Capito, a West Virginia Republican, announced her bid for Senate this week. Capito: GOP communicated 'poorly'

Rep. Shelley Moore Capito said on Wednesday that the Republican Party has “poorly communicated” what the West Virginia Senate hopeful described as worthy economic solutions to the nation’s economic problems.

“We as Republicans have those solutions; we just have poorly communicated that,” she said on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends.” “And that’s why I think I’m excited about being a woman running for Senate, but I’m proud to say I’m a great Republican that believes our solutions are what’s going to help women in my age bracket help those children and help those parents have a better life.”


Capito, who announced her bid for the Senate this week, supports abortion rights, but she downplayed the social issues debate.

“The economic issues I think drive American women more so than any social issue that was talked about in the last campaign,” she said.

Capito, who offered her support for the coal industry and the private sector, also noted that she would be the first woman to represent West Virginia in the Senate.

“I also live and have raised my family in West Virginia, I am a West Virginian, obviously, and I just think that sometimes we need diversity in the delegation,” she said. “That’s what I hope to put in as a U.S. senator.”