Governor Jim Justice Scolds West Virginia GOP Leaders
CHARLESTON — State funding cuts proposed by Republicans hurt actual people, Gov. Jim Justice said, scolding the state’s “basketful of Republicans” as taking “scalps.”
“Those 14 scalps hurt people, guys,” he said, as part of the warfare metaphor he presented this morning to media, media group executives and legislators who attended the West Virginia Press Association’s annual legislative breakfast in Charleston. “We do not need scalps to be able to get there.”
Although Justice urged West Virginians to offer “respect and love” to Republicans for what they are trying to do, he praised Democrats’ efforts to support his budget proposal for FY2017-18, which includes $450 million in tax increases.
“You should really give them their due, because they’re trying,” he said of Democrat leaders.
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