Bette Midler Apologizes To 'Poor, Illiterate & Strung Out' People Of WV After Joe Manchin Outburst

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9. Rebuttal from WV Senate Minority Leader Stephen Baldwin (D-Greenbrier County)

Yesterday, you tweeted, 'What #JoeManchin, who represents a population smaller than Brooklyn, has done to the rest of America, who wants to move forward, not backward, like his state, is horrible. He sold us out. He wants us all to be just like his state, West Virginia. Poor, illiterate and strung out.'

When I read that, I just shook my head and muttered, 'Bless your heart, Bette Midler.'

I felt sorry for you, because you obviously never kayaked the Greenbrier River. You never watched the sun rise over Dolly Sods. You never heard Bill Withers belt out, 'Lean On Me' at church on Sunday morning.

You never experienced the hospitality of a West Virginian who would literally give you the shirt off their back and the food on their plate if you came through town needing help.

Read the whole story - it's a great response, and it ends in an invitation for Bette Midler to come to West Virginia. Baldwin has a future in Democratic politics in West Virginia.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10333801/I-forgive-Bette-Midler-calling-illiterate-strung-WV-State-Senator-Stephen-Baldwin.html