West Virginia is Trump country.
The President won the state by 42% back in November 0f 2016 and he is still very popular there.
However, Governor Jim Justice also won his election, even though he ran as a Democrat.
Tonight, he decided that it was just too hard to get anything done with today’s Democrat Party and the time had come for him to make a change.
At a huge Trump rally in Huntington, West Virginia, Governor Justice announced that he was switching to the Republican Party.
Breaking News: @WVGovernor Jim Justice announces he's changing parties to become a Republican https://t.co/BfVjazapDK pic.twitter.com/50RhnXqaTy
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 3, 2017
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