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Cole, Justice spar over alleged support of national Democrats

Charleston Gazette-Mail photos Bill Cole and Jim Justice
Charleston Gazette-Mail photos
Bill Cole and Jim Justice

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Does the Democratic nominee for governor of West Virginia support the Democratic president and the Democratic candidate to be the next president?

That’s the latest battleground in the race for governor, which has re-emerged with new TV ads and angry news releases after the political lull that followed the recent devastating floods.

State Senate President Bill Cole, Republican candidate for governor, unveiled an ad this week that attempts to tie Jim Justice, the Democrat in the race, to President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Justice fired back with a news release calling, in his typical folksy manner, the claim that he supported Obama “complete dog snot.” He went even further, saying that he voted for John McCain for president in 2008 and for Mitt Romney in 2012, remarkable (and unverifiable) claims for the Democratic candidate for governor.

“Why in the world would I ever contribute to Obama when he’s taken millions of dollars away from my family’s coal business and the hardworking coal miners of West Virginia…

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