West Virginia split: Unconventional clash between Manchin and Justice

Published March 9, 2021 11:30am ET



A state’s governor wants more federal funding to battle COVID-19. One of its senators is hesitant to go too big in a funding bill and works to pare it back. The governor would presumably be a Democrat and the senator a Republican.

In West Virginia, though, it is Republican Gov. Jim Justice who advocated for a larger coronavirus relief package and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin who was a thorn in his party’s side by opposing a larger spending bill.

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