The 70-year-old Republican governor ended his televised State of the State address Thursday night by lifting up his English bulldog and flashing its rear end to the cameras and crowd.
Justice had spent more than an hour touting the state’s accomplishments, including two recently announced economic development projects. The crowd in the House of Delegates gallery included lawmakers, state Supreme Court justices, agency heads and members of the high school girl’s basketball team Justice coaches, who were sitting in the gallery.Not everyone was amused. In a tweet, West Virginia Democratic Del. Shawn Fluharty took the governor to task.
JimJusticeWV embarrassed his better half. Shame on JJ disrespecting the Divine. Know thy place.
Bette Midler insulted the good ppl of WV. The Governor told her to kiss his dog's derriere. SHE apologized afterwards. Try getting both sides of a story please, twits.
SHE apologized? When he told her to kiss a dog's asshole? witaf
'I’d say his dog’s --- would make a better Governor than him!' the 'Wind Beneath My Wings' singer tweeted, along with an unsourced chart showing the state ranking near the bottom on education, health care, infrastructure and the economy, compared to other states.
Such maturity. His people must be proud.
Gov. Justice AND Bette Midler were both inappropriate and in the wrong.
Appallingly juvenile and grossly revolting…
To Governor JimJustice perhaps your dog would do a better job raising WV from 47th in Healthcare, 45th in Education, 48th in Economy, 50th in Infrastructure, and 36th in natural environment.
Stupid and childish.
Wow. Can you noticed the similarities between the heinie and HIS face.
Classy and professional. Why would an educated person use their words when they can show a dogs butt instead…
Sone things are just not funny.
The poor dog… he thought he was just having a nice “bring your dog to work” day with dad but then dad had to show his ass… *pun intended* 🤦🏼♀️
What Bette Midler said is true. The majority of West Virginians are Appalachian poor and white who year after year are ranked in the bottom of all 50 states in education, health and standard of living...
BetteMidler didn’t need to. JimJusticeWV just proved her right.
The only person who deserves an apology is that poor dog.
What did Bette Midler say to get that ‘ dog so upset ?
carolynsudduth1 So from now on West Virginia is represented by a dogs rear end! Poor dog, & poor West Virginia. 🥲🥲🥲
Funny they look like each other side by side.
And y’all think Joe Manchin is gonna fall into lockstep 🤣
Who looked up heinie in the stylebook
Real professional role model
Proving Bette Midler’s point.
That's a real class act West Virginia... Although I think you proved Bette Midler's point...
RhondaFrechette How is it that our society manages to descend into darker, more craven and depraved depths by the day, somehow topping itself on a 24-hour basis? It's almost like we're in a competition with ourselves to self-destruct. hubris
That's not even a bulldog, it's a chihuahua brought up on KFC
And to think these are the people in charge of our country!🤦🏻♀️
Maturity has left the building.
I’m confused, which is the one being abused by over feeding?
So basically proving her right and openly demonstrating that the entire state and all it’s residents are trailer trash.
he looked like the dogs heinie by doing that.
Some dogs really do resemble their owners.
Bette Midler: 'West Virginia is poor, illiterate and strung out.' The governor of West Virginia: 'That's offensive. I'm going to display my dog's asshole on camera to show you how offensive'.
He has a great resemblance to his dog's ass. But it ends there the dog is smarter. Bless Bette.
I thought it was a mirror
WV resident here ... thoroughly embarrassed by this. I love Bette, but like everything, there are exceptions to every rule. Making sweeping generalizations and calling people strung out & illiterate (even if true) is not classy When they go low ...
This displays a total lack of respect for the dog, who deserves the same privacy of any human animal or other fellow animals. Not ok, funny or cute. It’s exploitation.
Ooooh. What a badass!
Imagine thinking this was the ideal response.
lol joshystuart nickmilaniau
I’d rather kiss that than the governor.
Yes that will show her
Poor bulldog
“poor, illiterate and strung out” add classless to that.
All class. (Most of it low)
Maybe we all will when the vote Manchin out of office for a REAL democrat.
I think we know what this is all about.
If Bette was insolent, isn't the Governor obnoxious?
Is that the governor on the right or the left?
Sadly, this person would rather make jokes than work to improve the lives of West Virginians.
Which one is the governor in the pic.. look the same to me
I feel sorry for West Virginia parents that have to explain this behavior 😕
I am assuming JimJusticeWV dog is a member of the WV legislature. Only in WV!
i have no hope in americans anymore. we’re fucked, just make sure the soundtrack is good for the shit show.
Feel most sorry for the dog.
We are living in a bad sitcom
But why is the dog wearing a coat and tie?
Tacky.
I guess she was right.
Um, judging from this picture maybe Bette was right about whatever she said.
I feel so sorry for that poor dog. People on the right are the worst.
'We'll show you how smart we are! Here, kiss my favorite hole!'
Our govt is ran by old white people. I expect nothing.
I never thought the Wonderful and Wild Whites of West Virginia was an accurate portrayal of the people of WestVirginia. I was wrong.
Clip:
Why is he holding his wife like that?
That dude’s face and that dog’s butt could be twins.
I ain't no republican but I like this guy 🤣
Disgusting.
He actually showed the dog's ass to make his point. Damn.
No masks. Justice just recovered from covid. He was lucky. Being of healthy weight and vigor.
I didn't see Bette Midler's tweet but somehow the WV governor action confirmed her tweet. LOL.
Poor dog having to live with that guy.
This country is an embarrassment.
Poor puppy. These people have no filters! Good on Bette, by the way!
why didn't he just put manchin's heinie up there
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