So here’s a thing that happened…
Apparently a war of words has broken out between West Virginia governor Jim Justice and actress Bette Midler.
Midler allegedly called residents of West Virginia “poor, illiterate and strung out.”
To put it bluntly, Justice didn’t take kindly to Midler’s comments.
In the middle of his televised state of the state address, he picked up his English bulldog, flashed her rear end to the crowd, and told Midler and those like her to “kiss her heinie.”
West Virginia's Jim Justice tells Bette Midler to kiss dog's 'heinie' https://t.co/kHWrsA542S pic.twitter.com/HBfcpXPwsn
— New York Post (@nypost) January 28, 2022
Our friend at the New York Post shared this hilarious story:
Kiss my dog’s heinie.
That’s the message West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice had for Bette Midler Thursday night after the actress called his residents “poor, illiterate and strung out.”
The 70-year-old Republican took aim at Midler — and other haters — at the end of his televised state of the state address when he held up his English bulldog and flashed its rear to the crowd.
“Babydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there: Kiss her heinie,” Justice said, prompting huge applause and a standing ovation.
Justice told Midler to kiss his dog’s “heinie.”
Gov. Jim Justice: "Babydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there: Kiss her hiney" pic.twitter.com/e4K8RPERXG
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) January 28, 2022
WV Governor Justice tells Bette Midler to 'kiss' his dog's 'hiney'https://t.co/Ci6vWzezgL
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 28, 2022
JUSTICE: “Babydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there: Kiss her heinie."
WV Gov. Jim Justice held up his dog Babydog's rear end as a message to actress @BetteMidler and others who've doubted his state as he ended his State of the State speech. https://t.co/T1YhN0XEH8 pic.twitter.com/x2OlfJwPfA
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) January 28, 2022
Here’s more from governor Justice via Newsmax:
Justice had spent more than an hour touting the state’s accomplishments, including two recently announced economic development projects.
“Absolutely too many people doubted us,” he said. “They never believed in West Virginia. … They told every bad joke in the world about us.”
The crowd in the House of Delegates gallery included lawmakers, state Supreme Court justices, agency heads and members of the high school girl’s basketball team Justice coaches, who were sitting in the gallery.
The reaction to Justice has been fairly humorous:
"The 70-year-old Republican governor ended his televised State of the State address Thursday night by lifting up his English bulldog and flashing its rear end to the cameras and crowd.
“Babydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there: Kiss her hiney” https://t.co/vXIVmnT9Uw
— Michael Tackett (@tackettdc) January 28, 2022
Don’t mind me, just googling Bette Midler randomly to a giant what the fuck?! 😧😧😧 pic.twitter.com/ZrNY7z86W0
— Samm The Man (@SammTheMan999) January 29, 2022
This will, for sure, brighten up anyone's "ruff" dayhttps://t.co/IUnrPGUR3R
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) January 29, 2022
I’m not sure of the context here but Bette Midler once call me racist, so I stand with Babydog! https://t.co/hRxC0FkMCt
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) January 28, 2022
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