West Virginias Governor, an Unusual Democrat, Fights a G.O.P. Tide.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Even by the nontraditional standards of a neophyte politician — a billionaire often compared to the one now occupying the White House — it was a surprise.
Gov. Jim Justice, a Democrat, strode into the Capitol rotunda here, denounced a series of budget cuts approved by Republican lawmakers and lifted the lid off a silver platter to reveal an aromatic pile of fresh bull manure atop a copy of the spending plan.
“We need to be able to not strangle our state into just oblivion,” Mr. Justice said in a booming voice before affixing his veto to an unsullied copy of the budget proposal, which he described as “nothing more than a bunch of political bull you-know-what.”
The episode, in mid-April, was probably not what West Virginians were expecting from their new governor — and not just because of the dung.'>>>
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