Not that one person speaks for a state, certainly not a Republican governor, but its crap like this at a time like this that gives people ammunition for disparaging comments about West Virginia.
Gov. Jim Justice, who briefly excused himself from a daily briefing about West Virginia’s coronavirus response to take a call from President Trump, concluded today’s remarks by saying he would welcome any president to the state but one.
“I wanted him to know just how welcome he is in West Virginia,” Justice said of Trump. “And any president, you know, we should absolutely welcome all but — maybe not Barack Obama. Nevertheless, we’ll welcome any president.
How tone deaf, how stupid is the governor of West Virginia, local coal baron Jim Justice to make a statement that he would invite any president except one, Obama, to the state?
Justice fails to uphold safety standards and gets fined, but its Obama’s “war on coal” that is supposedly so offensive to people of the state. Set aside the fact that the market long determined coal was dead.
Of course, he used the tired right-wing “it was a joke” excuse, but I would like to extend a warm invitation to President Obama to visit any time he would like.