Revealing to West Virginians "I can't help you any longer as a Democrat," Govenor Jim Justice of West Virginia declared his transformation to the Republican party amid a Donald Trump rally.
The switch in loyalty was not exactly a noteworthy ideological move for Mr. Equity, a previous coal industry official who has on occasion been enrolled as a Democrat, Republican and free.
Trump had saw the decree before in the day while addressing columnists, indicating at a "major declaration."
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However, the move still underscored Mr. Trump's effective interest in West Virginia, an express that he asserted conclusively in the 2016 presidential decision.
Paeans to battling West Virginia coal diggers were a typical component of Mr. Trump's battle, and the president came back to that subject right on time in the rally as he touted "giving coal diggers back something to do" by facilitating natural limitations.
"I cherish our coal excavators and they're returning solid," Mr. Trump said.
