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In reply to the discussion: Think WV's Senate Seat Is Lost? [View all]Earthrise
(15,761 posts)... or Jim Justice - who the New York Times called a Republican-turned-Democrat-turned-Republican governor. He is in touch with reality, not MAGA, and *not* someone who is in it only for the wealthy and powerful.
Governor Justice Introduces Babydog the Bulldog at State of the State Address
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice (R) introduces his bulldog, Babydog, at the end of his State of the State address.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4999293/governor-justice-introduces-babydog-bulldog-state-state-address
Do It for Babydog - COVID vaccination program, getting vaccinated meant you won an opportunity to win a scholarship for your child/your self
https://doitforbabydog.wv.gov/
Big Jim and Babydog Go to Washington
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/us/jim-justice-senate-governor-west-virginia.html
"Mr. Justice, a debt-ridden coal magnate, and Republican-turned-Democrat-turned-Republican governor, could soon play a decisive role in the countrys direction."
Come on, girl, he cooed. An English bulldog the governor has described as a 60-pound brown watermelon plopped out of the Suburban to a sprinkling of warm applause. Elsewhere in the state, critical functions foster care, prisons, the flagship public university were buckling under financial strain and staffing shortages. Here, all eyes were on Babydog, hoisted by the captain of the governors security detail into the camp chair set up, as always, right beside the governor."