West Virginia governor Jim Justice announced his endorsement of Donald Trump for the GOP 2024 presidential nominee while contrasting him with President Joe Biden and the current level of inflation.
“The leadership and success exhibited by President Trump could not be more different than what we see today under Joe Biden. I support President Trump and firmly believe he will be our nominee and be reelected as our next president,” wrote Mr, Justice in a July 24 Twitter post.
“West Virginians feel the pinch and are living paycheck to paycheck as a result of Bidenomics. Higher prices on essential goods, while wages decline, is not a recipe for economic growth. The president’s far left economic plan is NOT working,” said the governor in a July 20 Twitter post.
“President Biden has wrecked our economy, let our position as the sole world power slip, and opened our borders. Under President Trump, on the other hand, inflation was at 2 percent, the American family was strengthened through the child tax credit and other pro-family policies, and our communities were more secure. In 2024, we need to give hope to Americans who feel like their government is failing them,” Rep. John James (R-Mich.) said in a recent statement.
Mr. Justice also criticized the Biden administration for allowing illegal immigrants to flood the southern border and the current state of the nation’s fossil fuel energy sector. He said Mr. Trump was able to secure the border and achieve energy independence with the America First Agenda.
Gov. Justice said he is running for a U.S. Senate seat to implement the same America First agenda as Mr. Trump’s.
“I am running for Senate to save this country from the onslaught of craziness that is going on. I want goodness for this country and West Virginia,” wrote Mr. Justice.
“They have seen the polling and will stop at nothing to defeat President Trump. We are witnessing the weaponization of the federal government by the Biden administration to target their top political opponent. I proudly support President Donald Trump,” Mr. Justice wrote.
A recent Quinnipiac poll found that most registered voters believe the 37-count indictment against Mr. Trump is primarily politically motivated. Broken down by political party, 91 percent of Republicans, 65 percent of independents, and 28 percent of Democrats believed the indictment was politically motivated. Mr. Trump called the indictments he received a “great badge of courage” during a speech at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s event in Washington.
Recently, Mr. Trump said that he received a letter on July 16 informing him that he is a target of the special counsel investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. He was given four days to report to a grand jury.
Attorney John Lauro, who is representing Mr. Trump in the special counsel probe, told Fox News on July 21 that the former president did nothing wrong.
“For the first time in our history, a sitting president is using the Department of Justice to go after a political opponent criminally while that political opponent is leading in the polls,” Mr. Lauro told the news outlet.
Mr. Trump’s campaign also announced second-quarter fundraising results that put him in the lead, nearly doubling what he raised in the first quarter, at $35 million.
Mr. Trump pledged to “fight any and all politically charged indictments.”
“And, if elected, he is also planning to completely reform America’s two-tiered system of justice and weaponized justice system,” Fox host Sean Hannity said before an interview with Trump.
