Although the WV-SEN Race is not a Senate race Democrats are expected to win, Democratic Senate Candidate Glenn Elliott is still managing to run a campaign where he’s not afraid to criticize Governor Jim Justice over being out of touch with West Virginia — And to the point where Justice is on the defensive.
According to The Intelligencer Wheeling News-Register, the WV-SEN race while not looking to be competitive is actually beginning to show signs of being a dogfight.
In making an observation of Governor Justice showing signs of not looking out for West Virginians, Elliott criticized Justice for an appearance he made over a West Virginia Day ceremony celebrating the state’s first Governor.
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In a recent social media post, Elliott criticized Justice over a depiction of the governor’s popular pet English bulldog, Babydog, that was included in a new taxpayer-funded mural at the State Capitol. Elliott also took issue with Justice making people in Wheeling wait out in the sweltering heat last week during a West Virginia Day ceremony at Independence Hall, where a new statue honoring the state’s first governor, Arthur I. Boreman, was unveiled. Elliott claimed Justice said basically nothing of substance about Boreman.
“Many seem to be shocked that @WVGovernor managed to have the new murals at the Capitol – the people’s house – somehow be about himself. I’m not,” the Wheeling mayor said in a tweet on his Glenn Elliott for Senate account on the social media platform X on Friday. “This pattern of behavior has been on display for 7½ years now. Just yesterday, at an event in Wheeling to unveil a new statue honoring WV’s first governor, he showed up 45 minutes late, leaving a large crowd of mostly senior citizens waiting in their seats in the sun on the hottest day of the year. When he finally arrived, he stayed in his air conditioned SUV until it was his turn to speak.”
Elliott pointed to the video from the event that was posted on the governor’s own social media page on X.
“In his remarks, he spoke at length about his own dog and said nothing about Governor Boreman,” Elliott said. “This total lack of respect for anything beyond himself is why he is wholly unfit to represent West Virginia in the United States Senate.”
Additionally, Elliott has also pointed out that even in McDowell County, a dark red county that Trump won in 2020 by around 79% points, residents haven’t had the best things to say about Governor Justice.
Governor Justice responded to Elliott’s attacks as follows:
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During Wednesday’s press briefing, Justice was asked about Elliott’s remarks.
“The only response that I would have is – tell Glenn to get a life,” Justice said. “I mean, for God sakes a-living. That’s so ridiculous, it’s off the chart. I didn’t bring Babydog with me up there. Lots and lots and lots of folks would have loved to have seen her, I’m sure. At the same time, it was so hot, it was unbelievable. So I opted out to not do that.”
Justice said he appeared at the event along with Randall Reid-Smith, the cabinet secretary of the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, to honor the legacy of the man who was such an important figure in the birth of the state.
“Arthur I. Boreman, our first governor – we made every tribute in the world to him,” Justice said. “We spoke of how he was our governor right in the middle of the Civil War toward the end of it – 20 days before Gettysburg.”
Justice indicated that assigning a negative narrative to the celebratory event was a sign of desperation on the part of his political opponent.
“So many things happened that were really positive that day, but you’ve got a desperate politician that is absolutely going to lose by a landslide beyond belief because the people of this great state know me,” Justice said during Wednesday’s press briefing. “They know me, they know what I’ve done and everything. They’ve helped me pull the rope in every single way. To be perfectly honest, the folks in Wheeling were great. I love Wheeling, and I mean that sincerely. They’ve always been wonderful, wonderful folks to me.
There hasn’t been much in the way of polls as of recently for the WV-SEN race. However, that doesn’t mean Elliott isn’t aiming to run a robust campaign.
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