Program, which is the first program of its kind in the nation, allows individuals who wish to pursue a vocation or trade, ranging from welding to cosmetology, to make tax-free contributions to a savings and investment account up to $25,000 each year. The account can be contributed by the beneficiary’s family members or the employer. The beneficiary can later withdraw money from the account – which will also be tax-free up to $25,000 each year – to help cover equipment, tools, certifications, licenses, and business startup costs used in a vocation or trade.”

The treasurer was extremely satisfied with this program’s implementation, and felt empowered to confront the country’s most powerful financial institutions. On Thursday, July 28, his office canceled state contracts with five of the aforementioned institutions because of their corporate-wide boycotts of fossil fuels, a product of the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) movement. Moore called himself “just another red-blooded American trying to fight to protect West Virginia’s jobs and industry and standing up for what is right.” “So I don’t really care about how many assets Larry Fink has or any of the other guys have,” Moore said. Fink, who is also the CEO at BlackRock (the world’s biggest asset manager) with $8. 48 trillion in assets under management, and holds a board seat on Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum.

The treasurer stated that Texas should announce similar moves with its state bank contracts this year, in addition to the ones in Tennessee, Oklahoma and Kentucky.

Treasurer Moore said that he was motivated by his “Christian values and morality, biblical teaching, that I have taken upon myself.” Moore also shared his devotion to the Catholic faith after his parents died. He married Mina and became more committed to that faith. With Mina, he had three children, two girls ages 2 and 4, and one boy a year and three months.

Moore is currently reading a few books: Alex Epstein’s Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas–Not Less, Steven Koonin’s Unsettled. What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why it Matters, Yoram Hazony’s He’s currently alternating between a few books: Alex Epstein’s Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas–Not Less, Steven Koonin’s Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters, and Yoram Hazony’s Conservatism: A Rediscovery.

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Conservative advocacy and intellectuals are taking note of the treasurer’s devotion to his state and principles. He sat down with Kevin Roberts, Heritage Foundation’s founder in July for an interview. He was then back in D.C. to record a podcast with Saurabh’s American Moment. He’ll be speaking at Hazony’s National Conservatism Conference in Miami next month.

Moore’s term as treasurer is slotted to end in 2024, as well as Sen. Manchin’s second full term in the Senate, for which the senior senator plans to run for reelection according to an April CNBC report. When asked about future electoral prospects, Moore said that “any decision I make will be after the 2022 elections. Moore said that he was open to considering any alternative, however, he is focusing on the present. However, he acknowledged that if asked .”

, a decision would be made after
elections.

Moore speaks with the calmness of Andy Griffith, and governs with Barney Fife’s zeal. His Mayberry now holds the state treasurery, but West Virginians could find another home for him soon.