By Sierra Marling, Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid-30s, hundreds turned out at the state Capitol on Monday for the inauguration of West Virginia’s 37th governor, Patrick Morrisey, and others.
Three former governors — Earl Ray Tomblin, Joe Manchin and Jim Justice — saw Morrisey take the oath of office.
In his inaugural speech, Morrisey’s image of West Virginia contrasted with Jim Justice’s recent farewell address, when the now former governor highlighted the state’s economic progress.
While Justice said that Mountaineers had become “frogs who are proud of their own pond,” Morrisey said the Mountain State will no longer be the country’s “punching bag.”