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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo, the Dem Governor of West Virginia is switching parties tonight at Trump's rally
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/us/politics/west-virginia-governor-to-switch-from-democrat-to-republican-trump.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0Sorry, NYT won't let me copy and paste.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Sad to say, but Joe Manchin is the very best that particular state and its people can offer the rest of the country
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)leftstreet
(36,118 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Amishman
(5,559 posts)Then again, all politics are local and WV has gone red faster than a cotton shirt in a ketchup fight
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)Yes. Democrat -- Never.
riversedge
(70,438 posts)before trump can make his grand announcement. OINK1
leftstreet
(36,118 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Freethinker65
(10,103 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,258 posts)"Mr. Justice, a billionaire coal and real estate magnate, ran as a conservative Democrat and declined to endorse Hillary Clinton in 2016."
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,258 posts)oegthe
(40 posts)What fun for the Trump cult members! What a show!
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)What an idiot!!!!!!!
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)This is just an opportunistic clown going back home.
Kingofalldems
(38,507 posts)The governor may want to back out now.
spanone
(135,921 posts)trump will take credit for it and they will shit all over the democratic party...and Hillary
lock her up...lock her up
we've seen this shit before.....
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)Run on a democratic ticket
Squinch
(51,080 posts)haveahart
(905 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)herding cats
(19,569 posts)Not the brightest rat in the pack, is he?
Squinch
(51,080 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I have a feeling he's going to be sorely regretting this very soon!
David__77
(23,604 posts)..,
lunasun
(21,646 posts)malaise
(269,263 posts)Let him go down with the Con
Doodley
(9,174 posts)Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)I say not long after the election we'll see some trite "The Democratic Party no longer represents the beliefs of West Virginians blah blah blah" statement as he defects.
onethatcares
(16,205 posts)new coal miners that were hired since January 2017?
That's a multitude and a large voter bloc.
mountain grammy
(26,663 posts)DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)they are brothers in soul.