Gov. Jim Justice, R-W.V.
, and his four-legged friend Babydog make an appearance at the 2024 Republican National Convention and vouch for former President Trump's character. One of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s most prized possessions is set to hit the auction block against his will later this month, and the Republican U.
S. Senate nominee said the situation reeks of blatant politics. In 2009, the Democrat-turned-Republican rescued the Greenbrier luxury resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, from bankruptcy by purchasing it from CSX.
This week, Justice said the big banks never would have acted against the Greenbrier property now if he were not poised to flip the deciding seat in a narrowly-divided U.S. Senate.
Justice’s campaign and his gubernatorial office declined to respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment, but the governor told the Parkersburg News-Sentinel the situation is another "terrific burden" that comes with potentially upsetting the political apple cart. MANCHIN SENATE SEAT RACE HEATS UP AS JUSTICE JUMPS IN: ‘I’M WORRIED ABOUT THIS NATION' President Trump shakes hands with Gov. Jim Justice, who announced he would switch parties from Democrat to Republican during a Make America Great Again Rally at Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, West Virginia, Aug.
3, 2017. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) "I truly believe if I wasn’t running for the U.S.
Senate, you never would have heard about this in 10 million years, and we would have ju.