Bette Midler bit back at West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Friday, a day after he held up his dog’s rear end and said she could kiss its "hiney" following his State of the State speech. "I’d say his dog’s --- would make a better Governor than him!" the "Wind Beneath My Wings" singer tweeted, along with an unsourced chart showing the state ranking near the bottom on education, health care, infrastructure and the economy, compared to other states.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice holds Babydog, his English Bulldog, during his State of the State address, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, at the Capitol in Charleston. (Associated Press) Justice's remarks were a response to a previous Midler tweet, in which she called the state "poor, illiterate and strung out" over her frustration with U.S.
Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat who essentially sunk his party's voting rights bill by refusing to go around the Senate filibuster.
Midler later apologized for the tweet after a backlash. Bette Midler is seen in Washington, D.C., Dec. 5, 2021. (Getty Images) "I apologize to the good people of WVA for my last outburst," she wrote online Dec.
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