Actually, they are - and increasingly so

Actually, statins are advocated and prescribed for a large number of cardiovascular risk factors.  Besides high cholesterol, high blood pressure is chief among the risk factors used by doctors to get their patients hooked on statin drugs.  In addition, quite a bit has been made in the past couple of years about studies and articles on statins perceived ability to lower blood pressure.

Perhaps if you do a Google search for "statins blood pressure" or "statins prescribed for high blood pressure" the headline might not appear to be so stupid after all.