West Virginia Governor Jim Justice won't 'tolerate' critics slamming Joe Manchin
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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice responded Wednesday on Fox News to attacks on his state and its senior senator, Joe Manchin.
Actress Bette Midler attacked Sen. Manchin, and his home state of West Virginia, calling its residents "poor, illiterate and strung-out," while Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-NY, called Manchin a racist and xenophobe who "doesn't care about Black people" or immigrants.
Manchin, who preceded Justice's predecessor, Democrat Earl Ray Tomblin, as governor himself, effectively torpedoed Biden's "Build Back Better" spending package when he told "Fox News Sunday" he would not vote for the legislation.
Justice told host Brian Kilmeade that Midler's attack was "intolerable" — and that the "Beaches" actress appears not to understand how the state is excelling in important fields from employment, to technology, to infrastructure.