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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
(31,121 posts)leftstreet
(36,116 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
(70,307 posts)before trump can make his grand announcement. OINK1
leftstreet
(36,116 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Freethinker65
(10,058 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,257 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
(11,257 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
(38,487 posts)The governor may want to back out now.
spanone
(135,883 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
(51,018 posts)haveahart
(905 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)herding cats
(19,568 posts)Not the brightest rat in the pack, is he?
Squinch
(51,018 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I have a feeling he's going to be sorely regretting this very soon!
David__77
(23,520 posts)..,
lunasun
(21,646 posts)malaise
(269,185 posts)Let him go down with the Con
Doodley
(9,130 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(3,145 posts)I say not long after the election we'll see some trite "The Democratic Party no longer represents the beliefs of West Virginians blah blah blah" statement as he defects.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
(16,188 posts)new coal miners that were hired since January 2017?
That's a multitude and a large voter bloc.
mountain grammy
(26,655 posts)DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)they are brothers in soul.