Media Fail: WV Republican Governor Has Not Rejected GOP Candidates

The Hill is a generally liberal-leaning rag covering all the major business on Capitol Hill (Aptly named) in Washington DC.

Now they are depending on BuzzFeed, the fake news frenzy of the Internet, to cough up stories claiming that the newly registered Republican Governor of West Virginia is leaning toward endorsing incumbent US Senator Joe Manchin for re-election:

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a former Democrat who announced in August that he was switching his party affiliation to Republican, declined this week to pledge his support for his new party's eventual challenger to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).

BuzzFeed News reported that during a GOP gathering in Charleston, W.Va., on Monday, Justice spoke positively about Republicans who were running to unseat Manchin. But he stopped short of making a loyalty pledge when asked to do so.

Instead, BuzzFeed reported, citing two Republicans who were in the room, Justice said that he would look to President Trump regarding the Senate race.

The text could not make it clearer. There is no indication that Justice is running away from his party label. Senator Manchin is already facing a primary challenge from his left. He will not vote in line with the needs of West Virginians, no matter how popular he may make himself out to be. Jim Justice joined with the GOP most likely because he realized the best way to play ball in his own state and with an established GOP trifecta in Washington DC was to go along with the right.

Besides, how can any down-to-earth politico claim any further connection or affiliation with the left-wing antics of the current Democratic Party, which has completely lost touch with working Americans and basic Middle America values.

Sorry, liberal media, but you are not going to create another non-entity wedge in West Virginia, and all the machinations to save Joe Manchin will not pan out!