West Virginia governor blames House Democrats for party switch

After a dramatic announcement Thursday that he was switching parties, Gov. Jim Justice said Friday he did it because Democrats in the Legislature abandoned him.

Speaking Friday at a news conference at the Capitol, Justice said he made the switch because Democrats would not support his push for tax reform during the special legislative session.

Justice said Democrats wouldn’t cooperate with the tax overhaul because of the party that wrote the legislation — Republican — not because of the idea itself.

“The people that are in office, those 36 people, dropped the ball, and I don’t have any confidence that I’m going to be able to get those 36 people to not drop the ball and stay super united and everything if I were to remain a Democrat,” he said. “I can’t move us to where we need to move because I think there’s 36 people who drop the ball.”

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